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Luke 10:1-24

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1After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.

2He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

4Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

5“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

6If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.

7Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

8“When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.

9Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

10But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,

11‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’

12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.

16“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

18He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

19I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

21At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

22“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

23Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

24For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

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1)       According to verse 1 what did the Lord appoint seventy-two others for?

o   The Lord sent them two by two ahead of him to every

§  Town.

§  And place.

o   Where

o   He was about to go.

 

2)       According to what Jesus said in verse 2 what are the supply and demand of workers for the harvest?

o   The harvest is plentiful.

o   But

o   The workers are few.

 

3)       According to what Jesus said in verse 2 what should the disciples do to address the shortage of workers?

o   They should ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.

 

4)       According to what Jesus said in verse 3 what was it like for him to send out the seventy-two?

o   Jesus was sending them out like lambs among wolves.

 

5)       According to what Jesus said in verse 4 what was his instruction for the seventy-two concerning provision?

o   Do not take

§  A purse.

§  Or bag.

§  Or sandals.

 

6)       According to what Jesus said in verse 5 what should the seventy-two do upon entering a house?

o   They should pronounce peace to the house.

 

7)       According to what Jesus said in verse 6 what would happen to the peace the seventy-two pronounced?

o   If someone who promoted peace was in the house, their peace would rest on the person.

o   If not, it would return to them.

 

8)       According to what Jesus said in verse 7 how should the seventy-two obtain food and lodging?

o   They should

§  Stay in the house that received them.

§  Eat and drink whatever they were given.

§  And not move around from house to house.

 

9)       According to what Jesus said in verse 8 what should the seventy-two eat when they entered a town and were welcomed?

o   They should eat what was offered to them.

 

10)   According to what Jesus said in verses 8 and 9 what work should the seventy-two do when they entered a town and were welcomed?

o   They should

§  Heal the sick who were there.

§  And tell them that the kingdom of God had come near to them.

 

11)   What did healing the sick do for the message that was proclaimed?

o   It authenticated the message.

 

12)   According to what Jesus said in verse 7 what was the basis for the seventy-two to accept the food and lodging offered to them?

o   They deserved their wages as workers.

 

13)   Given that the seventy-two were instructed to focus on a household, how do we interpret Jesus’ instruction in verse 4 for them not to greet anyone on the road?

o   They should not invest in individuals with an unknown relational network.

 

14)   According to what Jesus said in verses 10 and 11 what should the seventy-two do when they entered a town and were not welcomed?

o   They should go into its streets and say,

§  Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you.

§  Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.

 

15)   According to verses 8 to 11 what was the message that the seventy-two should proclaim regardless of whether they were welcomed or not when they entered a town?

o   Invariably they should proclaim that the kingdom of God had come near.

 

16)   What principles can be drawn from Jesus’ instruction for the seventy-two?

o   Rely on God for provision.

o   Do not be burdened by what is not essential.

o   Do not invest in individuals with unknown relational networks.

o   Peace should be pronounced to the house that is entered.

o   Obtain food and lodging from the house that is receptive.

o   Do not move around from house to house.

o   Do not waste time trying to convince people who are not receptive.

o   Invariably the message that the kingdom of God had come near should be proclaimed regardless of whether people are welcoming or not.

 

17)   According to what Jesus said in verse 12 how will the town that did not welcome the seventy-two fare on the day of judgment in comparison to Sodom?

o   On the day of judgment it will be

§  More bearable for Sodom.

§  Than for that town.

 

18)   According to what Jesus said in verse 13 how did Chorazin and Bethsaida compare unfavorably with Tyre and Sidon?

o   Tyre and Sidon would have repented long ago, sitting in

§  Sackcloth.

§  And ashes.

o   If

o   The miracles that were performed in

§  Chorazin.

§  And Bethsaida.

o   Had been performed in them.

 

19)   According to what Jesus said in verse 14 how will Chorazin and Bethsaida fare at the judgment in comparison to Tyre and Sidon?

o   At the judgment it will be

§  More bearable for

Ø  Tyre. 

