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Week 2, One Year Bible Challenge: “Fire and Brimstone”

Christ the Rock Community Church, Saturday Morning Men’s Group

Sodom
John Martin, Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, (1852)
This week’s reading (January 8-14)
WEEK 02
Genesis 18:16-31:16
Matthew 6:25-10:23
Psalm 8:1-12:8
Proverbs 2:6-13:15
Next Week’s Reading (January 15-21)
WEEK 03
Genesis 31:17-43:34
Matthew 10:24-14:12
Psalm 13:1-18:36
Proverbs 3:16-4:10

Discussion Questions:

Old Testament

  1. Who was Eliezer (see Genesis Chapter 24), and in what way did he exhibit the traits of a “true servant?”
  2. Why doesn’t the Bible openly condemn Lot and his daughters for their behavior? Genesis 19:30-38.
  3. Why did Jacob have to work to pay for his wife? Genesis 29:16-28

New Testament

  1. Why did Jesus tell the paralysed man that his sins were forgiven? Matthew 9:2
  2. Jesus sent his twelve disciples to the Jews to preach, heal, and cast out demons. Why did he instruct them, “Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet?” Matthew 10:5-14
  3. What, if anything, is wrong with judging others? When, if ever, is judging others appropriate? See Matthew 7:1-5

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Week 6, One Year Bible Challenge: “Blood”

Christ the Rock Community Church, Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (1890), by Heinrich Hofmann
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (1890), by Heinrich Hofmann

This week’s reading February 5-111
Exodus 21:22-33:23
Matthew 24:1-27:14
Psalm 29:1-33:11
Proverbs 7:6-8:36

Next Week’s Reading February 12-18
Exodus 34:1-Leviticus 7:27
Matthew 27:15-Mark 3:30
Psalm 33:12-37:11
Proverbs 9:1-10:4

Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  • Exodus 24:8 refers to the “blood of the covenant.” Is this the same blood and same covenant referred to by Christ in Matthew 26:28?
  • What was the purpose of the blood sacrifices in Exodus 29? Why don’t Jews or Christians still sacrifice animals on an altar?

New Testament

  • Why does Christ refer to wine as “my blood of the new testament?” Matthew 26:28.
  • Why did Judas kiss Jesus when he betrayed him? Matthew 26:48-49.
  • Both Judas and Peter denied Christ. How and why did the result of their sins differ so completely? Matthew 27:3-5

Detailed discussion notes are linked below:

FOOTNOTE:

  1. If you are participating in the Saturday morning class, “The One Year Bible Challenge,” you should read the daily materials as set out in “The One Year Bible.” The verses listed on this page will include a couple of extra days each week. ↩

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Week 3, One Year Bible Challenge: “Brotherly Love”

Joseph and Potiphars wife
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife, by Guido Reni, circa 1630
This week’s reading January 15-211
Genesis 31:17-43:34
Matthew 10:24-14:12
Psalm 13:1-18:36
Proverbs 3:16-4:10

Next Week’s Reading January 22-28
Genesis 44:1-Exodus 7:25
Matthew 14:13-19:12
Psalm 18:37-23:6
Proverbs 4:11-5:23

Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  • Chapter 34 of Genesis tells the story of how Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, was “defiled,” and how her brothers responded. Did the punishment fit the crime?
  • What is so special about the “coat of many colors?” How did the relationship
    between Joseph and his brothers progress?

    • New Testament

  • John, the “Baptist” sent two men to ask if Jesus was truly the Messiah. What are we to make of Jesus’ answer? Matthew 11-1-4
  • Does Jesus refuse to acknowledge his “true” family in Matthew 12:46-50?

  • FOOTNOTE:

  1. If you are participating in the Saturday morning class, “The One Year Bible Challenge,” you should read the daily materials as set out in “The One Year Bible.” The verses listed on this page will include a couple of extra days. ↩

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