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Pray for wisdom without doubting
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James 1:5-8
5If any of you lacks wisdom,
you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it
will be given to you.
6But when you ask, you must
believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
blown and tossed by the wind.
7That person should not
expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8Such a person is
double-minded and unstable in all they do.
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1)
According to verse 5 what should we do when we lack wisdom?
2)
According to verse 5 how
consistently does God
give to those who ask for wisdom?
3)
According to verse 6 what should our attitude be when we ask God for wisdom?
4)
According to verse 6 what are we like when we ask God for wisdom but
doubt that God would give
it?
5)
According to verse 7 what can we expect to receive from
the Lord when we doubt?
6)
According to verse 8 what is the reality about
us when we doubt?
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Pray for wisdom without doubting
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We must persist
in prayer.
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Luke 11:5-13
5Then Jesus said to them,
“Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend,
lend me three loaves of bread;
6a friend of mine on a
journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’
7And suppose the one inside
answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I
are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’
8I tell you, even though he
will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of
your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9“So I say to you: Ask and it
will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened
to you.
10For everyone who asks
receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be
opened.
11“Which of
you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
12Or if he asks for an egg,
will give him a scorpion?
13If you then, though you are
evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
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7)
Who was Jesus
talking to in the current passage of the
bible?
8)
What is the parable Jesus told
the disciples about?
9)
Who are the two
parties that engage in a conversation with each other in the parable?
10)
Whom does the friend
of the disciple represent?
11)
According to verse 5 where
and when does the disciple go?
12)
What is the most
likely other relationship the disciple has with his friend judging from the
request he makes?
13)
What might be the reason Jesus chose to lay aside the neighborly aspect of the relationship in the
parable?
14)
According to verse 6 what is the reason
the disciple asks his friend
to lend him three loaves of
bread?
15)
According to verse 7 what excuses does the disciple’s friend give for being unable to get up and give him what he
wants?
16)
Are the excuses
given by the disciple’s friend
reasonable ones and why?
17)
What does the reply
of the disciple’s friend
tell us about how he treats the request?
18)
According to verse 7 what does the disciple’s friend
literally tell him concerning
what he should do with his request?
19)
According to verse 8 what did Jesus say friendship fails to accomplish?
20)
What might be the reason Jesus chose to set up the parable such that friendship fails to incline
the disciple’s friend to
get up and give him the bread?
21)
According to verse 8 what did Jesus say will compel the disciple’s friend to get up and give him as much as he needs after all?
22)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in asking in
prayer?
23)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in seeking in prayer?
24)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in knocking in prayer?
25)
Why did Jesus repeat
the rewards in verse 10?
26)
According to verses 11 and 12 what are the two rhetorical
questions Jesus asked?
27)
What are the
expected answers for the two rhetorical questions?
28)
In the rhetorical
questions what is the
basis for good gifts to be given when one party asks the other?
29)
According to verse 13 what contrast did Jesus
use to illustrate how generously our Father in heaven gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
30)
What is Jesus’
portrayal of our Father in
heaven in the contrast he made with human fathers who are by nature
evil?
31)
Why do we ask for
the Holy Spirit when
we have already received the Holy
Spirit upon repenting and believing the good news?
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Luke 18:1-8
1Then Jesus told his
disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
2He said: “In a certain town
there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared
what people thought.
3And there was a widow in
that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my
adversary.’
4“For some time he refused.
But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t
fear God or care what people think,
5yet because this widow keeps
bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually
come and attack me!’”
6And the Lord said, “Listen
to what the unjust judge says.
7And will
not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and
night? Will he keep putting them
off?
8I tell you, he will see that
they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find
faith on the earth?”
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32)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 1 what did he tell his
disciples the parable
for?
33)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 2 what was the reputation of
the judge in the town?
34)
What does it mean
for the judge to neither fear God nor care what people thought?
35)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 3 how did the widow seek
justice from the judge?
36)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 4 what was the judge’s
initial response to her plea?