Ø  And Sidon.

§  Than for

Ø  Chorazin. 

Ø  And Bethsaida.

 

20)   What might be the reason Jesus said in verse 15, “And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens?  No, you will go down to Hades”?

o   Capernaum will

§  Rather go down to Hades.

§  Than be lifted to the heavens.

o   Contrary to the expectation of people in Capernaum.

 

21)   According to what Jesus said in verse 16 whom did people actually listen to when they listened to the seventy-two?

o   They actually listened to Jesus.

 

22)   According to what Jesus said in verse 16 whom did people actually reject when they rejected the seventy-two?

o   They actually rejected Jesus.

 

23)   Who sent Jesus?

o   The Father sent Jesus.

 

24)   According to what Jesus said in verse 16 whom did people actually reject when they rejected Jesus?

o   They actually rejected the Father who sent Jesus.

 

25)   So whom did people actually reject when they rejected the seventy-two?

o   They actually rejected the Father.

 

26)   According to verse 17 why did the seventy-two return with joy?

o   It was because the demons submitted to them in Jesus’ name.

 

27)   According to what Jesus said in verse 18 what did he see happened to Satan?

o   Jesus saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

 

28)   What does Satan falling from heaven mean, given Revelation 12:7-9?

o   It means that Satan

§  Was hurled down to the earth from heaven.

§  And thus lost his place in heaven.

 

·  The facilitator asks a specific participant to read out loud Revelation 12:7-9 that says,

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7Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

8But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.

9The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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29)   What did Jesus mean by snakes and scorpions?

o   Jesus meant

§  Satan.

§  And his cohort of fallen angels turned demons.

 

30)   According to what Jesus said in verse 19 what authority and protection had he given the seventy-two?

o   Jesus had given them authority to

§  Trample on

Ø  Snakes. 

Ø  And scorpions.

§  And overcome all the power of the enemy.

o   Nothing would harm them.

 

31)   According to what Jesus said in verse 20 what should the seventy-two truly rejoice about?

o   Do not rejoice.

o   That

o   The spirits submit to them.

o   But rejoice.

o   That

o   Their names are written in heaven.

 

32)   What does it mean for the names of the seventy-two to be written in heaven?

o   It means that they are part of the kingdom of God.

 

33)   According to verse 21 what was Jesus’ emotional state?

o   Jesus was full of joy through the Holy Spirit.

 

34)   What did Jesus mean by ‘these things’ in verse 21?

o   ‘These things’ refer to spiritual things.

 

35)   How do the wise and learned compare with little children in terms of sophistication?

o   The wise and learned are sophisticated

o   While  

o   Little children are unsophisticated.

 

36)   According to what Jesus said in verse 21, from whom has the Father hidden spiritual things and to whom has the Father revealed them?

o   The Father has

§  Hidden spiritual things from the sophisticated.

§  And revealed them to the unsophisticated.

 

37)   According to what Jesus said in verse 21 what is his response to what the Father does with the sophisticated and the unsophisticated?

o   Jesus praises the Father.

 

38)   According to what Jesus said in verse 21 how does the Father feel about what he did with the sophisticated and the unsophisticated?

o   The Father was pleased to do it.

 

39)   According to what Jesus said in verse 22 to whom have all things been committed by the Father?

o   All things have been committed to Jesus by the Father.

 

40)   According to what Jesus said in verse 22 who alone knows who the Son is?

o   No one knows who the Son is except the Father.

 

41)   According to what Jesus said in verse 22 who alone knows who the Father is?

o   No one knows who the Father is except

§  The Son.

§  And those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

 

42)   According to what Jesus said in verses 23 and 24 how were the disciples blessed?

o   Blessed are the eyes that see what they see.

o   Many prophets and kings wanted

§  To see what they see but did not see it.

§  And to hear what they hear but did not hear it.

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Luke 10:1-24

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