Sheep Gone Astray
1 Samuel 17:31-37 – New International Version (NIV)
31 What David said was
overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.
32 David said to Saul, “Let no
one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and
fight him.”
33 Saul replied, “You are
not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young
man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul,
“Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear
came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I
went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned
on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and
the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he
has defied the armies of the living God. 37 The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of
the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”
Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”
Who was “reported to Saul” (verse 31)?
What didn’t David want anyone to lose “on account of this
Philistine” (verse 32)?
Why did Saul think David could not fight the Philistine (verse 33)?
What had David been doing (verse 34)?
Where did David rescue the sheep from (verse 35)?
What did David say the Philistine would be like (verse 36)?
Who will rescue David (verse 37)?
How did Saul send David off (verse 37)?
In your
opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the Lord being with us?
Matthew 18:6-14 - New International
Version (NIV)
6 “If
anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it
would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and
to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world
because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but
woe to the person through whom they come! 8 If your hand
or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is
better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two
feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye
causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for
you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the
fire of hell.
10 “See
that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their
angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
12 “What do
you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he
not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered
off? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is
happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander
off. 14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not
willing that any of these little ones should perish.
How does Jesus explain
who the “little ones” are (verse 6)?
Who does Jesus say has woe (verse 7)?
What should
someone do if their hand or foot causes them to stumble (verse 8)?
What is
entering “life with one eye” better than (verse 9)?
What do the
angels of the little ones always see (verse 10)?
Where will the man leave the ninety-nine sheep (verse 12)?
In your opinion, why would he be happier with the one found sheep than
the ninety-nine “that did not wander off” (verse 13)?
What is our Father not willing to allow (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your
opinion, what does this passage teach us about the Lord being with us?
In your opinion, how does David’s discussion with King Saul in 1 Samuel 17:31-37 help us understand what it might mean for the shepherd in Matthew 18:6-14 to rescue the lost sheep?
1 Peter 2:21-25 - New International Version (NIV)
21 To this you were
called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an
example, that you should follow in his steps.
22 “He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
23 When they hurled their insults at
him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no
threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges
justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on
the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness;
“by his wounds you have been healed.” 25 For “you were
like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the
Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
In whose steps should Christians follow (verse 21)?
Where was “no deceit” found (verse 22)?
What did Christ do when He was insulted and when He
suffered (verse 23)?
Why did He bear “our sins” (verse 24)?
How are we healed (verse 24)?
What were we like (verse 25)?
Who have we “returned to” (verse 25)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the
Lord being with us?
In your opinion, how are what Christ did for the sheep who
had gone astray in 1 Peter 2:21-25 different from what David describes he did
in 1 Samuel 17:31-37? How are they the
same?
In your opinion, what does 1 Peter 2:21-25 help us
understand about what must be cut off or gouged out to be saved as Jesus
instructs in Matthew 18:6-14?
Revelation 7:13-17 -
New International Version (NIV)
13 Then one
of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they
come from?”
14 I
answered, “Sir, you know.”
And he
said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore,
“they
are before the throne of God
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne
will shelter them with his presence.
16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.
The sun will not beat down on them,’
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Who ask John about the
people in the white robes (verse 13)?
Where had the
people in the white robes come from (verse 14)?
What had they
done (verse 14)?
How will they
be sheltered (verse 15)?
When will
they thirst (verse 16)?
What will the
“Lamb at the center of the throne” be (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 being with us?
In your opinion, how does the Lord rescuing David from the
paw of the bear or the lion in 1 Samuel 17:31-37 help us understand about the
rescue of those in the white robes from the “great tribulation” in
Revelation 7:13-17?
In your opinion, how does Matthew 18:6-14 help us
understand the Lamb who is the shepherd in Revelation 7:13-17?
In your opinion, how
does 1 Peter 2:21-25 help us understand what it means to wash our robes as the
people who escaped the great tribulation did in Revelation 7:13-17?
In your
opinion, what do these passages from 1 Samuel, Matthew, 1 Peter, and Revelation
teach us about the sacrifice the Great Shepherd has made on our behalf?
In
your opinion, what is our job as shepherds in the world today?
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