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Love is the motivation behind everything we do.
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1 Corinthians 16:14
14Do
everything in love.
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1)
What is the
motivation behind everything we do?
o
Love is.
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Love is the motivation behind everything we do.
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Love one another.
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1 John 4:7-12
7Dear friends, let us love
one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God
and knows God.
8Whoever does not love does
not know God, because God is love.
9This is how God showed his
love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live
through him.
10This is love: not that we
loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for
our sins.
11Dear friends, since God so
loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12No one has ever seen God;
but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in
us.
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2)
Who are referred
to as dear friends in verse 7?
o
The disciples
are.
3)
According to
verse 7 where does love come from?
o
It comes from God.
4)
According to
verse 7 does love come from God
as the sole source?
o
Yes.
5)
According to
verse 7 what are the disciples called on to do?
o
They are called
on to love one another.
6)
Who does
‘everyone’ in the phrase ‘Everyone
who loves’ in verse 7 stand for and why?
o
It stands for every disciple.
o
Because
o
The context is
the disciples loving one another.
7)
What is the
implied object in the phrase ‘Everyone
who loves’ in verse 7 and why?
o
The disciples are
the implied object.
o
Because
o
The context is
the disciples loving one another.
8)
What is the
relationship between loving the disciples and having been born of God and knowing God judging
from the statement ‘Everyone
who loves has been born of God and knows God’?
o
A person who
loves the disciples
§
Has been born of God.
§
And knows God.
9)
What is the
relationship between loving the disciples and knowing God judging from the statement ‘Whoever does not love does not
know God’?
o
The statement ‘Whoever does not love does not know God’
makes loving the disciples a necessary condition for knowing God’.
o
It then follows
that a person who knows God
loves the disciples.
10)
Does God love the disciples?
o
Yes.
11)
Do children take
after their parents who gave them birth?
o
Yes.
12)
In what way does
a disciple who knows God and
has been born of God take after God?
o
The disciple takes
after God in the act of loving
§
Those whom God
loved, i.e.,
§
The disciples.
13)
What does it mean
that God is love?
o
It means that God
has love as one of his personal attributes.
14)
How then can a
person know what love is?
o
A person can know
what love is.
o
If
o
The person knows
§
God personally.
§
And what God is
like.
15)
What conclusion
can we draw about what the disciples are like when they take after God in the
act of loving one another?
o
The disciples are
being Godlike.
16)
In light of the
fact that God has love as one of his personal attributes, what is the condition
of a person who does not love?
o
The person
§
Is not Godlike.
§
And does not know God
personally.
17)
Does God as the
source of love have
love as one of his possessions?
o
Yes.
18)
Do the disciples have
love as one of their possessions when they love one another?
o
Yes.
19)
What is the
difference between God having love as one of his possessions and God having
love as one of his personal attributes?
o
Love can be done
away with
§
In the former.
§
But not in the
latter.
o
Because
o
God cannot disown
himself.
20)
What is the
implication for the durability of love because of that, given 1 Corinthians
13:8?
o
Love never fails
per 1 Corinthians 13:8.
o
Because
o
God is love.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 1 Corinthians 13:8 that says,
+++++++++++++++++++++
8Love never fails. But where
there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be
stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
+++++++++++++++++++++
21)
In light of the
fact that God is love, what must God do in order to show his love among us?
o
God must show up personally
among us.
o
Because
o
Only the person
of God can show us what love is.
22)
According to
verse 9 what did God do
specifically to show his love among us?
o
God did it by sending his one and only Son into the world.
23)
According to
verse 9 what is the motivation for God to show his love among us by sending his one and only Son into the
world?
o
It is for love’s
sake.
o
That
o
We might live through him.
24)
Could we love God
before God loved us and why?
o
No, because we
would not even know what love is, having love
§
Neither in our
possession.
§
Nor in our being.
