Reacting to God
23 Again the word of the Lord came
to me: 24 “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land
that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’ 25 There
is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring
lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and
precious things and make many widows within her. 26 Her
priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not
distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no
difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to
the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her
officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed
blood and kill people to make unjust gain. 28 Her
prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying
divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says’—when the Lord has not spoken. 29 The
people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the
poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.
30 “I looked for someone among them who would build up the
wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not
have to destroy it, but I found no one. 31 So I will pour
out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing
down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Whose word came to Ezekiel (verse 23)?
What had not happened to the land (verse 24)?
Who devours people and takes treasures and
makes “many widows” (verse 25)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that the
priests “do violence to my law” (verse 26)?
Who are “like wolves tearing their prey”
(verse 27)?
How do the prophets “whitewash these deeds
for them” (verse 28)?
Who practices extortion and commits robbery (verse
29)?
Who was the Lord looking for (verse 30)?
What will the Lord pour out (verse 31)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what can we learn about how
people react to God in this passage God?
John
6:43-51 - New
International Version (NIV)
43 “Stop
grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No
one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will
raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the
Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the
Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has
seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the
Father. 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has
eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your
ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50 But
here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and
not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from
heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh,
which I will give for the life of the world.”
What did Jesus tell the people to stop doing (verse 43)?
Who must draw people to Jesus (verse 44)?
When will Jesus raise the people up (verse 44)?
What is written in the Prophets (verse 45)?
Who has seen the Father (verse 46)?
Who has eternal life (verse 47)?
What is Jesus (verse 48)?
What happened to the ancestors who “ate the manna”
(verse 49)?
Where does the bread come from that “anyone may
eat and not die” (verse 50)?
What will Jesus give “for the life of the world”
(verse 51)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what
can we learn about how people react to God in this passage God?
In
your opinion, how are the priests that Ezekiel spoke of in Ezekiel 22:23-30 a
contrast to Jesus in John 6:43-51?
Do
you think that Jesus could b the person that was to build up the wall and stand
in the Gap in Ezekiel? Why or why not?
1 John 2:3-11 – New International Version (NIV)
3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his
commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not
do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But
if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in
them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever
claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old
one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the
message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new
command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is
passing and the true light is already shining.
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or
sister is still in the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves
their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in
them to make them stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a
brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the
darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has
blinded them.
How
can we know that we have come to know Jesus (verse 3)?
Who
is a liar (verse 4)?
What
is made complete for those who obey the word of Jesus (verse 5)?
Who
“must live as Jesus did” (verse 6)?
In
your opinion, how can the command that John is writing about be old and new (verses
7 and 8)?
What is “already shining” (verse 8)?
Who is “still in the
darkness” (verse 9)?
Who has “nothing in
them to make them stumble” (verse 10)?
Why do those who hate “a
brother or sister” not know where they are going (verse 11)?
In your opinion, what
is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what can we learn about how
people react to God in this passage God?
In
your opinion, what does John’s comments in 1 John 2:3-11 help us understand
about the princes, priests, officials, prophets, and people of Ezekiel 22:23-30?
In your opinion, what
does 1 John 2:3-11 help us understand about how those that Jesus is talking
about in John 6:43-51 who eat the living bread that comes from heaven are
changed?
Revelation 7:9-17 – New International
Version (NIV)
9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude
that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and
language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were
wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And
they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the
elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their
faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:
“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are
they, and where did they come from?”
14 I answered, “Sir, you know.”
And he said, “These are
they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their
robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore,
“they are before the throne of God
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne
will shelter them with his presence.
16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.
The sun will not beat down on them,’
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Who is standing before the throne wearing white robes
and holding palm branches (verse 9)?
Who
do they say “salvation” belongs to (verse 10)?
What
do the angels do when they hear who “salvation” belongs to (verses 11
and 12)?
Who
ask “these in the white robes-who are they, and where did they come from”
(verse 13)?
Where
did they come from (verse 14)?
How
did their robes become white (verse 14)?
How
will they be sheltered (verse 15)?
When
will the thirst (verse 16)?
Who
will be their shepherd (verse 17)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what can we learn about
how people react to God in this passage?
In your opinion, what is the difference
between the people of Israel in Ezekiel 22:23-30 and the great multitude in
Revelation 7:9-17?
In your opinion, why were those in front
of Jesus in John 6:43-51 grumbling and those in front of Jesus in Revelation
7:9.17 worshipping and praising?
In
your opinion, what do these passages from Ezekiel, John, 1 John and Revelation teach
us about why people react differently to God?
In
your opinion, how can we be a part of the
“great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and
language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb”?
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