Following the Truth
Isaiah 53:7-12 - New International
Version (NIV)
7 He was
oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was
punished.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no
violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and
cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his
life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be
satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
When did the Servant “not open his mouth” (verse 7)? (two
answers)
Why was He punished (verse 8)?
What had He not done (verse 9)?
Where was there no deceit (verse 9)?
What was it “the Lord’s will” to do (verse
10)?
Where will “the will of the Lord” prosper
(verse 10)?
What will “my righteous servant” bear
(verse 11)?
Who did He make intercession for (verse 12)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what truth does this passage teach us
about Jesus?
John 18:28-40 – New International Version (NIV)
28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of
the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial
uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able
to eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate came out to them and
asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”
30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have
handed him over to you.”
31 Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”
“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. 32 This
took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going
to die.
33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and
asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
34 “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others
talk to you about me?”
35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests
handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”
36 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it
were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish
leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the
reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the
truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to
the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against
him. 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one
prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of
the Jews’?”
40 They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas
had taken part in an uprising.
Why
did the Jewish leaders not enter the palace (verse 28)?
Who
ask “what charges are you bringing against this man” (verse 29)?
What
charges did the Jewish leaders list (verse 30)?
Why
did the Jewish leaders not want to judge Jesus by their law (verse 31)?
What did Pilate ask Jesus (verse 33)?
In your opinion, why did Jesus ask
Pilate “is that your own idea” (verse 34)?
In
your opinion, why does Pilate ask Jesus “what is it you have done” (verse
35)?
Why
did Jesus’s servants not fight to prevent Jesus’s arrest (verse 36)?
Who
listens to Jesus (verse 37)?
What
“basis for a charge” did Pilate find against Jesus (verse 38)?
What
custom did the Jews have (verse 39)?
Which
prisoner did the Jews want to be released (verse 40)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what truth does this passage teach us about Jesus?
In
your opinion, how is the accuracy of Isaiah 53:7-12’s statement that “he had
done no violence” validated by the Jewish leaders in John 18:28-40?
Hebrews
7:23-28 –
New International Version (NIV)
22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better
covenant.
23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented
them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives
forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is
able to save completely those who come to God through him,
because he always lives to intercede for them.
26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy,
blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike
the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after
day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He
sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For
the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath,
which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made
perfect forever.
What has Jesus become (verse 22)?
Why have there “been many of those priests” (verse
23)?
Why does Jesus have a “permanent priesthood” (verse
24)?
Who is Jesus “able to save completely” (verse 25)?
What kind of high priest “truly meets our need”
(verse 26)?
How is Jesus different from “other high priests”
(verse 27)?
How many times did Jesus sacrifice for “their sins”
(verse 28)?
Who does the law appoint as high priests (verse 29)?
Who “has been made perfect forever” (verse 29)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what
truth does this passage teach us about Jesus?
In your opinion, what does Hebrews
7:23-28 help us understand about what the innocent servant who “is led like
a lamb to the slaughter” according to Isaiah 53:7-12 is able to accomplish?
In
your opinion, why is the title of High Priest given to Jesus in Hebrews 7:23-28
more appropriate than the title of king that Pilate tried to give Him during
the trial in John 18:28-40?
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.
Who
did Christ suffer for (verse 21)?
Why
did Christ leave “an example” (verse 21)?
What
did Jesus not commit (verse 22)?
When
did Jesus “not retaliate” (verse 23)?
Who did Jesus entrust Himself to (verse 23)?
Why did Jesus bear “our sins” in his
body on the cross” (verse 24)?
How have we “been healed” (verse 24)?
Who have we “returned to” (verse 25)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
In your opinion, what truth does this
passage teach us about Jesus?
In your opinion, how
does 1 Peter 2:21-25 show that Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of Isaiah 53:7-12?
In your opinion, how does Pilate saying
he “finds no basis for a charge” but then attempting to release Jesus through
a custom of the Jews instead of just releasing Him in John 18:28-40
reinforce why we should trust “him who judges justly” as Jesus did in 1
Peter 2:21-25?
In your opinion, how does Hebrews 7:23-28
reveal what Jesus had to do so that “we might die to sins and live for
righteousness” as proclaimed in 1 Peter 2:21-25?
In
your opinion, what do these passages from Isaiah, John, Hebrews and 1 Peter teach
us about what we should not “fight” for today?
In your opinion, how can we follow in the steps of the
High Priest who is also the Lamb today?
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