25)
According to
verse 10 what then is love?
o
This is love: God
loved us by sending his Son
as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
26)
What does
it mean for Jesus to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins?
o
Jesus died to pay the penalty.
o
That
o
God demands for
our sins.
o
So that
o
We no longer come
under God’s wrath for sin.
27)
What is the conspicuous characteristic of God’s love when he sent his Son as an atoning
sacrifice for our sins?
o
God’s love is sacrificial.
28)
How much has God loved
us?
o
God loved us.
o
Such that
o
He
§
Did not spare his
own Son.
§
But gave him up
for us all.
29)
In light of the
fact that God is love, what is the motivation behind God’s so
loving us?
o
God so loved us
§
For who he is.
§
And not for what
he finds to do on a propitious day.
30)
According to
verse 11 what should we do since God so loved us?
o
We also ought to love one another.
31)
What does our
loving one another indicate as discussed earlier?
o
Our loving one
another indicates that Godlikeness is formed in us.
32)
In accordance
with verse 12 what does Godlikeness being formed in us indicate that which
lives in us?
o
It indicates that
God lives in us.
33)
Is God’s love
made complete in us
simply when God loved us by
sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins?
o
No.
34)
In accordance
with verse 12 how then is God’s love made complete in us?
o
It is made
complete in us.
o
When
o
We respond to God’s love by taking after God in the act of loving one another, i.e., when
§
Godlikeness is
formed in us.
§
And therefore God lives in us.
35)
According to
verse 12 has anyone ever
seen God?
o
No.
36)
In accordance
with verse 12 what do people see when we love one another?
o
People see God in us.
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1 John 4:16-21
16And so we know and rely on
the love God has for us. God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
17This is how love is made
complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day
of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.
18There is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The
one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19We love because he first
loved us.
20Whoever claims to love God
yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother
and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
21And he has given us this
command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
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37)
According to
verse 16 what is God that we are being reminded of again?
o
God is love.
38)
What is the love God has for
us that we can rely on if God is love?
o
The love God has for us that we can rely on is God himself,
meaning that God loves us so much.
o
That
o
He gave himself to us.
39)
What does it mean
for a person to live in God and for God to live in the person?
o
It means that
§
The person.
§
And God.
o
Are one as can be confirmed.
o
When
o
We draw both
§
The person.
§
And God.
o
As circles
o
And the two circles
completely overlap, thus satisfying the condition of the two being in one
another.
40)
According to
verse 16 who is one with God?
o
Whoever lives in love is one with God.
41)
What is our
relationship with one another when we live in love?
o
We are one with
one another.
o
Because
o
We are one with
God.
42)
In accordance with
verses 16 and 17 how is love made complete or perfected among us?
o
We
§
Not only are one with God.
§
But are also one with one another.
o
When
o
We live in
love.
o
That is how love is
§
Made complete.
§
Or perfected.
o
Among us.
43)
According to
verse 17 what confidence
do we have when love is made complete or perfected among us?
o
We will have confidence on the day of judgment.
o
That
o
We will not
§
Come
under condemnation.
§
And face punishment.
44)
According to
verse 17 what is the basis of our confidence, given 1 John
3:2?
o
When we are like Jesus in
this world, we have confidence.
o
That
o
We will be like Jesus even more.
o
When
o
He comes again to judge the world per 1 John 3:2.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 1 John 3:2 that says,
+++++++++++++++++++++
2Dear
friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made
known. But we know that when
Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. +++++++++++++++++++++
45)
According to
verse 18 what is the fear about?
o
The fear has to do with punishment from condemnation on the day of judgment.
46)
According to
verse 18 why is there no fear of such punishment in love?
o
It is because perfect love
§
That is made complete among us.
§
And that gives us confidence
on the day of judgment.
o
Drives out the fear.
47)
According to
verse 18 when does one fear such punishment?
o
One fears such punishment.
o
When
o
One is not made perfect in love resulting in a lack of confidence on the day of
judgment.
