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Luke 11:5-13
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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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1)
Who was Jesus
talking to in the above passage of the bible?
o
Jesus was talking
to the disciples.
2)
What is the parable Jesus told
the disciples about?
o
It is a parable
about persisting in prayer.
3)
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.
4)
Whom does the friend
of the disciple represent?
o
The friend of the
disciple represents God.
5)
According to verse 5 where
does the disciple go?
o
He goes to his friend at midnight.
6)
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.
7)
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.
8)
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.
9)
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.
10)
Are the excuses
given by the disciple’s friend
reasonable ones and why?
o
No, because the excuses are
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Inconveniences at
best.
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And are by no
means insurmountable obstacles.
11)
What does the reply
of the disciple’s friend
tell us about how he treats the request?
o
He is
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Unwilling.
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Rather than
unable to help.
12)
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.
13)
According to verse 8 what did Jesus say friendship fails to accomplish?
o
Friendship fails
to incline the disciple’s friend
to
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Get up.
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And give him the bread.
14)
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.
15)
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
It is because of the disciple’s shameless persistence in asking
for bread.
16)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in asking in
prayer?
o
They will be given what they ask for.
17)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in seeking in prayer?
o
They will find what they seek.
18)
According to verse 9 how
will those be rewarded who persist in knocking in prayer?
o
They will have the door opened to them.
19)
Why did Jesus repeat
the rewards in verse 10?
o
It is to emphasize the certainty of reward for persisting in prayer.
20)
According to verses 11 and 12 what are the two
rhetorical questions Jesus asked?
o
Which of you fathers,
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If your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake
instead?
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Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?.
21)
What are the
expected answers for the two rhetorical questions?
o
‘No’.
22)
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.
23)
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
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Used the analogy
of human fathers, though evil, knowing how to give good gifts to their children
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To illustrate how
much more our Father in
heaven gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
24)
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 good.
25)
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 11:5-13
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