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Luke 12:54-57
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54He said to the crowd: “When
you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’
and it does.
55And when the south wind
blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.
56Hypocrites! You know how to
interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t
know how to interpret this present time?
57“Why don’t you judge for
yourselves what is right?
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1)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 54 what would be an accurate weather forecast by the crowd when
a cloud rose in the west?
o
It was going to
rain.
2)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 55 what would be an accurate weather forecast by the crowd when
the south wind blew?
o
It was going to
be hot.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 56 what did he call the crowd?
o
Hypocrites.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 56 what was the incongruence of the crowd’s interpretation
of the appearance of the earth and the sky on the one hand and their interpretation
of the present time on the other?
o
They
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Knew how to
interpret the appearance of
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The earth.
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And the sky.
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But did not know how
to interpret the present time.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 57 what did the crowd need to go ahead and do?
o
They needed to
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Go ahead.
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And judge for themselves
what was right.
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Luke 12:54-57
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