48)
According to
verse 19 why do we love?
o
We love.
o
Because
o
God first loved us.
49)
According to
verse 20 how do we characterize a person who says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother?
o
Such a person is a liar.
50)
According to
verse 20 why is such a person a liar?
o
He is a liar.
o
Because
o
Anyone who does not love his brother.
o
Whom
o
He has seen.
o
Cannot love God.
o
Whom
o
He has not seen.
51)
So what does such a person lie about?
o
Such a person lies
about loving God.
o
When
o
He does not actually.
52)
According to
verse 21 what is the command God has given us?
o
God has given us this command: Whoever
loves God must also love his brother.
53)
What is the
intent of the command
God has given us?
o
It is to ensure that we would also love our brother.
o
If
o
We claim that we love God.
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Love one another.
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What is love?
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1 Corinthians 13:1-8
1If I speak in the tongues of
men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a
clanging cymbal.
2If I have the gift of
prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith
that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3If I give all I possess to
the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have
love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is
kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5It does not dishonor others,
it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it
keeps no record of wrongs.
6Love does not delight in
evil but rejoices with the truth.
7It always protects, always
trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where
there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be
stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
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54)
What are tongues of men?
o
They are various human languages.
55)
What are tongues
of angels?
o
It is not certain what they are
o
Because
o
No other
reference can be found in the bible.
o
They are used in the
current context to establish the excellent communication skill of the
fictitious ‘I’.
56)
According to
verse 1 what am I like if I give excellent speeches but
have not love?
o
I am
§
Only a resounding gong.
§
Or a clanging cymbal.
57)
What do the gift of prophecy, the ability to fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and a faith that can move mountains,
indicate?
o
They indicate spiritual prowess.
58)
According to
verse 2 what am I like if I have spiritual prowess but not love?
o
I am nothing.
59)
What do giving all I possess
to the poor and surrendering my body to the flames indicate?
o
They indicate giving sacrificially.
60)
According to
verse 3 what do I gain if I give
sacrificially but have not love?
o
I gain nothing.
61)
What is the primary concern of what has been said so far?
o
It is the lack of love on the part of those who pursue excellence.
62)
What is the litmus test for
everything we do?
o
Love is the litmus test for everything we
do.
63)
What is the basis for significance in what we do?
o
Anything we do has no
significance.
o
If
o
It is not motivated by love.
64)
According to
verses 4 to 8 what form of the word is each descriptor of love in?
o
It is in the verb
form.
65)
What does the
verb form of each descriptor of love indicate?
o
It indicates that
love is an action beyond being merely a feeling.
66)
What would
typically perform the action?
o
A person would.
67)
According to
verses 4 to 8 what is the subject performing the action of each descriptor of
love in lieu of a person in the current context?
o
Love is the subject.
68)
What might be a
reason love is personified in the current context?
o
Love is personified.
o
Because
o
God is love.
69)
What is love in
affirmative action of the descriptors of love enumerated?
o
Love
§
Is patient.
§
Is kind.
§
Rejoices with the truth.
§
Always protects.
§
Always trusts.
§
Always hopes.
§
Always perseveres.
70)
What is love in
avoiding negative action of the descriptors of love enumerated?
o
Love
§
Does not envy.
§
Does not boast.
§
Is not proud.
§
Is not rude.
§
Is not self-seeking.
§
Is not easily angered.
§
Keeps no record of wrongs.
§
Does not delight in evil.
§
Never
fail.
71)
How does love in
affirmative action manifest itself?
o
Love in
affirmative action manifests itself.
o
When
o
The
action is taken.
72)
How does love in
avoiding negative action manifest itself?
o
Love in avoiding
negative action manifests itself.
o
When
o
The
negative action that is the natural expression of our fallen human nature is
avoided.
73)
Which party of
the love relationship is the effort of love in affirmative action focused on?
o
It is focused on
the party that is loved.
