Monday, June 15, 2015
Luke 11:37-42 KJV
37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 [Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Who asked Jesus to dine with him? (v.37)
2) Why did he marvel about our Lord? (v.38)
3) What did Jesus say to him? (v.39-42)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Has anyone ever questionned your salvation or sancification because of something your did, or did not do? If so, please desccribe one such time and your response, if any.
LIFE LESSONS
5) The religious are fixated on externals, but our Lord weighs the motives of our hearts.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Matthew 23:23-28 KJV
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) For what three (3) reasons did our Lord refer to the religious elite as hypocrites in this passage of Scripture? (v.23-28)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
2) Are you more concerned with appearting to be righteous than you are with actually being righteous?
LIFE LESSONS
3) The ultimate test of our righteousness is whether we do "good" to earn the approval of others, or of God.
