Victory in Jesus
Isaiah 66:17-24 - New International
Version (NIV)
17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the
gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of
pigs, rats and other unclean things—they will meet their
end together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.
18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about
to come and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they
will come and see my glory.
19 “I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those
who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and
Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the
distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They
will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 And they will
bring all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in
Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on
horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the
Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean
vessels. 21 And I will select some of them also to be
priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
22 “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure
before me,” declares the Lord,
“so will your name and descendants endure. 23 From one New
Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and
bow down before me,” says the Lord. 24 “And
they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who
rebelled against me; the
worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be
quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
Who do those “who consecrate and purify themselves” follow
(verse 17)?
What
will happen to them (verse 17)?
Who is the Lord “about to come and gather”
(verse 18)?
What will those the Lord sends “proclaim”
(verse 19)?
What will those who are sent bring “to my
holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord” (verse 20)?
Who will the Lord select “to be priests and
Levites” (verse 21)?
What will “endure” before the Lord (verse
22)?
Who will “come and bow down before” the
Lord (verse 23)?
What will the worms that do not die eat (verse
24)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about being
victorious?
Mark 9:42-50 – New International Version (NIV)
42 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in
me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung
around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. 43 If
your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter
life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes
out. 45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut
it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and
be thrown into hell. 47 And if your eye
causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the
kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into
hell, 48 where
“‘the worms that eat them do not die,
and the fire is not quenched.’
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it
salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each
other.”
Who
are “these little ones” (verse 42)?
What
is better than “with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes
out” (verse 43)?
What
is better than “to have two feet and be thrown into hell” (verse 45)?
What
should you do “if your eye causes you to stumble” (verse 47)?
Where is the fire “not quenched” (verse
48)?
What will everyone “be salted with”
(verse 49)?
What should believers have (verse 50)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does this passage teach us about being victorious?
In
your opinion, how does Jesus in Mark 9:42-50 magnify the warning given in
Isaiah 66:17-24?
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Corinthians 6:7-11 - New International Version (NIV)
7 The very
fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated
already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8 Instead,
you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and
sisters. 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually
immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor
thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will
inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of
you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our
God.
What proved that Corinthian Christians were “completely
defeated already” (verse 7)?
Who cheated and did wrong (verse 8)?
Who did they cheat and do wrong to (verse 8)?
What will “wrongdoers” not inherit (verse 9)?
What will “the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor
adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor
the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers” not do
(verses 9 and 10)?
What had
changed for the Corinthian Christians, who were these things (verse 11)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about being
victorious?
In your opinion, how is the sign that
Isaiah 66:17-24 said would be set identified in 1 Corinthians 6:7-11?
In your opinion, how are the vivid
examples of what it is better to do than be thrown into hell in Mark 9:42-50
replaced with what is actually necessary for people to “inherit the kingdom
of God” in 1 Corinthians 6:7-11?
Revelation 21:1-8 – New International Version (NIV)
1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new
earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and
there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy
City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared
as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And
I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now
among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people,
and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He
will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or
mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything
new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and
true.”
6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without
cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those
who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they
will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving,
the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts,
the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning
sulfur. This is the second death.”
What
did John see (verse 1)?
Where
was “the Holy City, the new Jerusalem” coming from (verse 2)?
What
declared “God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell
with them” (verse 3)?
Why will there be “no more death’ or
mourning or crying or pain” (verse 4)?
Who said “I am making everything new”
(verse 5)?
What will be the cost for the thirsty to
receive water “from the spring of the water of life” (verse 6)?
Who will “inherit all this” (verse
7)?
What is “the second death” (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage
teach us about being victorious?
In your opinion, how
is the concept of “the new heavens and the new earth” introduced in
Isaiah 66:17-24 fleshed out in Revelation 21:1-8?
In your opinion, what is the difference
between being “salted with fire” that Jesus mentions in Mark 9:42-50 and
being “consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur” of Revelation
21:1-8?
In your opinion, what does 1 Corinthians
6:7-11 teach us about who will suffer the “second death” of Revelation
21:1-8? And what must happen to have the
“water of life” instead?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from Isaiah, Mark, 1 Corinthians and Revelation teach us about the choices we
need to make to inherit the “new heavens and the new earth”?
In your opinion, what does it mean to be victorious
today?
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