37)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 5 what did the widow do
regardless of the judge’s refusal to take up her cause?
38)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 5 how did the judge
eventually change his mind in favor of the widow?
39)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 6 how did he characterize
the judge?
40)
Who are God’s chosen ones that Jesus referred to in verse 7?
41)
According to what Jesus
said in verses 7 and 8 does God care about his
chosen ones?
42)
Does the unjust judge care about the
widow?
43)
Is there more
impetus for God to bring about
justice for his chosen
ones than for the unjust judge to bring about justice for the widow and why?
44)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 7 how often do God’s chosen
ones cry out to him for justice?
45)
How often did the
widow show up to bother the unjust judge?
46)
Is there more impetus
for God to bring about
justice for his
chosen ones than for the unjust judge to bring about justice for the widow and why?
47)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 8 what was his answer to the
rhetorical questions, “Will
not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and
night?” “Will he keep
putting them off?”
48)
What does the
rhetorical question, “Will
he keep putting them off?” suggest in terms of God’s timelines in brining about justice for his chosen ones?
49)
How promptly will God bring about justice for his chosen
ones after the initial delay?
50)
What should we do
when God delays answering our prayer?
51)
What is the intended
answer to the rhetorical question Jesus asked: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
52)
When will the Son of Man come?
53)
How should we
pray in light of Jesus’ rhetorical questions?
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We must persist
in prayer.
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God will honor
our prayer if we seek to glorify and obey God.
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John 14:12-14
12Very truly I tell you,
whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do
even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
13And I will do whatever you
ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14You may ask me for anything
in my name, and I will do it.
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John 16:7
But very truly I tell you, it
is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not
come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
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54)
Who was speaking
to whom in the current passage of the bible?
55)
According to verse 12
with what level of
certainty was Jesus speaking?
56)
Who are those who
believe in Jesus?
57)
What were the
works Jesus had done?
58)
What purpose did
Jesus’ healing diseases, casting out demons and performing miracles serve?
59)
According to verse 12
what did Jesus say
that whoever believes in him, i.e., the disciples, would do?
60)
What would be the
works the disciples do?
61)
What would be an
example a disciple would do even
greater things than what Jesus did?
62)
According to verse 12
what is the reason a disciple
would do even greater things
than what Jesus had
been doing?
63)
Why would a disciple
do even greater things than what
Jesus had been doing
when Jesus went to the Father?
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 16:7.
64)
According to verse 13
what would Jesus do
for a disciple?
65)
In accordance
with verse 13 did
Jesus give a disciple an unconditional promise of doing whatever the disciple asks in his name and why?
66)
What part does a
disciple play in the Father being
glorified in the Son?
67)
How do we know
what glorifies the Father?
68)
What did Jesus do
in verse 14 to
emphasize the certainty of the promise he made to the disciples in verse 13?
69)
What does Jesus’
promise have to do with prayer?
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John 15:5-10
5“I am the vine; you are the
branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will
bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
6If you do not remain in me,
you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked
up, thrown into the fire and burned.
7If you remain in me and my
words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8This is to my Father’s
glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
9 “As the
Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
10 If you keep my commands,
you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain
in his love.
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Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no
law.
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John 14:23
Jesus 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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70)
Who was speaking
to whom in the current passage of the bible?
71)
According to verse 5
who is the vine?
72)
According to verse 5
who are the branches?
73)
What does it mean
for the disciples to remain in Jesus and he in them?
74)
According to verse 5
what is the outcome
of the disciples remaining in Jesus and he
in them?
75)
What does the fruit in verse 5 refer to?
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Galatians 5:22-23.
76)
Why do the disciples who remain in Jesus and he in them bear much fruit?
77)
According to verse 5 what can the disciples do apart from Jesus?
78)
According to verse 6 what are the disciples like who do not remain in Jesus?
79)
What does it mean
for the disciples to be like a branch that is thrown
away?
80)
Why do the disciples who do not remain in Jesus wither?
