Monday, 9 May 2016

Lesson 7 (May 7-13), Lord of Jews and Gentiles



Feeding the Hungry

  1. Why did women and children not count such as in the feeding of the 5000?
  2. Why did God allow John to be beheaded? Did Jesus know that was going to happen? Did John's killing cause doubts about the Messiahship of Jesus?
  3. Did Jesus deliberately perform a huge miracle to prove He really was the Messiah?
Lord of All Creation
  1. What did the disciples learn from the episode of the storm that they did not know before?
  2. Why did Jesus need time away from His disciples?
  3. Does Satan also have some control over nature? 
  4. Why How much control do humans have over nature?
The Hypocrite's Heart
  1. What is more dangerous, legalism or liberalism?
  2. What was the objective of the Pharisees (or Adventists) in being legalistic?
  3. Are all human beings hypocrites?
Crumbs from the Table
  1. Why would the disciples wish to send away the Canaanite mother who begged help for her demon-possessed daughter?
  2. How does a person become demon-possessed?
  3. Why did Jesus test the faith of the woman several times when He knew her faith from the beginning?
  4. Did Jesus humiliate the woman?
Lord of the Gentiles
  1. How do we know that the feeding in Matt 15 was for gentiles?
  2. Why did God create the distinction between Jew and gentile? Was it avoidable?
  3. Why do second and third generation Adventists treat newly-converted members like gentiles?