{"id":274,"date":"2019-06-25T12:50:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.local.net\/?page_id=274"},"modified":"2019-06-25T12:50:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:50:03","slug":"matthew-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/?page_id=274","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 1-5:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does the word judge mean to you?<\/li><li>What is Jesus command regarding judging?<\/li><li>On what grounds does Jesus explain that we should not judge?<\/li><li>What does Jesus mean *&#8221;The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you&#8221;* in Verse 2?<\/li><li>Discuss the comparison between the beam and the splinter:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Who in the story has the beam and who the splinter?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why do you think Jesus told the story that way?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Does the comparison indicate lesser and greater evils? If so, what is it saying about each?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 6:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does Jesus mean in this verse?<\/li><li>Does this verse have any relationship to verses 1-5 and the rest of this chapter?<\/li><li>How does this effect the way you worship and witness?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 7-11:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ask, seek, knock. Receive, find, open. Discuss the relationship between these?<\/li><li>What must come first?<\/li><li>To whom is the gift of receiving, seeking and opening given?<\/li><li>How does Jesus explain the gifts that God has for us?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 12-14:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the law and the prophets?<\/li><li>What does it mean &#8220;This is the law and the prophets?&#8221;<\/li><li>What word of caution does Jesus give relating to the easy path?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 15-20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does Jesus call false prophets? What does that tell you about the effect of false prophets?<\/li><li>What is the sure sign of a false prophet?<\/li><li>What does Jesus mean by good and bad fruit and good and bad trees?<\/li><li>What will be the consequences of bad trees?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 21-23:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the key to entering the kindgom of heaven?<\/li><li>What value will be for prophets, and those who do good in Jesus name but who don&#8217;t do the will of God?<\/li><li>Isn&#8217;t doing good and fortelling and healing the will of God?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 24-29<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do we have to do in order to benefit from Jesus words?<\/li><li>Compare the effects of listening to his words and acting or not acting on them?<\/li><li>What astonished the crowds after Jesus finished teaching?<\/li><li>Can you imaging what that must have been like? How would he have to teach to have that kind of effect on you?<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verses 1-5: What does the word judge mean to you? What is Jesus command regarding judging? On what grounds does Jesus explain that we should not judge? What does Jesus mean *&#8221;The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you&#8221;* in Verse 2? Discuss the comparison between the beam and the splinter: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":248,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}