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Luke 9:18-26
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18Once when Jesus was praying
in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds
say I am?”
19They replied, “Some say
John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets
of long ago has come back to life.”
20“But what about you?” he
asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”
21Jesus strictly warned them
not to tell this to anyone.
22And he said, “The Son of
Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests
and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be
raised to life.”
23Then he said to them all:
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross
daily and follow me.
24For whoever wants to save
their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
25What good is it for someone
to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?
26Whoever is ashamed of me
and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory
and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
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1)
According to
verse 18 what was the question Jesus posed to his disciples when he was praying
in private and his disciples were with him?
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Who do the crowds
say I am?
2)
According to
verse 19 what was the disciples’ answer?
o
Some say John the
Baptist.
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Others say Elijah.
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And still others,
that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.
3)
According to
verse 20 what was the follow-up question Jesus posed to his disciples?
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But what about
you? Who do you say I am?
4)
According to
verse 20 who did Peter say Jesus is?
o
God’s Messiah or God’s
Christ.
5)
What is the
significance for humanity of Peter’s declaration that Jesus is the Christ?
o
Peter’s
declaration that Jesus is the Christ is the first such declaration of all
humanity.
6)
Did the Jews in
Jesus’ time think that the Christ was a human figure?
o
Yes.
7)
What did the Jews
in Jesus’ time think that the Christ was going to do?
o
The Jews in
Jesus’ time thought that the Christ was going to
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Deliver the Jews
from the rule of the Romans.
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And restore the
kingdom to
8)
Based on Peter’s
declaration of Jesus being the Christ, what were the disciples’ primary concerns
in following Jesus that were aligned with
what the Jews thought that the Christ was going to do?
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Their primary concerns
in following Jesus were:
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Their national
hope of deliverance from the rule of the Romans.
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And their
personal aspiration of playing significant roles in the kingdom the Christ was
going to restore to
9)
According to
verse 22 what did Jesus say must happen to him?
o
The Son of Man
must
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Suffer many
things.
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Be rejected by
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The elders.
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The chief
priests.
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And the teachers
of the law.
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Be killed.
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And be raised to
life on the third day.
10)
Why did Jesus
strictly warn the disciples in verse 21 not to tell anyone that he is the Christ, given
that he did not want to escalate his conflict with the religious leaders?
o
It is because the
time for him to die had not come yet.
11)
Why was Jesus’ prediction of his death deeply
disappointing to the disciples, given that they had given up everything to follow
him, to chase after their dream with him?
o
They had given up
everything to follow Jesus only to have their dream dashed to pieces.
o
When
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He died.
12)
Is there good
news in what Jesus told the disciples in verse 22 regardless of the fact that
he would be killed and why?
o
Yes, because
Jesus would be raised to life on the third day.
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After
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He was killed.
13)
What does it mean
for one to deny oneself in order to be Jesus' disciple, given that one has human
concerns that hinder one’s following Jesus?
o
To deny oneself in
order to be Jesus' disciple is to put aside one’s human concerns that hinder
one’s following Jesus.
14)
How should the
disciples deny themselves in order to be Jesus' disciple?
o
The disciples
needed to put aside their human concerns that hindered their following Jesus,
i.e.,
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Their national
hope of deliverance from the rule of the Romans.
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And their personal
aspiration of playing significant roles in the kingdom.
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That
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The Christ was
going to restore to
15)
What does it mean
that one must take up one’s cross daily and follow Jesus in order to be his
disciple, given that the cross is a symbol of suffering and death?
o
It means that
throughout life one must be willing
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To suffer.
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Even to the point
of death if necessary.
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In order to be
Jesus' disciple.
16)
Given that denying
oneself and taking up one’s cross is the cost one must bear in order to be
Jesus' disciple, what is the term we use for depicting that cost?
o
The cost of
discipleship.
17)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 24 what would happen to those who want to save their life?
o
They will end up losing
it.
18)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 24 what would happen to those who lose their life for him?
o
They will end up
saving it.
19)
Did Jesus say
that one must lose their life for him in order to save it and why?
o
No, because Jesus
did not make losing one’s life for him a necessary condition for saving it.
20)
What is the
expected answer to the rhetorical question Jesus raised in verse 25?
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It is no good to
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Gain the whole
world.
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And yet
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Lose.
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Or forfeit.
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One’s very self.
21)
When will Jesus
come in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels?
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Jesus will come at
the end of the age
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In his glory.
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And in the glory
of the Father.
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And of the holy
angels.
22)
What does it mean
for a person to be ashamed of Jesus and his words and for Jesus to be ashamed
of the person?
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A person who is ashamed
of Jesus and his words
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Refuses to follow
Jesus.
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And does not obey
his words.
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Jesus
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Will be ashamed
of the person.
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And will condemn the
person to hell.
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Luke 9:18-26
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