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February 12, 2025 - Ballentine Hall 307

Opening Prayer

Recap of Luke 1-16

Read Luke 17 all the way through

Study Questions

REREAD: Luke 17:1-10

  1. Look at verse 1, “offenses” can also be translated as stumbling blocks, causes of sin, or traps. What is Jesus meaning when he says “Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one they come through!”?
    1. How does this still apply to us?
  2. Who are the “little ones” in verse 2?
  3. How does the severity in which Jesus speaks in verses 1-4 effect how you think about our responsibilities to others?
  4. How does what God asked Paul to write in 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 help us to more practically understand what Jesus was communicating in Luke 17:1-10?
    1. Why don't we see much of this being done in a loving but firm way today?
  5. The disciples realize they needed supernatural power to do what Jesus just taught them.
    1. What is Jesus response? How does faith in God, as revealed in His word, help us participate with the Holy Spirit in uprooting sin in our own hearts and in others?
  6. How do verses 7-10 help to remind us to avoid becoming prideful of our obedience?

REREAD: Luke 17:11-19

  1. At what point in this passage were the lepers healed?
    1. Why is that significant?
  2. How do the responses of the lepers from being healed reveal our own hearts today?

REREAD: Luke 17:20-37

  1. The Pharisees were coming to test Jesus by asking Him about the Kingdom of God. What was Jesus’ answer? How was this the opposite of what the Pharisees believed about the Kingdom of God?
  2. Why does Jesus' reference to the days of Noah and Lot?
  3. How does that impact our understanding of His return?