Questions

1. What three points were covered last week about what a legalist is or is not?

2. What is the primary sin of a legalist? How does Jesus rebuke the synagogue leader?

3. How did the ruler and others who opposed Him react to Jesus' rebuke compared to the rest of the crowd?

Questions

1. What was Jesus doing when Jesus decided to heal the woman? What do you think He was teaching?

2. Who initiated this healing? What does that reveal about the possible intent of this healing?

3. Why do you think the synagogue ruler was more concerned about the healing on Sabbath than the miracle of the healing itself?

4. What hypocrisy does Jesus reveal about the synagogue rulers attitude toward the woman healed and Jesus?

1. In the previous passage Jesus warned the crowd about being spiritually alert. How does what he says here connect to that?

2. In what way are the two events Jesus refers to similar and in what way are they different?

3. How is the parable of the fig tree not bearing fruit relate to his call to repentance?

1. What is the spiritual discernment that Jesus was rebuking the crowd of not having?

2. What do you think is the reason that they were so good at predicting weather and so bad at understanding the signs of the time?

3. Who is the Judge in the parable and what needs to be reconciled before going to court? How does this relate to the spiritual discernment that the crowd should have had?

1. What does fire often represent in the bible?

2. Why does Jesus say He wishes that the fire was already kindled?

3. What needs to take place for this fire to be kindled?

4. Jesus is referred to as the Prince of Peace in Isaiah. Why does Jesus say that He didn't come to bring peace?

5. Is the division Jesus refers to here descriptive or prescriptive?