81)
According to verse 6 what is the fate of the disciples who are thrown away and wither?
82)
How then do the disciples remain in Jesus and he in them
so that they will bear much fruit?
83)
What does verse 7
mean that says, “If you
remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be
given you”?
84)
According to verse 8 what did Jesus say is to
his Father’s glory?
85)
According to verse 8 how did Jesus say people
could show themselves to be his disciples?
86)
How has the Father
loved Jesus?
87)
How has Jesus
loved the disciples?
88)
Why did Jesus say
that he has loved the disciples as the Father has loved him?
89)
According to verse 9 what did Jesus exhort the disciples
to do?
90)
According to verse 10 how does Jesus remain in his Father’s love?
91)
According to verse 10 how do the disciples remain in Jesus’ love?
92)
How then do the disciples
remain in Jesus?
93)
How does Jesus remain
in the disciples?
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read out
loud John 14:23.
94)
How then do the disciples remain in Jesus and he in them
so that they will bear much fruit?
95)
According to verse 7 what does Jesus promise
those who remain in him and in whom his words remain?
96)
What does it mean
for Jesus’ words to remain
in the disciples?
97)
What does verse 7
mean that says, “If you
remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done
for you”?
98)
In summary what
holds out for the disciples
who obey Jesus’ commands?
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God will honor
our prayer if we seek to glorify and obey God.
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We need to devote ourselves to prayer and pray continually.
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Colossians 4:2
2Devote
yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
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Mark 14:38
Watch and pray so that you
will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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99)
What does it mean
to devote ourselves
to prayer?
100)
What does being watchful have to do with prayer?
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Mark 14:38.
101)
What does being thankful have to do with prayer?
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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
16Rejoice always,
17pray continually,
18give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
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Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, whether
in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
the Father through him.
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102)
According to verse 16 when
should we rejoice?
103)
According to verse 17 how
should we pray?
104)
According to verse 18 under
what circumstance should we give thanks?
105)
According to verse 18 what are we accomplishing when we obey these commands?
106)
How is God’s will for us in
Christ Jesus?
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Colossians 3:17.
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We need to devote ourselves to prayer and pray continually.
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Pray for wisdom without doubting
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James 1:5-8
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1)
According to verse 5 what should we do when we lack wisdom?
o
We should ask God.
2)
According to verse 5 how
consistently does God
give to those who ask for wisdom?
o
God gives generously to all without finding fault.
3)
According to verse 6 what should our attitude be when we ask God for wisdom?
o
We must
§
Believe.
§
And not doubt.
4)
According to verse 6 what are we like when we ask God for wisdom but
doubt that God would give
it?
o
We are like a wave of the
sea,
§
Blown.
§
And tossed by the wind.
5)
According to verse 7 what can we expect to receive from
the Lord when we doubt?
o
We should not expect
to receive
anything from the Lord.
6)
According to verse 8 what is the reality about
us when we doubt?
o
We are
§
Double-minded.
§
And unstable in all we do.
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Pray for wisdom without doubting
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We must persist
in prayer.
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Luke 11:5-13
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7)
Who was Jesus
talking to in the current passage of the
bible?
o
Jesus was talking
to the disciples.
8)
What is the parable Jesus told the
disciples about?
o
It is a parable about
persisting in prayer.
9)
Who are the two
parties that engage in a conversation with each other in the parable?
o
One is a
disciple.
o
The other is a
friend of the disciple.
10)
Whom does the friend
of the disciple represent?
o
The friend of the
disciple represents God.
11)
According to verse 5 where
and when does the disciple go?
o
He goes to his friend at midnight.
12)
What is the most
likely other relationship the disciple has with his friend judging from the
request he makes?
o
The disciple is also a neighbor of his
friend.
13)
What might be the reason Jesus chose to lay aside the neighborly aspect of the relationship in the
parable?
o
It could be that
the pressure from the moral necessity of lending bread to a needy neighbor is
intentionally eliminated.
o
Such that
o
The eventual lending
of bread is entirely based on negotiation between the two parties.
