Clean Feet and Pure Heart
Isaiah 52:10-15 - New International
Version (NIV)
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm
in the sight of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.
11 Depart, depart, go out
from there!
Touch no unclean thing!
Come out from it and be pure,
you who carry the articles of the Lord’s house.
12 But you will not leave in haste
or go in flight;
for the Lord will go
before you,
the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
13 See, my
servant will act wisely;
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of
any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness—
15 so he will sprinkle many nations,
and kings will shut their mouths because of
him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.
What will “all the ends of the earth” see (verse 10)?
What are people not to do when they “depart,
depart, go out from there” (verse 11)?
Who will go before the people (verse 12)?
Who will be “your rear guard” (verse 12)?
What will happen to God’s servant (verse 13)?
Why were many “appalled at him” (verse 14)?
Who will “shut their mouths because of him”
(verse 15)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach
us about being clean and pure?
John 13:1-11 – New International Version (NIV)
1 It was just before the Passover
Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this
world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he
loved them to the end.
2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already
prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus
knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had
come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got
up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his
waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and
began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was
wrapped around him.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to
wash my feet?”
7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but
later you will understand.”
8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with
me.”
9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands
and my head as well!”
10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash
their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every
one of you.” 11 For he knew who was going to betray
him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
What
did Jesus know (verse 1)?
Who
did Jesus love to the end (verse 1)?
What
had the devil already done (verse 2)?
What
did Jesus know (verse 3)?
Where had Jesus come from, and where was
He going (verse 3)?
What did Jesus begin to do (verse 5)?
Who
ask “Lord, are you going to wash my feet” (verse 6)?
How
did Jesus answer (verse 7)?
What
had to happen for Peter to “have a part of” Jesus (verse 8)?
What
did Peter ask for (verse 9)?
In
your opinion, what can we learn from Jesus statement “and you are clean,
though not every one of you” (verse 10)?
What
did Jesus know (verse 11)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does this passage teach us about being clean and pure?
In
your opinion, how is the purity that Isaiah 52:10-15 commands different from
the cleanliness that Jesus gives in John 13:1-11?
2
Corinthians 6:14-7:1 - New International Version (NIV)
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do
righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have
with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and
Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an
unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple
of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As
God has said:
“I will live with them
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be my people.”
17 Therefore,
“Come
out from them
and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you.”
18 And,
“I will be a Father to you,
and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”
1 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear
friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body
and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
Who are
Christians not to be yoked with (verse 14)?
In your
opinion, “what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever” (verse
15)?
Where does
God walk (verse 16)?
In your
opinion, who is to “come out from them and be separate” (verse 17)?
Who will Christians be (verse 18)?
How should Christians respond to “these promises”
(verse 1)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what
does this passage teach us about being clean and pure?
In your opinion, how does Isaiah
52:10-15’s call for the Jewish people to “go out from there” help us
understand 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1’s call for Christians to “come out from
them and be separate”?
In your opinion, how does John 13:1-11
help us understand how we “purify ourselves” as instructed by 2
Corinthians 6:14-7:1?
Philippians 1:3-11 – New International Version (NIV)
3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In
all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because
of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being
confident of this, that he who began a good work in you
will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I
have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or
defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with
me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with
the affection of Christ Jesus.
9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and
more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may
be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of
Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of
righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of
God.
What
does Paul do each time he remembers the Philippian Christians (verse 3)?
Why
does Paul pray for them “with joy” (verses 4 and 5)?
What is Paul confident of (verse 6)?
Why is it right for Paul to “feel this
way” (verse 7)?
What do the Philippian Christians share
with Paul (verse 7)?
How does Paul “long for” them (verse
8)?
What is Paul’s prayer for them (verse 9)?
What does Paul want them to “be able
to discern” (verse 10)?
What fruit does Paul want them to be
filled with (verse 11)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
In your opinion, what
does this passage teach us about being clean and pure?
In your opinion, how does John 13:1-11
help us “discern what is best” as discussed in Philippians 1:3-11?
In your opinion, how does Philippians
1:3-11 help us understand how we can follow the instruction of 2 Corinthians
6:14-7:1 to “purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and
spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God”?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from Isaiah, John, 2 Corinthians, and Philippians teach us about being separate
from the world today?
In your opinion, how do our lives show we are filled
with “the fruit of righteousness” today?
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