Download discussion questions: John 11_45-12_2 back to Bethany
Download structural outline: John 11_45-12_2 back to Bethany THEREFORE-SO-BUT
Lazarus is alive! He was dead four days, and now Jesus has brought him back to life. As one of our group pointed out, you would expect that even the most skeptical of the chief priests and Pharisees would see that and accept Him and His claims. Continue reading
Download discussion questions: John 11_45-12_2 back to Bethany
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Download discussion questions: John 11_33 – 48 Lazarus, Come forth
Our discussion group has spent the last two weeks reading about Lazarus (in the Bible he was only in the tomb four days!). This week looked at the climax of the story and in particular how different groups and individuals responded to Jesus. Continue reading
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Download discussion questions: John 11_33 – 48 Lazarus, Come forth
Here are the discussion questions for next week. The blog post will be added after the group meeting.
Download discussion questions: John 11_14-37 Jesus wept
Jesus had to be blunt to make the disciples understand: “Lazarus is dead.” Then He starts the fifteen mile journey back to Bethany on the outskirts of hostile Jerusalem. Thomas says what the other eleven are most likely thinking: going with Jesus into Judea meant facing death. And they did, but not in the way they expected. They faced the reality of Lazarus’ death and they saw the response of Jesus to death. Continue reading
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Download discussion questions: John 10_37 – 11_16 Lazarus is dead
Jesus insists on bringing almost every conversation back to His intimate relationship with the Father. The tension between Jesus and the hostile Jews escalates. He and His disciples leave the city of Jerusalem and the area of Judea for safer, familiar territory “beyond the Jordan.” John includes several geographic details in the passage. A reasonable question (always good Bible study method) is, Why? What was important about the geography for John to include the information? Continue reading
What does the Apostle Paul mean when he says to his Thessalonian readers, “whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him”? The initial reading, or in quoting the verse without Paul’s original context, the metaphor of “awake or asleep” sounds like a reference to life and death. Christians still living at Christ’s return as well as those believers who have already died will all join the triumphant Lord. Is that the only way to understand his words? Continue reading
Download discussion questions: John 10_30-39; Psalm 82 you are gods
Last week’s passage ended with Jesus responding to the Jews by quoting a line from a psalm. This week we explore the meaning of the psalm and how Jesus used it. Continue reading