Ezekiel 13:8-16 – New International Version (NIV)
8 “‘Therefore this is what the
Sovereign Lord says:
Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares
the Sovereign Lord. 9 My
hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter
lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be
listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel.
Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.
10 “‘Because they lead my people
astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a
flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, 11 therefore
tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come
in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent
winds will burst forth. 12 When the wall collapses, will
people not ask you, “Where is the whitewash you covered it with?”
13 “‘Therefore this is what the
Sovereign Lord says: In
my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and
torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury. 14 I
will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it
to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When
it falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am
the Lord. 15 So
I will pour out my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with
whitewash. I will say to you, “The wall is gone and so are those who
whitewashed it, 16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied
to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares
the Sovereign Lord.”’
Why is the Sovereign Lord against the false prophets of Israel (verse
8)?
Who will the Lord’s hand be against (verse 9)?
What kind of wall do the false prophets build (verse 10)?
What do they cover the wall with (verse 10)?
Who is Ezekiel to tell that the wall “is going to fall” (verse
11)?
What will people ask
“when the wall collapses” (verse 12)?
What will the Sovereign
Lord unleash (verse 13)?
When will the false
prophets “know that I am the Lord” (verse 14)?
What will be poured
out “against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash” (verse
15)?
Who “saw visions
of peace for her when there was no peace” (verse 16)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what is revealed
about the people in this passage by what they built?
Matthew 7:24-29 - New International
Version (NIV)
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them
into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain
came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house;
yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But
everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is
like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain
came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house,
and it fell with a great crash.”
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were
amazed at his teaching, 29 because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their
teachers of the law.
Who is “like a wise
man who built his house on the rock” (verse 24)?
Why did
the rain, streams and wind not cause the house to fall (verse 25)?
Who is “like a foolish man who built his house on sand” (verse 26)?
What happened to the house built on sand when “the rain came down, the
streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against” it (verse 27)?
How did the crowds react to Jesus as He finished the Sermon on the Mount (verse
28)?
How did Jesus teach (verse 29)?
Who did Jesus not teach like (verse 29)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what is revealed about the people in this passage by
what they built?
In your opinion, what do the false prophets of Ezekiel 13:8-16 and the
foolish man in Matthew 7:24-29 have in common?
Acts 4:1-12 - New International Version (NIV)
1 The priests and the captain of the temple
guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were
speaking to the people. 2 They were greatly disturbed
because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the
resurrection of the dead. 3 They seized Peter and John
and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next
day. 4 But many who heard the message believed; so the
number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.
5 The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers
of the law met in Jerusalem. 6 Annas the high priest was
there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high
priest’s family. 7 They had Peter and John brought before
them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them:
“Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called
to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and
are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you
and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that
this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is
“‘the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone.’
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for
there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be
saved.”
Who did “the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the
Sadducees” come up to while they were speaking to the people (verse 1)?
Why were they “greatly disturbed” (verse 2)?
What did they do to Peter and John (verse 3)?
How many men believed (verse 4)?
Where did “the rulers, the elders and the teachers of
the law” meet (verse 5)?
Who else was at the meeting (verse 6)?
What question did they ask Peter and John (verse 7)?
How was Peter filled (verse 8)?
What were they being “called to account” for (verse
9)?
How did Peter say “this man stands before you healed”
(verse 10)?
What is Jesus (verse 11)?
Who is salvation found in (verse 12)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what
is revealed about the people in this passage by what they built?
In your opinion, where
does the whitewashed wall of Ezekiel 13:8-16 show up in Acts 4:1-12?
In
your opinion, where in Acts 4:1-12 do you see examples of building on the sand and
building on the rock that Jesus talked about in Matthew 7:24-29?
1 Peter 2:4-10 - New International
Version (NIV)
4 As you come to him, the living
Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you
also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to
be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is
precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
8 and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They
stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined
for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that
you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now
you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you
have received mercy.
Who is “rejected
by humans but chosen by God and precious to him” (verse 4)?
What are those
“like living stones” being built into (verse 5)?
Who “will never be put to shame”
(verse 6)?
What has “become
the cornerstone” to those who do not believe (verse 7)?
What does the stone
do to those who do not believe (verse 8)?
Who is to “declare
the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light”
(verse 9)?
What are “you”
(verse 10)?
In your opinion,
what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what
is revealed about the people in this passage by what they built?
In your opinion, why
would the false prophets who built the whitewashed wall of Ezekiel 13:8-16
stumble over the cornerstone of 1 Peter 2:4-10?
In your opinion, what does 1 Peter 2:4-10 teach us about
the rock that the wise man in Matthew 7:24-29 was building on?
In your opinion, how
does 1 Peter 2:4-10 expand on his response to the “rulers and elders of the
people” in Acts 4:1-12?
In your opinion, what do these Scriptures from Ezekiel, Matthew,
Acts, and 1 Peter teach us about how to determine what is whitewashed wall and
what is built on the cornerstone of Jesus?
In your
opinion, how can we wisely build a rock solid “house” today?
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