Matthew 24-28
Matthew 24: Signs of the End
Ø How did Jesus answer His disciples concerning when the end of the age would come? Application for us?
Ø List the things that Jesus indicates will precede the end. What do these things tell us about the times in which we live?
Ø What will happen after the events listed by Jesus?
Ø When will this final event take place? How should we react to this information?
Matthew 25: Parables and Teachings
Ø To whom do the ten virgins refer?
Ø To whom do the five foolish virgins refer? The five wise virgins?
Ø Is this parable applicable for us today?
Ø In the parable of the talents, who is the man who went on a journey?
Ø Who are the servants?
Ø What is the lesson taught and how does it apply to us?
Ø When will Jesus separate the sheep from the goats?
Ø To whom do the goats refer? The sheep? Application?
Ø What criteria did Jesus use to separate the sheep from the goats? Application for us?
Ø Does Jesus indicate the length of time the sheep and the goats will be in their final destination? Application?
Matthew 26: Moving Toward the End of Jesus Earthly Life
Ø What, according to 26:1, signals the end of Jesus’ public ministry?
Ø Was His impending arrest and crucifixion a surprise to Jesus?
Ø What was the significance of the pouring of the perfume on His head?
Ø What is the significance of one of the twelve being used by Satan to betray Jesus? Application for today?
Ø In that first Lord’s Supper what did Jesus represent Himself to be?
Ø What is the significance of sharing in the body and blood of Jesus? Is this still true for today?
Ø How did Jesus know that the other eleven disciples would leave Him that night and Peter would deny Him? Was Peter strong enough to stand?
Ø During His prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, was Jesus pleading with the Father to preserve His life? What can we learn from this prayer?
Ø What stands out to you about the arrest of Jesus?
Ø Was the trial before the Sanhedrin a legal trial? Why or why not?
Matthew 27: The Final Days
Ø Did Judas show any repentance after he had betrayed Jesus?
Ø What can we learn from Judas?
Ø Why did Pilate give in to the religious leaders and turn Jesus over to them? Was this an unexpected turn of events in God’s grand plan?
Ø What was the significance of Jesus being mocked by the soldiers?
Ø Was crucifixion a new form of death invented for Jesus? How is this type of capital punishment described by historians?
Ø How did Jesus react to all the insults that were being hurled at Him? What is our lesson from that?
Ø Why was there darkness for three hours? What can we learn from this event?
Ø How did Jesus die? Why were people so surprised that His death can soon?
Ø What events took place when Jesus gave up His life? What do these things mean?
Ø Why was Jesus not properly buried right away? Significance?
Ø Why were guards place at the tomb?
Matthew 28: RESURRECTION!
Ø Why do we worship on Sunday rather than the Sabbath?
Ø What cause the violent earthquake that moved the stone? Did the stone have to be moved so the risen Christ could get out? Why was it moved?
Ø What happened to the guards when they saw the angel? Application?
Ø What did the angel instruct the women to do?
Ø What did Jesus tell the women?
Ø How did the religious leaders handle disappearance of Jesus? Is that still a theory today? What is the answer to that theory?
Ø To whom did Jesus give the Great Commission? Why do you think He gave it directly to them?
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