Yesterday morning (02.20.2011) I had the privilege of preaching Luke 22:39-53. You can watch or hear the message here later today.
The title of the message was "The Great Exchange Begins With a Prayer and Kiss."
Always, the discussion questions will not make much sense if you haven't heard the message, so I urge to you listen/watch before getting to the questions. The following questions are here to help you further think through and apply the truth(s) of the text and the sermon.
The questions:
1. In what ways does Luke highlight Jesus being a 'Substitute' for sinners in these verses?
2. How is that Good News for you?
3. According to Jesus' demand for the disciples to pray and their subsequent sleepiness through it, how does this passage encourage you in your prayer life? How or why should followers of Jesus pray?
4. If it were you who were about to be arrested and crucified and your betrayer was a supposed 'best friend,' how would you have treated this 'friend'? If one of your enemies had his ear sliced off, how would you have reacted?
5. What was Jesus' response to Judas, the man who had his ear cut off, and the authorities who came to arrest Him?
6. What can this teach us about how followers of Jesus are to respond to their enemies?
7. How can the Gospel change the way we view our spouses who hurt us, or friends or family members who hurt us? How can we apply the Gospel toward those who (from our perspective) have mistreated us?
8. How might having the attitude of 'repaying evil with evil' give others a misunderstanding of Christianity?
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