74)
What would a
disciple do for himself or herself when the disciple exercises love in
affirmative action that is focused on the party that is loved?
o
The
disciple becomes less self-absorbed.
75)
Which party of
the love relationship does love in avoiding negative action make an effort to diminish?
o
It makes an
effort to diminish the ego of the party that loves.
76)
What would a
disciple do for himself or herself when the disciple exercises love in avoiding
negative action?
o
The
disciple becomes less self-absorbed.
77)
What would a
disciple do for himself or herself when the disciple loves?
o
The
disciple becomes less self-absorbed.
78)
What is the
person who exercises love in affirmative action facing from the other person?
o
Offenses.
79)
Does the person
who exercises love in affirmative action accept the other person regardless of past
offenses of the latter and why?
o
Yes, because the
person who exercises love in affirmative action exhibits an attitude of patience.
80)
Is love in
affirmative action exercised in a onetime event only and why?
o
No, because the
person who exercises love in affirmative action is willing to persevere in walking with the other person through the
difficulties of dealing with vestiges of past offenses that are still plaguing
the latter.
81)
What then is
required for the exercise of love in affirmative action?
o
Perseverance and
patient endurance in dealing with difficulties along the way is required.
82)
Which items on
the list of avoidance of negative action directly involve the emotion?
o
Does not envy.
o
Does not boast.
o
Is not proud.
o
Is not rude.
o
Is not easily angered.
83)
What is conserved
in the exercise of love in avoiding negative action that directly involves the
emotion?
o
Emotion as a
personal resource is conserved.
84)
What then does
the bible tell us to conserve when we love as instructed?
o
The bible tells
us to conserve our emotion.
o
When
o
We love.
85)
How does emotion as
a personal resource benefit its owner?
o
The
emotion is a powerful
impetus driving accomplishment.
o
Without
which
o
Nothing
gets accomplished in a person’s life.
o
A person would
exhibit indecisiveness having difficulties with as simple a task as organizing
his schedule.
o
If
o
The
area of the person’s brain that is responsible for emotion is damaged.
86)
Who were examples
in the bible who were overachievers and who were highly emotionally driven?
o
Examples were seen
in
§
Moses’
impulsiveness.
§
Elijah’s melodrama.
§
Paul’s emotive
forcefulness.
§
And Joseph’s
penchant for crying.
87)
What does a
disciple who knows to love per instructions in the bible have in large reserve?
o
A disciple who
knows to love has a large amount of emotion in reserve as a powerful
impetus driving accomplishment.
88)
Does it mean that
when we love others per instructions in the bible, we love ourselves too?
o
Yes.
89)
What does the
pervasiveness of avoiding negative action in depicting what love is suggest?
o
It suggests the
pervasive lack of love in the most natural expression of our fallen human
nature.
90)
What must have
taken place in our mind first before we love in
affirmative action and love in avoiding negative action?
o
We must have
§
Thought long and
hard.
§
And come to the
conclusion.
o
That
o
We would choose
to love regardless of the hard reality that drives us in the opposite
direction.
91)
Does doing the
hard thing and coming to a conclusion choosing to love have anything to do with
feeling?
o
No.
92)
How then do we
characterize the process of coming to a conclusion choosing to love?
o
Love is a decision for
action in favor of the party to be loved beyond being merely a feeling.
93)
When did God
first love us, given Ephesians 1:4-6?
o
God loved us from before the creation
of the world.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Ephesians 1:4-6 that says,
+++++++++++++++++++++
4For he chose us in him
before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
5he predestined us for
adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with his pleasure and will—
6to the praise of his
glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One
he loves. +++++++++++++++++++++
94)
Did God refrain
from loving us from before the creation of the world, knowing that we would
rebel against him in the future?
o
No.
95)
Does God refrain
from loving us after we have rebelled against him?
o
No.
96)
What does God
require of us when it comes to the offenses of others?
o
We are to love
others regardless of their offenses.