14)
According to verse 6 what is the reason
the disciple asks his friend
to lend him three loaves of
bread?
o
Another friend of
the disciple’s on a journey
has come to him.
o
And he has no food to offer his traveling friend.
15)
According to verse 7 what excuses does the disciple’s friend give for being unable to get up and give him what he
wants?
o
The door is already locked.
o
He and his children are in bed.
16)
Are the excuses
given by the disciple’s friend
reasonable ones and why?
o
No, because the excuses
§
Are inconveniences
at best.
§
And are by no
means insurmountable obstacles.
17)
What does the reply
of the disciple’s friend
tell us about how he treats the request?
o
He is
§
Unwilling.
§
Rather than
unable.
o
To help.
18)
According to verse 7 what does the disciple’s friend
literally tell him concerning
what he should do with his request?
o
The disciple should
quit bothering him.
19)
According to verse 8 what did Jesus say friendship fails to accomplish?
o
Friendship fails
to incline the disciple’s friend
to
§
Get up.
§
And give him the bread.
20)
What might be the reason Jesus chose to set up the parable such that friendship fails to incline
the disciple’s friend to
get up and give him the bread?
o
It is such that
the eventual lending of bread is entirely based on negotiation between the two
parties.
21)
According to verse 8 what did Jesus say will compel the disciple’s friend to get up and give him as much as he needs after all?
o
The disciple’s friend will
§
Get up.
§
And give him as much as he needs.
o
Because of the
disciple’s shameless
persistence in asking for bread.
22)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in asking in
prayer?
o
They will be given what they ask for.
23)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in seeking in prayer?
o
They will find what they seek.
24)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in knocking in prayer?
o
They will have the door opened to them.
25)
Why did Jesus repeat
the rewards in verse 10?
o
It is to emphasize the certainty of reward for persisting in prayer.
26)
According to verses 11 and 12 what are the two
rhetorical questions Jesus asked?
o
Which of you fathers,
§
If your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake
instead?
§
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?.
27)
What are the
expected answers for the two rhetorical questions?
o
‘No’.
28)
In the rhetorical
questions what is the
basis for good gifts to be given when one party asks the other?
o
It is because the
giver cherishes his or her relationship with the asker.
29)
According to verse 13 what analogy did Jesus use
to illustrate how generously our
Father in heaven gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
o
Jesus
§
Used the analogy
of human fathers, though evil, knowing how to give good gifts to their children
§
To illustrate how
much more our Father in
heaven gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
30)
What is Jesus’ portrayal
of the nature of our Father
in heaven in the analogy he made with human fathers who are by nature
evil?
o
Our Father in heaven
is by nature good.
31)
Why do we ask for
the Holy Spirit when
we have already received the Holy
Spirit upon repenting and believing the good news?
o
We are asking for empowerment of the Holy Spirit for
doing the work of the gospel.
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Luke 18:1-8
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32)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 1 what did he tell his
disciples the parable
for?
o
Jesus told his disciples the parable to show them that they
should
§
Always pray.
§
And not give up.
33)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 2 what was the reputation of
the judge in the town?
o
The judge
§
Neither feared
God.
§
Nor cared what
people thought.
34)
What does it mean
for the judge to neither fear God nor care what people thought?
o
There was no
motivation for the judge to perform his duty out of
§
Fear for God.
§
Or concern for
people.
35)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 3 how did the widow seek
justice from the judge?
o
She kept coming to the judge with her plea for justice against
her adversary.
36)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 4 what was the judge’s
initial response to her plea?
o
For some time he refused.
37)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 5 what did the widow do
regardless of the judge’s refusal to take up her cause?
o
She kept bothering the
judge.
38)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 5 how did the judge
eventually change his mind in favor of the widow?
o
He changed his mind
in favor of the widow.
o
So that
o
She would not eventually wear him out with her coming.
39)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 6 how did he characterize
the judge?
o
Jesus
characterized the judge as being unjust.
