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November 13, 2024 - Franklin Hall 114

Opening Prayer

Recap of Luke 1-10

Read Luke 11 all the way through

Study Questions

REREAD: Luke 11:1-13

  1. Let’s break down how Jesus teaches the disciples how to pray
    1. How does Jesus address God? Why is that significant?
    2. What are the first two things Jesus tells us to ask for in The Lord’s Prayer?
    3. Why do you think Jesus places these requests first (before even the request for daily bread)?
    4. What do you notice about praying for our needs in Luke 11:3?
    5. If Jesus died once and for all to pay for our sins, why do you think he tells us to ask for forgiveness daily?
    6. What is the relationship between forgiving others and being forgiven by God?
    7. God is not the author of temptation (James 1:13-14, 4:7, 1 Corinthians 10:12-13). So what are we to make of "do not bring us into temptation"?
  2. What is Jesus reminding us about God in Luke 11:11-13?
  3. What is the good gift that God wants to give us in Luke 11:13?

REREAD: Luke 11:14-26

  1. What false accusation is levied against Jesus in Luke 11:14-15? Why was this a particularly evil accusation?
    1. What is Jesus’s response?
  2. What can happen if people try to change their lives without surrendering to Jesus being filled with the Spirit (v. 24-26)?

REREAD: Luke 11:27-36

  1. A woman flatters Jesus and Mary. What is Jesus's "more" response? How is this relevant to us today (v. 28)?
  2. Jesus ministry is busting at the seams. What is his strange teaching and response? How is this relevant to us today?
  3. How would you explain Jesus’s words in your own words?

REREAD: Luke 10:37-54

  1. Jesus is invited to attend an important and prestigious dinner. He nor His disciples do the ritualistic ridiculous washing rules the Pharisees made up. Why does Jesus take the opportunity to explain to the religious leaders present? How might you have felt or responded as you sat at this dinner with all this happening?