97)
How is God’s love
for us exemplified as a decision, given Genesis 1:26?
o
Loving us from
before the creation of the world began with a decision after deliberation among
§
The Father.
§
The Son.
§
And the Holy
Spirit.
o
To create man.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Genesis 1:26 that says,
+++++++++++++++++++++
26Let us make man in our
image, in our likeness.
+++++++++++++++++++++
98)
What happens if
love is nothing more than a feeling in the context of sin?
o
It will not
survive the onslaught of sin.
o
Because
o
The aftermath of
sin is bitterness that readily ruins the feel-good sensation of love.
99)
How did God’s
love for us survive the onslaught of sin, given Romans 5:8-9?
o
God’s love for us
§
Not only survives.
§
But overcomes the
onslaught of sin.
o
When
o
Christ died for
us sinners per Romans 5:8-9.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Romans 5:8-9 that says,
+++++++++++++++++++++
8But God demonstrates his own
love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been
justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath
through him!
+++++++++++++++++++++
100)
Is love being a
feeling a problem and why?
o
No, because love
being a feeling is a problem.
o
Only when
o
The feel-good
sensation becomes the sole driver of behavior.
o
And love inevitably
breaks down.
o
When
o
The feel-good
sensation is gone.
101)
What role does
feeling play in love?
o
Yearning and
longing for Jesus is a powerful motivator for participation in world
evangelization that facilitates his return.
o
Yearning and
longing for the other person in a romantic relationship is a powerful motivator
for seeking the best interests of the other person.
102)
What deprives the
significance of what we do as discussed earlier?
o
Anything we do has no
significance.
o
If
o
It is not motivated by love.
103)
How do we regard
the so-called love that is devoid of affirmative action and devoid of avoidance
of negative action?
o
It is empty.
104)
In light of the affirmative
action and avoidance of negative action involved, is love a settled way of
treating people with forbearance regardless of their offenses?
o
Yes.
105)
What then would
be an indicator of the maturity of our love?
o
It is how firmly
settled we are in the way we treat people with forbearance regardless of their
offenses.
106)
Does the attitude
of forbearance seen in the affirmative action come naturally and why?
o
No, because it is
the outcome of intentional discipleship.
107)
What does the
extent to which we are devoted to loving people tell us about our relationship
with God?
o
How devoted we
are to loving people is how devoted we are to God.
108)
Where does the
guarantee come from that love
never fails?
o
Love never fails.
o
Because
o
God is love.
109)
How then do we
ensure that we would persist in exercising love in affirmative action and love
in avoiding negative action?
o
We need to
§
Be born of God.
§
And know God.
o
In order to love.
o
And we need to
follow Jesus in discipleship in order to become firmly settled in loving
people.
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What is love?
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Loving God and loving neighbor is the most important commandment.
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Mark 12:28-34
28One of the teachers of the
law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good
answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
29“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord
our God, the Lord is one.
30Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind and with all your strength.’
31The second is this: ‘Love
your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
32 “Well said, teacher,” the
man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but
him.
33To love him with all your
heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your
neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and
sacrifices.”
34When Jesus saw that he had
answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the
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110)
According to
verse 28 who was listening when Jesus and the Sadducees were debating?
o
One of the
teachers of the law
§
Came.
§
And heard them
debating.
111)
According to
verse 28 what did that teacher of the law do when he noticed that Jesus had
given the Sadducees a good answer?
o
He asked Jesus,
“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
112)
How did the
question for Jesus raised by that teacher of the law compare to the questions
raised by other religious leaders?
o
The question
raised by him was
§
Constructive.
§
And not for
trapping Jesus.
113)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 29 and 30 what did Jesus say is the most important
commandment?
o
”The most
important one is this:
o
‘Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
o
Love the Lord
your God
§
With all your
heart.
§
And with all your
soul.
§
And with all your mind.