40)
Who are God’s chosen ones that Jesus referred to in verse 7?
o
They are those
who
§
Repent.
§
And believe the
good news.
41)
According to what Jesus
said in verses 7 and 8 does God care about his
chosen ones?
o
Yes.
42)
Does the unjust judge care about the
widow?
o
No.
43)
Is there more
impetus for God to bring about
justice for his
chosen ones than for the unjust judge to bring about justice for the widow and why?
o
Yes, because God cares about his chosen
ones.
44)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 7 how often do God’s chosen
ones cry out to him for justice?
o
They cry out to God
§
Day.
§
And night.
45)
How often did the
widow show up to bother the unjust judge?
o
She showed up
§
Regularly.
§
But not
Ø
Day.
Ø
And night.
46)
Is there more
impetus for God to bring about
justice for his
chosen ones than for the unjust judge to bring about justice for the widow and why?
o
Yes, because God’s
chosen ones cry out to him for justice
§
Day.
§
And night.
47)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 8 what was his answer to the
rhetorical questions, “Will
not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and
night?” “Will he keep
putting them off?”
o
“I tell you, he
will see that they get justice, and quickly.”
48)
What does the
rhetorical question, “Will
he keep putting them off?” suggest in terms of God’s timelines in brining about justice for his chosen ones?
o
There is initial
delay in God’s brining about
justice for his
chosen ones.
49)
How promptly will God bring about justice for his chosen
ones after the initial delay?
o
God will see that
they get justice, and quickly.
50)
What should we do
when God delays answering our prayer?
o
We should pray
§
Even harder.
§
And yes
Ø
Day.
Ø
And night.
51)
What is the intended
answer to the rhetorical question Jesus asked: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
o
The intended
answer is “May be, may be not.”
o
Having faith or not
is an individual choice.
o
Some will have faith.
o
Others won’t.
52)
When will the Son of Man come?
o
The Son of Man will come to
judge the world at the end of the age.
53)
How should we
pray in light of Jesus’ rhetorical questions?
o
We should persist
in prayer by faith to the very end.
========================
We must persist
in prayer.
========================
========================
God will honor
our prayer if we seek to glorify and obey God.
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John 14:12-14
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John 16:7
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54)
Who was speaking to
whom in the current passage of the bible?
o
Jesus was speaking
to his disciples.
55)
According to verse 12
with what level of
certainty was Jesus speaking?
o
The certainty of truth.
56)
Who are those who
believe in Jesus?
o
Those who believe
in Jesus are those who
§
Repent.
§
And believe the good
news.
o
They are the
disciples.
57)
What were the
works Jesus had done?
o
Jesus
§
Called people to
Ø
Repent.
Ø
And believe the
good news.
§
Healed diseases.
§
Cast out demons.
§
And performed
miracles.
58)
What purpose did Jesus’
healing diseases, casting out demons and performing miracles serve?
o
They confirmed the
message.
o
That
o
Jesus preached.
59)
According to verse 12
what did Jesus say
that whoever believes in him, i.e., the disciples, would do?
o
They would do the works.
o
That
o
Jesus had been
doing.
o
They would do even
§
Greater things.
§
Than what Jesus had been doing.
60)
What would be the
works the disciples do?
o
They would call
people to
§
Repent.
§
And believe the
good news.
61)
What would be an
example a disciple would do even
greater things than what Jesus did?
o
Jesus called
people to
§
Repent.
§
And believe the
good news.
o
In the villages
within close proximity of his hometown.
o
A disciple in our
days
§
Can call people
in far-flung places to
Ø
Repent.
Ø
And believe the
good news.
§
And
Ø
Can have a bigger
harvest.
Ø
Than Jesus did.
62)
According to verse 12
what is the reason a disciple
would do even greater things
than what Jesus had
been doing?
o
It is because Jesus was going to the Father.
63)
Why would a disciple
do even greater things than what
Jesus had been doing
when Jesus went to the Father?
o
It is because the Holy Spirit would
not come.
o
Unless
o
Jesus went away
per John 16:7.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 16:7.
