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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