October 5, 2025 – A Study of Matthew – God’s Desires

God’s Desires

Hosea 6:1-6 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ “Come, let us return to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces
    but he will heal us;
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.
² After two days he will revive us;
    on the third day he will restore us,
    that we may live in his presence.
³ Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
    like the spring rains that water the earth.”

⁴ “What can I do with you, Ephraim?
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.
⁵ Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth—
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.
⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
    and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Who has “torn” Israel to pieces (verse 1)?

Who will “heal” Israel (verse 1)?

Why will Israel be revived and restored (verse 2)?

What should Israel “press on” to do (verse 3)?

What is Ephraim and Judah’s love like (verse 4)?

How did the Lord cut Ephraim’s and Judah “in pieces” (verse 5)?

What does the Lord want instead of sacrifice (verse 6)?

What does the Lord want instead of burnt offerings (verse 6)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about what is important to God?

Matthew 12:1-8 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. ² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

³ He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ⁴ He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. ⁵ Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? ⁶ I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. ⁷ If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸ For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Who was hungry and began to “pick some heads of grain and eat them” (verse 1)?

What did the Pharisees says when they saw this (verse 2?

Who did Jesus say entered the house of God and “ate the consecrated bread” (verses 3 and 4)?

What did priests do on the Sabbath and yet remained innocent (verse 5)?

What did Jesus say was there (verse 6)?

When would the Pharisees “not have condemned the innocent” (verse 7)?

Who is “Lord of the Sabbath” (verse 8)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about what is important to God?

In your opinion, what could the Pharisees who criticized the disciples in Matthew 12:1-8 have learned from the instructions in Hosea 6:1-6?

Romans 14:13-15:1 - New International Version (NIV)

¹³ Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. ¹⁴ I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. ¹⁵ If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. ¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, ¹⁸ because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

¹⁹ Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. ²⁰ Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. ²¹ It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.

²² So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. ²³ But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

15 ¹ We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

What should Christians make up their minds not to do (verse 13)?

When is something unclean (verse 14)?

When are you “no longer acting in love” (verse 15)?

What is the kingdom of God “a matter of” (verse 17)?

Who is “pleasing to God” (verses 17 and 18)?

What should we “make every effort to do” (verse 19)?

What is “wrong for a person to eat” (verse 20)?

What should we “keep between” ourselves and God (verse 22)?

What is “everything that does not come from faith” (verse 23)?

What should the “strong” bear with (verse 1)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about what is important to God?

In your opinion, how is the “mercy” that God desires in Hosea 6:1-6 shown in Romans 14:13-15:1?

In your opinion, why is there not a conflict between Jesus rebuking the Pharisees in Matthew 12:1-8 and Paul instructing restraint in Romans 14:13-15:1?

Colossians 2:6-19 - New International Version (NIV)

⁶ So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, ⁷ rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

⁹ For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, ¹⁰ and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. ¹¹ In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, ¹² having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

¹³ When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, ¹⁴ having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

¹⁶ Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. ¹⁷ These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. ¹⁸ Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. ¹⁹ They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

How should Christians “continue to live” their lives (verse 6)?

What should Christians “overflow” with (verse 7)?

What does “hollow and deceptive philosophy” depend on (verse 8)?

Where does “the fullness of the Deity” live (verse 9)?

Who is the “head over every power and authority” (verse 10)?

What was “put off” when we were “circumcised by Christ” (verse 11)?

How are those who are buried in baptism with Christ raised (verse 12)?

How are people who are “dead in . . . sins” made alive (verse 13)?

What was nailed “to the cross” (verse 14)?

Where did Christ triumph over “the powers and authorities” (verse 15)?

What should we not let anyone do by what we “eat or drink” (verse 16)?

Where is the reality found (verse 17)?

What puffs up the person who “delights in false humility and the worship of angels” (verse 18)?

How does the “whole body” grow (verse 19)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about what is important to God?

In your opinion, how would the warning about being made captive of a “hollow and deceptive philosophy” in Colossians 2:6-19 have applied to Ephraim and Judah in Hosea 6:1-6?

In your opinion, what does Colossians 2:6-19 help us understand about the Pharisees in Matthew 12:1-8?

In your opinion, how do we reconcile the teaching in Romans 14:13-15:1 about not letting our eating “destroy someone for whom Christ has died” with the teaching in Colossians 2:6-19 about not letting “anyone judge you by what you eat or drink”?

In your opinion, what do these Scriptures from Hosea, Matthew, Romans and Colossians teach us about what God desires for us in our relationships with other people?