64)
According to verse 13
what would Jesus do
for a disciple?
o
Jesus would do whatever a disciple asks in his name.
65)
In accordance
with verse 13 did Jesus
give a disciple an unconditional promise of doing whatever the disciple asks in his name and why?
o
No, because whatever
the disciple asks
must be conducive to the Father being glorified in the Son.
66)
What part does a
disciple play in the Father being
glorified in the Son?
o
The Father is glorified in the
Son.
o
When
o
The Son fulfills what a
disciple asks for in his
name that glorifies the
Father.
67)
How do we know
what glorifies the Father?
o
The Father gave us the bible
that can be used to confirm whether something glorifies the Father or not.
68)
What did Jesus do
in verse 14 to
emphasize the certainty of the promise he made to the disciples in verse 13?
o
Jesus stated the promise
a second time.
69)
What does Jesus’
promise have to do with prayer?
o
A disciple prays.
o
When
o
The disciple asks Jesus for something in Jesus’ name.
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John 15:5-10
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Galatians 5:22-23
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John 14:23
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70)
Who was speaking
to whom in the current passage of the bible?
o
Jesus was speaking
to his disciples.
71)
According to verse 5
who is the vine?
o
Jesus is the vine.
72)
According to verse 5
who are the branches?
o
The disciples are the branches.
73)
What does it mean
for the disciples to remain in Jesus and he in them?
o
For the disciples to remain in Jesus and he in them
is for them to be
connected to Jesus.
o
As
o
Branches are
connected to the vine.
o
It means that the disciples have the life of Jesus in them.
o
As
o
The branches have the life of
the vine in them.
74)
According to verse 5
what is the outcome
of the disciples remaining in Jesus and he
in them?
o
They will bear much fruit.
75)
What does the fruit in verse 5 refer to?
o
The fruit refers to the fruit of the Spirit as depicted
in Galatians 5:22-23.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Galatians 5:22-23.
76)
Why do the disciples who remain in Jesus and he in them bear much fruit?
o
They bear much fruit.
o
Because
o
They have the
life of Jesus in them.
77)
According to verse 5 what can the disciples do apart from Jesus?
o
They can do nothing.
78)
According to verse 6 what are the disciples like who do not remain in Jesus?
o
They are like a branch that
§
Is thrown away.
§
And withers.
o
Such branches are
§
Picked up.
§
Thrown into the fire.
§
And burned.
79)
What does it mean
for the disciples to be like a branch that is thrown
away?
o
The disciple are
no longer connected to Jesus.
o
As
o
the branch is no longer connected to the vine.
o
When
o
They are like a branch that is thrown away.
80)
Why do the disciples who do not remain in Jesus wither?
o
They wither.
o
Because
o
They no longer have
the life of Jesus in them.
81)
According to verse 6 what is the fate of the disciples who are thrown away and wither?
o
They will suffer
the eternal punishment of hell like a branch that is
§
Picked up.
§
Thrown into the fire.
§
And burned.
82)
How then do the disciples remain in Jesus and he in them
so that they will bear much fruit?
o
The remainder of
the passage will tell us how.
83)
What does verse 7
mean that says, “If you
remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be
given you”?
o
The remainder of
the passage will tell us.
84)
According to verse 8 what did Jesus say is to
his Father’s glory?
o
It is to his Father’s glory.
o
That
o
The disciples bear much fruit of
the Holy Spirit.
85)
According to verse 8 how did Jesus say people
could show themselves to be his disciples?
o
They could show themselves to be Jesus’ disciples by bearing the
fruit of the Holy Spirit.
86)
How has the Father
loved Jesus?
o
The Father has loved
Jesus by pouring his entire being into Jesus.
o
Jesus is
§
All that the
Father is.
§
And all that the
Father has.
o
Such that
o
Anyone who has
seen Jesus has seen the Father.