§
And with all your
strength.’”
114)
Whom does ‘the
Lord’ refer to?
o
‘The Lord’ refers to
§
God the Father.
§
God the Son.
§
And God the Holy
Spirit.
o
The three persons
in the triune God.
115)
What does it mean
that the Lord is one?
o
It means that
there is only one God.
o
Even though
o
There are three
persons in the triune God.
116)
How could the
love we are commanded to have for God be characterized?
o
We are commanded
to love God with our entire being.
117)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 31 what is the second most important commandment?
o
”The second is
this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
118)
Who is my
neighbor?
o
My neighbor is
§
Anyone we come
into contact with.
§
And not just the
person living next door.
119)
What did Jesus
say about these two commandments in verse 31?
o
There is no
commandment greater than these.
120)
According to
verse 32 what was the comment from the teacher of the law on Jesus’ statement
that the Lord is one?
o
“Well said,
teacher.
o
You are right in
saying that God is one.
o
And there is no
other but him.”
121)
What did the
teacher of the law address Jesus as?
o
The teacher of
the law addressed Jesus as teacher.
122)
According to
verse 33 how did the teacher of the law compare these two most important
commandments with burnt offerings and sacrifices?
o
To love God
§
With all your
heart.
§
With all your
understanding.
§
And with all your
strength.
§
And to love your
neighbor as yourself.
o
Is more important
than all
§
Burnt offerings.
§
And sacrifices.
123)
What are burnt
offerings?
o
Burnt offerings
are animal sacrifices made to God in the temple that are
completely burnt up on the altar.
124)
How can we
classify the act of making burnt offerings and sacrifices in the context of
religion?
o
It is a religious
ritual.
125)
How did the
teacher of the law compare the two most important commandments with religious
rituals?
o
The two most
important commandments are more important than religious rituals.
126)
According to
verse 34 how did Jesus think the teacher of the law had answered?
o
Jesus thought
that he had answered wisely.
127)
According to
verse 34 what did Jesus say to the teacher of the law?
o
He said to him,
“You are not far from the
128)
What did Jesus
imply concerning those who considered religious rituals to be more important
than those two commandments?
o
They were far
from the
129)
According to
verse 34 what effect did Jesus’ debate with various sects of the Jews have?
o
From then on no
one dared ask Jesus any more questions.
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Luke 10:25-37
25On one occasion an expert
in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to
inherit eternal life?”
26“What is written in the
Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27He answered, “‘Love the
Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your
neighbor as yourself.’”
28“You have answered
correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29But he wanted to justify
himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30In reply Jesus said: “A man
was going down from
31A priest happened to be
going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other
side.
32So too, a Levite, when he
came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33But a Samaritan, as he
traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34He went to him and bandaged
his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey,
brought him to an inn and took care of him.
35The next day he took out
two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look
after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra
expense you may have.’
36“Which of these three do
you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37The expert in the law
replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
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130)
Where can we find
the questions and answers for the current passage of the bible?
o
VisionCasting-Luke10.25-37.
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Loving God and loving neighbor is the most important commandment.
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How do we know if we love God?
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John 14:21
21 Whoever has my commands
and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by
my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
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131)
Whom does ‘my’ refer
to?
o
It refers to Jesus.
132)
Who is the one
who loves Jesus?
o
Whoever
§
Has his commands.
§
And obeys them.
o
Is the one who loves him.
133)
What is the
relationship between obeying God’s commands and loving God?
o
Obeying God’s commands is a sufficient
condition for loving God.
134)
What is an
alternative equivalent statement for the relationship between obeying God’s commands and loving God in
terms of a necessary condition?
o
Loving God is a
necessary condition for obeying God’s commands.
135)
Why do we need
this alternative equivalent statement?
o
We are going to
find out.
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John 14:23
23Jesus replied, “Anyone who
loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to
them and make our home with them.