In your opinion, what do we learn about what God desires for us in our relationship with Him?

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September 28, 2025 – A Study of Matthew – Humble in Heart

Humble in Heart

Ezekiel 28:1-10 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ The word of the Lord came to me: ² “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.
³ Are you wiser than Daniel?
    Is no secret hidden from you?
⁴ By your wisdom and understanding
    you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
    in your treasuries.
⁵ By your great skill in trading
    you have increased your wealth,
and because of your wealth
    your heart has grown proud.

⁶ “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Because you think you are wise,
    as wise as a god,
⁷ I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom
    and pierce your shining splendor.
⁸ They will bring you down to the pit,
    and you will die a violent death
    in the heart of the seas.
⁹ Will you then say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,
    in the hands of those who slay you.
¹⁰ You will die the death of the uncircumcised
    at the hands of foreigners.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

Who had a word for the “ruler of Tyre” (verse 2)?

Where did the ruler say, “I am a god” (verse 2)?

How has the ruler “gained wealth” (verse 4)?

Why has the ruler’s heart “grown proud” (verse 5)?

What will happen because the ruler thinks he is “as wise as a god” (verse 6)?

Who will the Lord bring against the ruler (verse 7)?

How will the ruler die (verse 8)?

What will the ruler be (verse 9)?

What kind of death will the ruler die (verse 10)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about what it means to humble ourselves?

Matthew 11:20-30 - New International Version (NIV)

²⁰ Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. ²¹ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ²⁴ But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

²⁵ At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. ²⁶ Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

²⁷ “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

 

Who did Jesus “denounce” (verse 20)?

 

What would have happened in Tyre and Sidon “if the miracles that were performed” had been performed in them (verse 21?

When will it be more the “bearable for Tyre and Sidon” (verse 22)?

Where will Capernaum go (verse 23)?

Why does Jesus praise His Father and “Lord of heaven and earth” (verse 25)?

What has been committed to Jesus by the Father (verse 27)?

Who knows the Father (verse 27)?

What will Jesus give to the “weary and burdened” who come to Him (verse 28)?

What is Jesus (verse 29)?

How does Jesus describe His yoke (verse 30)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about what it means to humble ourselves?

In your opinion, what can the Lord’s word to the ruler of Tyre in Ezekiel 28:1-10 help us understand about the people of Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum in Matthew 11:20-30?

1 Corinthians 1:21-31 - New International Version (NIV)

²¹ For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. ²² Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, ²³ but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, ²⁴ but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

²⁶ Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. ²⁷ But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ²⁸ God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that no one may boast before him. ³⁰ It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. ³¹ Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Through what did the world not know God (verse 21)?

What was God pleased to do “through the foolishness of what was preached” (verse 21)?

Who looks for wisdom (verse 22)?

What does Paul preach (verse 23)?

To whom is “Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God” (verse 24)?

What is “stronger than human strength” (verse 25)?

How many of the “brothers and sisters . . . were wise by human standards” (verse 26)?

Why did God “choose the foolish things of the world” (verse 27)?

What did God choose “to nullify the things that are” (verse 28)?

Who has become “our righteousness, holiness and redemption” (verse 30)?

What is as written (verse 31)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about what it means to humble ourselves?

In your opinion, what does the message about the wisdom of the ruler of Tyre in Ezekiel 28:1-10 help us understand about worldly wisdom discussed in 1 Corinthians 1:21-31?

In your opinion, what does 1 Corinthians 1:21-31 help us understand about the “little children” that Jesus mentioned in Matthew 11:20-30?

Philippians 2:1-11 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, ² then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. ³ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, ⁴ not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

⁵ In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

⁶ Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷ rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
⁸ And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

⁹ Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹ and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

How can the Philippian Christians make Paul’s joy complete (verse 2)?

How should we “value others” (verse 3)?

What should be done “out of selfish ambition or vain conceit” (verse 4)?

When should we have the same “mindset as Christ Jesus” (verse 5)?

What did Christ not consider using “to his own advantage” (verse 6)?

How did Jesus make “himself nothing” (verse 7)?

What did Jesus become “obedient to” (verse 8)?

Who exalted Jesus “to the highest place” (verse 9)?

What will cause “every knee to bow” (verse 10)?

What will “every tongue acknowledge” (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about what it means to humble ourselves?

In your opinion, how is the “selfish ambition and vain conceit” that Philippians 2:1-11 tells us to avoid demonstrated by the ruler of Tyre in Ezekiel 28:1-10?

In your opinion, what does Philippians 2:1-11 help us further understand about the yoke that Jesus mentioned in Matthew 11:20-30?

