GOSPEL
OF LUKE
DAY
15 STUDY QUESTIONS
Chapters
4,5,6
I.
Why would it be
wrong for Jesus to turn stone into bread?
II.
Why were the kingdoms
of the world given to Satan? Did Satan have more authority than Jesus? Did
Satan know who Jesus was?
III.
Did the Devil
leave Jesus forever after he tempted him in the wilderness? Defend your answer.
IV.
Why did Jesus
infer that no widows or lepers were healed in Israel during the time of Elijah
and Elisha?
V.
Why did this make
the people of Nazareth angry?
VI.
How did Jesus
walk right through the angry crowd?
VII.
Could
there be demon possessed people in the Church?
VIII.
Did
Jesus know Simon before he called him to be a disciple?
IX.
Who were Simon’s
partners in fishing?
X.
Why did Simon
follow Jesus? Was it because of fish? What had he just witnessed for several
days, prior?
XI.
What is Simon’s
reaction to the miracle of the fish? What does that say about who he thought
Jesus was?
XII.
Did
these early disciples just abandon their business to follow Jesus?
XIII.
Why
did Jesus often withdraw to a lonely place?
XIV.
It says that the
power of the Lord was present for Jesus to heal. Does that mean it sometimes
was not? What implications does that phrase have for Jesus’ power and where it
came from?
XV.
Why
is it so revolutionary that Jesus forgave the paralytic’s sins?
XVI.
Who
did the people give glory to?
XVII.
Do you think that
Jesus just walked up to strangers and asked them to follow him? Did he know
these men before?
XVIII.
What do you think
Jesus means by saying he has not come to call the righteous? What implications
does this have for us?
XIX.
Why don’t Jesus’ disciples
fast?
XX.
What is the
purpose of the Sabbath? How were the Pharisees and teachers actually profaning
the Sabbath?
XXI.
How
is Jesus’ sermon in 6:17 like the Sermon on the Mount? How is it different?
XXII.
Do
you think that Jesus gave similar lessons to different places?
XXIII.
We have heard the
idea of loving our enemies before, but why is this version so radical? IS Jesus
being literal or is he using hyperbole? What does this mean for us?
XXIV.
What is the main
theme of Jesus’ teaching in Chapter 6?