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136)
Who did Jesus say
will obey his teaching?
o
Anyone who loves Jesus will obey his teaching.
137)
What is the
relationship between loving God and obeying God’s commands?
o
Loving God is a
sufficient condition for obeying God’s commands.
138)
What equivalent
statement can we derive from these two statements: ‘Loving God is a necessary
condition for obeying God’s commands’
and ‘Loving God is a sufficient condition for obeying God’s commands’?
o
‘Loving God is a sufficient and necessary condition for
obeying God’s commands’.
139)
What does the statement
‘Loving God is a sufficient and
necessary condition for obeying God’s commands’ mean?
o
It means that a
person can obey God’s commands
only as a result of loving God.
o
It also means
that a person can love God only by obeying God’s commands.
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How do we know if we love God?
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How will all men know that we are Jesus’ disciples?
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John 13:34-35
34“A new command I give you:
Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
35By this everyone will know
that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
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140)
Whom does ‘I’ in verse
34 refer to?
o
It refers to Jesus.
141)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 34 what is the new command he gave his disciples?
o
The new command is:
‘Love one another’.
142)
How does the new command Jesus gave his disciples
differ from the command to love one’s neighbor?
o
Loving one’s
neighbor who can be anyone we come into contact with is unilateral.
o
While
o
Disciples’ loving
one another is mutual.
143)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 34 what had he done for his disciples?
o
Jesus had loved his disciples.
144)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 34 what must his disciples do for one another in light of his love for them?
o
Jesus’ disciples must
love one another.
145)
Why must Jesus’ disciples love one
another in light of Jesus’
love for them from the perspective of discipleship?
o
Jesus’ disciples must
love one another.
o
because
o
Disciples emulate
the one they follow.
146)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 35 how will
all men know that they are his disciples?
o
All men will know that they are Jesus’ disciples.
o
If
o
They love one another.
147)
What is the
distinguishing mark that tells Jesus’ disciples
apart from the crowd?
o
Loving one another
is the distinguishing mark.
148)
Why is loving one another the
distinguishing mark of Jesus’
disciples?
o
People
§
Emulate Jesus.
§
And therefore
must be his disciples.
o
When
o
They love one
another the way.
o
That
o
Jesus has loved his disciples.
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How will all men know that we are Jesus’ disciples?
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Do not love the world.
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1 John 2:15-17 (NASB)
15Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the
love of the Father is not in him.
16For all that is in the
world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of
life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
17The world is passing away
and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live
forever.
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149)
What is the world that is referred to?
o
It is
the
§
Corrupt.
§
Fallen.
§
And sin-infested.
o
Human
civilization.
150)
According to
verse 15 what is the avoidance of negative action that is being urged on the
disciples?
o
Do not love
§
The world.
§
Nor anything in the world.
151)
According to
verse 16 what does the world encompass?
o
The world encompasses
§
The lust
of the flesh.
§
The lust
of the eyes.
§
And the boastful pride of life.
152)
What does it mean
to love the
world or anything in the world?
o
To love
§
The world.
§
Or anything in the world.
o
Is to
cater to the
§
Desires.
§
And vanity of sinful humanity.
153)
According to
verse 15 what conclusion can we draw about a person who loves the world?
o
The love of the Father, i.e., what the
Father loves, is not in him.
154)
Why is what the Father loves
not in a person who loves the world?
o
It is
because everything that
the person loves
§
Does
not come
Ø
From the Father.
Ø
But from the world.
§
And leaves no room for what the Father loves.
155)
According to
verse 17 what happens to the world and its desires?
o
The world is passing away along with its
desires.
156)
Does the world with its
desires have any place in eternity?
o
No.
157)
According to
verse 17 what happens to the one who does the will of God
in contrast?
o
The one who does the
will of God continues to live forever.
158)
How does the one who does
the will of God regard the world along with its desires?
o
The one who does
the will of God sets oneself apart from the world along with its desires.
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Do not love the world.
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