Matthew 20
- What is the point of Jesus' parable in Matthew 20:1-16 where people are hired at various times during the day but paid the same at the end of the day?
- In Matthew 20:25-27 how is Christian leadership meant to be different from the "rulers of the Gentiles"?
- When the two blind men were shouting for mercy, why did the crowd want them to be quiet (Matthew 20:31)?
- Why did Jesus choose to ride into Jerusalem on a donkey?
- Why would Jesus cause a fig tree to wither?
- In Matthew 21:31 Jesus told the chief priests and elders, "the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you." Why were tax collectors and prostitutes more open to Jesus than the chief priests and elders?
- In the parable Jesus told in Matthew 22:1-14, why did some who were invited not come to the banquet?
- In Matthew 22:21 Jesus said, "So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s." What are we supposed to give to God?
- What did Jesus say was the greatest commandment?
- In Matthew 23:5 Jesus described the teachers of the law and the Pharisees and said, "Everything they do is done for people to see." How can you set your heart on pleasing God and not worry what people say or think?
- Why did Jesus tell us not to use titles like "rabbi" and "father"?
- In Matthew 23:23 what did Jesus say was in the law that was more important than tithing?
- As Jesus begins to answer the disciples' question about when things will happen, He gives them two commands in Matthew 24:4-6. What are they?
- In Matthew 24:14 what did Jesus say would happen before the end?
- In Matthew 24:42 Jesus told us to keep watch. What does that mean? Are you doing it?
Nahum 1 - 3, Habakkuk 1 - 3, Zephaniah 1 - 3, Haggai 1 - 2
- Nahum's prophecy concerns Nineveh. God had shown Nineveh mercy when they heard Jonah and they repented. But more than 100 years had passed since Jonah was there. Nahum 1:3 says, "The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished." And in Nahum 1:8, "he will make an end of Nineveh." Why would God show Nineveh mercy in the time of Jonah if they were eventually going to be destroyed for their sins?
- Based on Nahum 1:15, what significance did the destruction of Nineveh have for Judah?
- Nahum 3:1 says, "Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!" Why was God bringing judgement on Nineveh?
- In Habakkuk 1:2 why did Habakkuk feel like God hadn't listened when he cried for help? What did Habakkuk want God to do?
- In Habakkuk, chapter 2, God told Habakkuk to write down the revelation that God gave him. God says in verse 3, "Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay." How can God say the fulfillment of this revelation may "linger" but "will not delay"? (This question is even more challenging if you're reading the KJV which says "though it tarry" and "it will not tarry.")
- Habakkuk wrote in 3:17-18, "Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior." Are you able to rejoice in the Lord even when times are difficult?
- Zephaniah, chapter 1 foretells God bringing judgement on the whole earth. Verse 18 says God, "will make a sudden end of all who live on the earth." Why will this happen?
- What hope is offered in Zephaniah 2:3 to those who seek the Lord?
- Zephaniah 3:17 says, "The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing." What causes God to take great delight in His people?
- According to Haggai 1:9 why were the people having a hard time making ends meet?
- In Haggai 2:19 God said, "From this day on I will bless you." What had happened to cause God to say this?
Psalms 145 - 147
- Psalm 145:18 says, "The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth." When and how do you call on the Lord?
- Psalm 146:8 says, "the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down." How does God lift people up?
- According to Psalm 147:11 who does the Lord delight in?
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