In your opinion, what in the description of Christ in Philippians 2:1-11 might be a stumbling block for the Jews and foolishness for the Gentiles in 1 Corinthians 1:21-31?

In your opinion, what do these Scriptures from Ezekiel, Matthew, 1 Corinthians and Matthew teach about the barriers to finding rest in Jesus?

In your opinion, how does being yoked with Christ change us?

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September 21, 2025 – A Study of Matthew – Patiently Waiting

Patiently Waiting

 Malachi 2:17-3:5 – New International Version (NIV)

¹⁷ You have wearied the Lord with your words.

“How have we wearied him?” you ask.

By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”

3 ¹“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

² But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. ³ He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, ⁴ and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.

⁵ “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.

How was the Lord wearied (verse 17)?

What will the messenger do (verse 1)?

In your opinion, “who can endure the day of his coming” (verse 2)?

What will happen to the Levites (verse 3)?

What “will be acceptable to the Lord” (verse 4)?

Who will the Lord “be quick to testify against” (verse 5)?

Who says “do not fear me” (verse 5)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the Lord’s coming?

Matthew 11:7-19 - New International Version (NIV)

⁷ As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? ⁸ If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces. ⁹ Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way before you.’

¹¹ Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it. ¹³ For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. ¹⁵ Whoever has ears, let them hear.

¹⁶ “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

¹⁷ “‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
    and you did not mourn.’

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”

When did Jesus begin “to speak to the crowd about John” (verse 7)?

Where are those “who wear fine clothes” (verse 8)?

What did they “go out to see” (verse 9)?

What was written about John (verse 10)?

Who will be “greater than” John (verse 11)?

What has the kingdom of heaven been “subjected to” (verse 12)?

What did “the Prophets and the Law” do until John (verse 13)?

Who was John (verse 14)?

What does Jesus compare “this generation” to (verse 16)?

How did the generation react to the singing of the dirge (verse 17)?

What was said about John when he did not eat or drink (verse 18)?

What did they say about the Son of Man when He “came eating and drinking” verse 19)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the Lord’s coming?

In your opinion, what message is Jesus sending to those listening to him in Matthew 11:7-19 by using the quote from Malachi 3:1 (2:17-3:5)?

James 5:1-11 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. ² Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. ³ Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. ⁴ Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. ⁵ You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

⁷ Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. ⁸ You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. ⁹ Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!

¹⁰ Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Why should rich people “weep and wail” (verse 1)?

What happened to their wealth (verse 2)?

When did the rich hoard wealth (verse 3)?

What are “crying out” against the rich (verse 4)?

What have the rich done “in the day of slaughter” (verse 5)?

Who was “condemned and murdered” (verse 6)?

How long are the “brothers and sisters” to be patient (verse 7)?

What “is near” (verse 8)?

Where is the Judge (verse 9)?

Who is an example of “patience in the face of suffering” (verse 10)?

What is the Lord “full of” (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the Lord’s coming?

In your opinion, what does Malachi 2:17-3:5 help us understand about the coming of the Lord that James is encouraging “brothers and sisters” to patiently wait for in James 5:1-11?

In your opinion, how can the “brothers and sisters” who are ask to wait patiently in James 5:1-11 be greater than John the Baptist in Matthew 11:7-19?

Revelation 6:9-16 - New International Version (NIV)

⁹ When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. ¹⁰ They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” ¹¹ Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.

¹² I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, ¹³ and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. ¹⁴ The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

¹⁵ Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶ They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! ¹⁷ For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

Whose souls does John see “under the alter” (verse 9)?

What did they call out (verse 10)?

How long were they “to wait” (verse 11)?

When did the “great earthquake” happen (verse 12)?

What fell “as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind” (verse 13)?

Where were “every mountain and island” removed from (verse 14)?

Who “hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains” (verse 15)?

What did the ones who hid want the “the mountains and the rocks” to do (verse 16)?

What “has come” (verse 17)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the Lord’s coming?

In your opinion, how does Revelation 6:9-16 help us understand the answer to the question, “But who can endure the day of his coming” in Malachi 2:17-3:6?

In your opinion, how are the people of the generation that Jesus was talking to in Matthew 11:7-19 like the “the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free” in Revelation 6:9-16?

In your opinion, who in Revelation 6:9-16 are like the rich people who “weep and wail” in James 5:1-11?

In your opinion, what do these Scriptures from Malachi, Matthew, James, and Revelation teach us about the Lord’s compassion and mercy?

In your opinion, what helps us wait patiently today?

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