Rivers of Life
Jeremiah 17:12-15 - New International
Version (NIV)
12 A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,
is
the place of our sanctuary.
13 Lord, you are
the hope of Israel;
all
who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust
because
they have forsaken the Lord,
the
spring of living water.
14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
save me
and I will be saved,
for
you are the one I praise.
15 They keep saying to me,
“Where
is the word of the Lord?
Let
it now be fulfilled!”
What is “a glorious throne, exalted
from the beginning” (verse 12)?
Who is “the hope of Israel” (verse 13)?
Who will be “put to shame” (verse 13)?
Who is “the spring of living water” (verse
13)?
When will Jeremiah be healed (verse 14)?
When will Jeremiah be saved (verse 14)?
What do “they keep saying to me” (verse 15)?
What does Jeremiah want to happen (verse 15)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
John
7:37-43 - New
International Version (NIV)
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and
said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and
drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has
said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” 39 By
this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to
receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had
not yet been glorified.
40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is
the Prophet.”
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others asked, “How
can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 Does not Scripture
say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from
Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the
people were divided because of Jesus.
When did Jesus stand up and speak (verse 37)?
Who did He call to “come to me and drink” (verse
37)?
Where will “rivers of living water flow from”
(verse 38)?
What did Jesus mean by “rivers of living water”
(verse 39)?
Why had the Spirit not yet been given (verse 39)?
Who said “surely this man is the Prophet” (verse
40)?
Who said “he is the Messiah” (verse 41)?
Who said “how can the Messiah come from Galilee”
(verse 41)?
Where is the Messiah to come from (verse 42)?
Why were the people divided (verse 43)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what does
this passage teach us about moving from thinking of God only as a power who can
provide safety to also thinking of God as the source of life?
In
your opinion, how does Jesus in John 7:37-43 transform the statement in
Jeremiah 17:12-15 that identifies “the Lord” as “the spring of living water”?
1 John 5:1-8 – New International Version (NIV)
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his
child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the
children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In
fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not
burdensome, 4 for everyone born of
God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the
world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the
world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did
not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who
testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there
are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water
and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
Who
is “born of God” (verse 1)?
Who
loves the child (verse 1)?
How
do “we know that we love the children of God” (verse 2)?
What
is “love for God” (verse 3)?
What are not burdensome (verse 3)?
Who “overcomes the world” (verse 4)?
What is “the victory
that has overcome the world” (verse 4)?
“Who is it that
overcomes the world”
(verse 5)?
How did Jesus Christ
come (verse 6)?
Who testifies (verse 6)?
What “three are in agreement”
(verse 8)?
In your opinion, what
is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does
1 John 5:1-8 reveal to us about the one that Jeremiah 17:12-15 says is “the
hope of Israel”?
In
your opinion, how is the promise of being born of God to everyone who “believes
that Jesus is the Christ” in 1 John 5:1-8 related to the promise by Jesus
in John 7:37-43 that “Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of
living water will flow from within them”?
Revelation 22:1-7 – New International
Version (NIV)
1 Then the angel showed me the
river of the water of life, as clear as
crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down
the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the
tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every
month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No
longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be
in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will
see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There
will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light
of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for
ever and ever.
6 The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and
true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his
angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”
7 “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps
the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”
Who showed John “the river of the water of life”
(verse 1)?
Where
does it flow from (verse 1)?
What
stands on either side of the river (verse 2)?
What
“are for the healing of the nations” (verse 2)?
Who
will serve the Lamb (verse 3)?
Who
will have the Lamb’s name on their foreheads (verses 3 and 4)?
Why
will there be no need for “the light of a lamp or the light of the sun”
(verse 5)?
Who
will “reign for ever and ever” (verse 5)?
What
is “trustworthy and true” (verse 6)?
Who
will be blessed (verse 7)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach
us about moving from thinking of God only as a power who can provide safety to also
thinking of God as the source of life?
In your opinion, how are the “rivers
of living water” that John 7:37-43 says flow from within all who believe in
Jesus and the “river of life” that Revelation 22:1-7 says flow “from
the throne of God and of the Lamb” related?
In your opinion, how is being a servant
of God who reigns in Revelation 22:1-7 related to the overcoming the world by
faith that 1 John 5:1-8 promises to the “one who believes that Jesus is the
Son of God”?
In
your opinion, what do these passages from Jeremiah, John, 1 John and Revelation
teach us about the abundance of life that God shares with us?
In your
opinion, how can we share that abundant life with others?
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