How Shall We Treat Others

Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Matthew 7:7-14 NIV

 7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 "Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. 13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) In His Sermon on the Mount, what three things did Jesus tell His disciples to do and why? (v.7-8)
2) How do parents generally respond to the requests of their children? (v.9-10)
3) How willing is our Heavenly Father to give good gifts to His children? (v.11)
4) How are we to treat others? Why? (v.12)
5) What does our Lord Jesus tell His disciples about the path to destruction and the path to life? (v.13-14)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What do you typically do when you have a need that you are unable to meet yourself?
7) How do you typically treat others? Why?

LIFE LESSONS
8) The Lord desires to meet our needs, but He cannot do so unless we ask Him for what we want.
9) The Lord commands us to love others as ourselves; not through our own power, but through His.