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Many Sabbath School class teachers either preach a sermon to their class or deliver a monologue on the whole lesson, going through it "day-by-day." The most rewarding sessions involve the members in discussion. These questions here are intended to stimulate the active participation of the members in your class. Of course pertinent information imparted by the teacher is also very valuable, for which there are many resources in print and on the internet. This site seeks to provide a resource for discussions.

If you are a member and not a teacher and your class is boring, try asking questions such as these in your class.

Sunday, 3 November 2024

Lesson 6, November 2-8, 2024

MORE TESTIMONIES ABOUT JESUS


Why does the performance of miracles divide those who witness it? Why do some people reject miracle workers? 


Humility of Soul: John the Baptist Testifies Again

  1. What did Jesus mean when He said that if He were lifted up, He would draw everyone to Himself? 
  2. How effective was John's testimony of the Messiah, considering his own disciples didn't seem to have accepted it?
  3. How important is the role of a bridesmaid or bestman?
A New Understanding of the Messiah
  1. What did John do that prepared the way for the Messiah?
  2. Why does political freedom seem more urgent than salvation?
  3. Why didn't Jesus bring freedom from Rome as well as salvation from sin?
Acceptance and Rejection
  1. Why did Jesus use revolting terms as eating His flesh and drinking His blood?
  2. Why do you think Judas did not walk away from Jesus?
  3. Considering that His disciples understood His mission of salvation only after His death, why did they keep following Him?
The Witness of the Father
  1. Why did Jesus say about the Father "You have not heard His voice," when the Father had spoken audibly at his baptism?
  2. When God spoke again (John 12:28), why did some people think it was thunder and others think it was the voice of an angel, though Jesus had addressed His Father?
  3. How does God glorify His name?
The Witness of the Crowd
  1. Since no one had seen Christ before, were people justified in being confused as to Who He really was? 
  2. Since the people knew that the Messiah had to be born in Bethlehem and from the line of David, why did they hesitate to connect Jesus to the Messiah?
  3. How does a crowd turn into a mob? 

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Thursday, 31 October 2024

 Lesson 5 for October 26-November 1, 2024


Who, if any, are some types of people that we might not mind being left out of God's kingdom?


THE TESTIMONY OF THE SAMARITANS

The Setting of the Encounter

  1. Why might a well still be called "Jacob's" after more than a thousand years?
  2. Why would Jews avoid traveling through Samaritan territory?
  3. What were advantages and disadvantages of fetching water at an unusual time of the day?
The Woman at the Well
  1. How could one with "living water" become thirsty?
  2. How does one get converted?
  3. How else, besides "living," can we describe the water that Jesus offers?
Sir Give Me This Water
  1. What properties did the Samaritan woman think "living water" might have had?
  2. Why are questions a good way to introduce a topic?
  3. How does hiding sin affect us?
The Revelation of Jesus
  1. Why did the Samaritan woman bring up a discussion of holy sites?
  2. What are the pros and cons of worshiping in church versus at home?
  3. What are the dangers, if any, of worshiping in churches of other denominations?
  4. How did Jesus catch the woman's attention, and how did He hold it?
The Testimony of the Samaritans
  1. Why do you think the disciples, as soon as they returned, urged Jesus to eat?
  2. Why would the gospel writer record that the woman left her pot behind?
  3. What could have convinced the town folk to follow the woman to Jesus?

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