Friday, March 27, 2015
Mark 14:55-62 KJV
55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. 59 But neither so did their witness agree together. 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what [is it which] these witness against thee? 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What were the Jewish leaders seeking to find against Jesus and why? (v.55a)
2) Were they successful? Why not? (v.55b-59)
3) What did the high priest say to our Lord Jesus? (v.60)
4) How did Jesus respond? (v.61a)
5) What did the high priest ask of Jesus the second time? (v.61b)
6) What did Jesus finally say in response to the high priest? (v.62)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) As we approach Resurrection Sunday, what are you telling your children, grandchildren, and/or others about Jesus?
LIFE LESSONS
8) Our Lord Jesus died and rose again so that believers may bear witness that He died for the sins of all and will return again soon.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Heb 4:14-5:10 KJV
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things [pertaining] to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as [was] Aaron. 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. 6 As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Why may we be confident of our profession of faith in our Lord Jesus? (v.14)
2) Why may we come boldly to the throne of God in our time of need? (v. 15-16)
3) How does the author describe earthly priests? (5:1-4)
4) How does the author explain how Jesus was qualified to become our faithful High Priest? (v.5-9)
5) On what order was our Lord's priesthood founded? (v.10)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) Who do you act as priest for (e.g., your wife, your children, etc.)?
7) Why are you qualified to intercede for them?
8) What do you do to ensure that your prayers are heard by the Lord?
LIFE LESSONS
9) The Lord has given believers the task of interceding on behalf of those we are responsible for on this earth.
10) We are qualified to intercede for those we love and care for because of our relationship with them and with the Father.
11) Before interceding for others, we must confess our own failures and shortcomings to the Lord.
12) We can boldly present our requests to God because of the blood of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Hebrews 9:11-15
11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What "greater and more perfect tabernacle" did Christ become high priest of? (v.11)
2) After shedding His blood for our sins, where was the holy place that Christ entered into? (v.12)
3) Why was Christ's sacrifice superior to the old system? (v.13-15)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) What did you do to be forgiven for your sins?
5) Where is the dwelling place (presence) of God, at this moment?
6) What proof do you have that Christ's sacrifice was enough for you to become a child of God?
PRINCIPLES
7) As children of God, we are God's temple.
8) The law could never change the hearts of the people of God.
9) The indwelling Holy Spirit is the only One who can change the human heart.
Monday, September 8, 2014
Hebrews 8:1-7, 13
1 Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore [it is] of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
7 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
... 13 In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Where does our Lord minister? (v.1-2)
2) Why is Jesus authorized to act as our high priest? (v.3)
3) Why is Jesus' ministry different from that of the earthly priests who ministered on behalf of the people of Israel? (v.4-6)
4) Why was the second covenant necessary? (v.7, 13)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) Can people ever make a lasting covenant with, or an offering to, God on behalf of your sins? Why, or why not?
6) What does Jesus' sacrifice for your sins mean to you, personally?
7) What would become of you had your sins been atoned for according to the law?
PRINCIPLES
8) Because Jesus offered Himself, an atonement for our sins, we have eternal peace with God.
9) The old sacrificial system was merely a shadow of the better.
10) Because of Jesus, we need never rely upon another human being to absolve us of our sins.
