Everlasting Love
Jeremiah 31:1-6 - New International
Version (NIV)
1 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the
families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
2 This is what the Lord says:
“The people who survive
the sword
will find favor in the wilderness;
I will come to give rest to Israel.”
3 The Lord appeared
to us in the past, saying:
“I have loved you
with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
4 I will build you up again,
and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt.
Again you will take up your timbrels
and go out to dance with the joyful.
5 Again you will plant vineyards
on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant them
and enjoy their fruit.
6 There will be a day when watchmen cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our
God.’”
What will happen “at that time” (verse 1)?
Who will “find favor in the wilderness” (verse
2)?
What had the Lord said, “in the past” (verse
3)?
Who will “Virgin Israel” go out to dance
with (verse 4)?
Who will enjoy the fruit of the vineyards (verse
5)?
What will the watchmen cry out (verse 6)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about God’s
relationship with us?
John 20:1-18 – New International Version (NIV)
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it
was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had
been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to
Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They
have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put
him!”
3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both
were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb
first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of
linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon
Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips
of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been
wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place,
separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who
had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They
still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the
dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were
staying.
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over
to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in
white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at
the foot.
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where
they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw
Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you
are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried
him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in
Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet
ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am
ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I
have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
When did Mary Magdalene see that the
stone had been removed from the tomb’s entrance (verse 1)?
Who
did she tell, “they have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know
where they have put him” (verse 2)?
Who
got to the tomb first (verse 4)?
What
did he see in the tomb (verse 5)?
Who went into the tomb and saw the
strips of linen and the “cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head”
(verses 6 and7)?
When did the other disciple believe (verse
8)?
What did the two disciples still not
understand (verse 9)?
Where did the two disciples go (verse 10)?
What was Mary doing when she looked into
the tomb (verse 11)?
What did she see (verse 12)?
How did Mary answer the angel’s
question, “Woman, why are you crying?” (verse 13)?
Who did Mary not recognize (verse 14)?
What was Mary going to do when she found
out were Jesus was (verse 15)?
How did Mary respond when Jesus said “Mary”
(verse 16)?
What
was Mary to do (verse 17)?
Who
did Mary give the news to (verse 18)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does this passage teach us about God’s relationship with us?
In
your opinion, how is the everlasting love the Lord proclaimed in Jeremiah
31:1-6 displayed in John 20:1-18?
Acts
10:34-43 –
New International Version (NIV)
34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God
does not show favoritism 35 but accepts from every nation
the one who fears him and does what is right. 36 You know
the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good
news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 37 You
know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee
after the baptism that John preached— 38 how God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went
around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil,
because God was with him.
39 “We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the
Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, 40 but
God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be
seen. 41 He was not seen by all the people, but by
witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him
after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach
to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as
judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify
about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness
of sins through his name.”
Who said they realized it is true that “God does
not show favoritism” (verse 34)?
Who does God accept (verse 35)?
What message did God send to the “people
of Israel” (verse 36)?
When did things begin “in Galilee”
(verse 37)?
How
was Jesus of Nazareth anointed (verse 38)?
How
was Jesus killed (verse 39)?
Who
raised Jesus from the dead (verse 40)?
Who
saw Jesus (verse 41)?
What
were the people who saw Jesus commanded to do (verse 42)?
What
do the people who believe in Jesus receive (verse 43)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does this passage teach us about God’s relationship with us?
In your
opinion, what does Peter in Acts 10:34-43 reveal about the one who proclaimed
in Jeremiah 31:1-6 that “I will be the God of all the families of Israel”?
In your opinion, how does Peter in Acts 10:34-43 help
us understand the significance of what John recorded in John 20:1-18?
Colossians 3:1-4 – New International
Version (NIV)
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on
things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set
your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For
you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When
Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear
with him in glory.
Who have the Christians “been raised with” (verse 1)?
What
should Christians set their “hearts on” (verse 1)?
What
should Christians not set their minds on (verse 2)?
Where
is the Christian’s life hidden (verse 3)?
How
will Christians appear with Christ (verse 4)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what
does this passage teach us about God’s relationship with us?
In your opinion, how is the rejoicing of
the exiles in Jeremiah 31:1-6 like the Christian focus instructed in Colossians
3:1-4?
In
your opinion, how is Jesus’s first message after rising to Mary Magdalene for
the disciples in John 20:1-18 crucial to Colossians 3:1-4?
In your opinion, how is the message of
Colossians 3:1-4 important for all those who hear and believe Peter’s message
in Acts 10:34-43?
In
your opinion, what do these passages from Jeremiah, John, Acts, and Colossians teach
us about God’s “everlasting love”?
In your opinion, how can we respond to God’s “everlasting
love” today?
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