87)
How has Jesus
loved the disciples?
o
Jesus has loved the
disciples by
§
Coming down from
heaven.
§
Becoming a man.
§
And reconciling
Ø
Them to the Father.
Ø
And the Father to
them.
88)
Why did Jesus say
that he has loved the disciples as the Father has loved him?
o
Jesus has poured
himself into the disciples.
o
As
o
The Father has poured
himself into Jesus.
89)
According to verse 9 what did Jesus exhort the disciples
to do?
o
Jesus exhorted them to remain in his love.
90)
According to verse 10 how does Jesus remain in his Father’s love?
o
Jesus remains in his Father’s love by keeping his Father’s commands.
91)
According to verse 10 how do the disciples remain in Jesus’ love?
o
The disciples will
remain in Jesus’ love by keeping
his commands,.
92)
How then do the disciples
remain in Jesus?
o
They remain in
Jesus.
o
When
o
They remain in his love, i.e.,
o
When
o
They keep his commands.
93)
How does Jesus remain
in the disciples?
o
Per John 14:23,
the disciples loving Jesus
§
Leads to their
obeying his teaching.
§
Which in turn
leads to
Ø
The Father.
Ø
And Jesus.
§
Making their home
with the disciples.
o
In other words
Jesus remains in the disciples.
o
When
o
They obey his commands.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:23.
94)
How then do the disciples remain in Jesus and he in them
so that they will bear much fruit?
o
They remain in
Jesus and he in them.
o
When
o
They obey his commands.
95)
According to verse 7 what does Jesus promise
those who remain in him and in whom his words remain?
o
Those who remain
in Jesus and in whom his words
remain can ask whatever they wish.
o
And it will be done for them.
96)
What does it mean
for Jesus’ words to remain
in the disciples?
o
It means that
they
§
Not only remember
Jesus’ words.
§
But actually obey
them.
97)
What does verse 7
mean that says, “If you
remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done
for you”?
o
Those who
§
Remain in Jesus.
§
And obey his commands.
o
Can ask whatever they wish.
o
And it will be done for them.
o
To put it even
more simply, those who obey Jesus’ commands can ask whatever they wish.
o
And it will be done for them.
98)
In summary what
holds out for the disciples
who obey Jesus’ commands?
o
They will bear much fruit.
o
They can ask whatever they wish.
o
And it will be given them.
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God will honor
our prayer if we seek to glorify and obey God.
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We need to devote ourselves to prayer and pray continually.
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Colossians 4:2
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Mark 14:38
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99)
What does it mean
to devote ourselves
to prayer?
o
It means that
prayer becomes a behavior driver that has priority over a number of other
things in our lives.
o
The more we
devote ourselves
to prayer.
o
The larger the collection of things prayer has priority over.
100)
What does being watchful have to do with prayer?
o
Per Mark 14:38, being watchful in prayer
keeps us from
§
Falling into temptation, i.e.,
§
Falling away.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Mark 14:38.
101)
What does being thankful have to do with prayer?
o
We must give thanks to God for prayers that have been answered.
o
Thanksgiving needs to accompany our
§
Prayer.
§
And petition.
o
When we
present our requests to God.
o
Lest we
fall into the trap of grumbling against God in the midst of turmoil.
o
As discussed in the CBS 'Pray-Part1'.
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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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Colossians 3:17
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102)
According to verse 16 when
should we rejoice?
o
We
should rejoice always.
103)
According to verse 17 how
should we pray?
o
We
should pray continually.
104)
According to verse 18 under
what circumstance should we give thanks?
o
We
should give thanks in all circumstances.
105)
According to verse 18 what are we accomplishing when we obey these commands?
o
We are doing God’s will for us in
Christ Jesus.
106)
How is God’s will for us in
Christ Jesus?
o
God’s will for us
§
Is
always in Christ Jesus.
§
And never falls outside.
o
Because
o
Per Colossians
3:17 we are to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Colossians 3:17.
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We need to devote ourselves to prayer and pray continually.
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