THE CREATOR GOD
Genesis1:1-25
Key verse1:1
1. Memorize 1:1. Who was "in the beginning"? What does this mean? When and how were the heavens and the earth created? What did God do?
2. Read verse 2. What was the state of things before God spoke? What does it mean that the earth was formless, empty and dark? How was the Spirit of God involved in the Creation?
3. By what instrument did God create the world? What do you find in the phrases "and God said...and it was so"? What does this say about God and his word?
4. Notice other repeated phrases: "According to their kinds", "and God saw that it was good", etc. What do these phrases tell us about God? About the world he created?
5. What did God create on the first day? Why do you think God created light first?
6. What do you find in the relationship between the first three days of creation and the last three days? What can you learn from this about God the Creator? About the world he created?
7. What can you learn about God's sovereignty from this passage? How can we live truly happy and meaningful lives?
IT WAS VERY GOOD
Genesis1:26-31
Key verse1:31
1. What specific plan did God have for men? (26) What do you learn about man’s position in God’s world and creation order?
2. How did God create man? (27) What does it mean that “God created man in his own image?”
3. What do you learn about man’s basic nature and characteristics from the fact that men were created on the same day and from the same material as animals? (1:24-27; 2:7,19)
4. What word did God give man as his blessing? (28) What do you learn about mankind’s basic life mission from this word? What is the relationship between man and mission? How did God provide food for man and animals? (29-30)
5. What was God’s thought after he created man? (31) What do you learn about the meaning, purpose and value of human life before God?
TRUE HAPPINESS IN EDEN
Genesis2:4-25
Key verse2:8
1. What was the state of the earth before God created man? (5,6) How did God form the man? (7a) How did he become a living being? (7b) What do you learn about the source of man’s life?
2. What did God do for man? (8) What trees were in the Garden of Eden? (9a) What two special trees were in the middle of the garden? (9b) What were the names of four rivers, which flowed from the Garden of Eden? (10-14) Can you draw a picture of the garden and 4 rivers?
3. When God put man in the garden, what mission did he give him? (2:15) What command did the Lord God give man? (16,17) What freedom did God give man? Why did God command man not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
4. What did God decide to do for Adam who was alone? (18) What was Adam doing? (19, 20) What was God’s purpose in giving Adam a helper? How did God make woman? (21,22) What was Adam’s confession of love when he received his co-worker? (23)
5. What do you learn about the meaning of marriage? (24) What do the words “be united” means? Why is divorce not permitted? (Mt.19:5,6) How is the first family life described in verse 25? How can we enjoy truly blessed marriage life?
ADAM! WHERE ARE YOU?
Genesis3:1-24
Key verse3:9
1. What were the characteristics of the serpent? (1a) How did Satan plant the seed of doubt in the woman’s heart? (1b) How did the woman answer Satan’s question? (2,3) What difference do you find between God’s command and her answer? (2:16,17)
2. How did Satan lie? (4) How did Satan plant pride in her heart and doubt of God’s love? (5) What was Satan’s intention to tempt her? When the woman saw the tree, what was the woman’s attitude toward the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? (6a) Why did Adam disobey God? (6b)
3. What unexpected event occurred to them immediately? (7) How was the relationship between God and men changed after they had committed sin? (8,10) Why did God visit Adam? What is the meaning of God’s word to Adam, “Where are you?” (9)
4. How did God rebuke their sins? (11,13a) What were their excuses? (12,13) How did sin effect the relationship between the man the woman? (2:23,25) How did God curse the serpent? (14,15) What redemptive plan do we find in verse 15?
5. How did God punish the woman? How did God reveal his love toward man? (21) What was the reason to banish man from the Garden of Eden? (22,23) Why did God not destroy the tree of life, but only guard the way back to it? (24)
UNLESS BORN AGAIN
John3:1-15
Key verse3:3
1. Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin. In what sense was he a successful man? Why had Nicodemus come to Jesus? What does it mean when Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again"? (3)
2. How did Nicodemus respond to Jesus’ words? (4) Who is allowed to enter the kingdom of God? (5) What does it mean to be born of water and of the Spirit? How can we be born again?
3. What does verse 6, “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.” mean? Why was Nicodemus surprised at Jesus’ words? (7) How does the Spirit work? (8) How can we know that we are born again?
4. Why did Jesus rebuke him? (9-10) What is the real problem of Nicodemus? (11-12, Mk.16:16) Why can Jesus speak clearly of the kingdom of God? (13)
5. What does the incident of the bronze snake teach us about faith? (14, Nu 21:4-9) How can we have the eternal life? (15)
JESUS GIVES US THE LIVING WATER
John4:1-26
Key verse4:10
1. How did Jesus come to be in Samaria near Jacob’s well at noon one day? (1-5) Where were the disciples? (8) Who did he meet? (7-9) What kind of person was she? (9,17,18)
2. Why did he ask her for a drink of water? Why was her response so defiant? (9a) How did Jesus respond to her defiant words? (10) Who is Jesus that he can offer the gift of God?
3. Read verses 11-12. Why did she compare him with Jacob? Read verses 13-14. How is the living water different from the water in Jacob’s well? What request did she make? (15) How had her attitude toward Jesus changed? (9,11,15)
4. Read verses 16-18. How did Jesus show his truth and his spiritual love? Read verses 19-24. Why did she call him a prophet and ask about the place of worship?
5. What did Jesus teach her about worship? (23,24) About salvation? (22) About God? (24) Who is God seeking? (23) What does this teach us about God’s shepherd heart?
6. Why can no human being become the object of one’s worship? What does it mean that she was waiting for the Messiah? Who could be everything to her? What did Jesus tell her
to enable her to receive the living water?
GET UP AND WALK
John5:1-9
Key verse5:8
1. When and why did Jesus go up to Jerusalem? (1) What was there near the Sheep Gate? (2) Describe the crowd waiting around the pool of Bethesda? (3)
2. Why was the crowd of disabled people lying around the pool of Bethesda? (4) What attitudes might they have toward themselves and toward each other? When the water moved, what was their dilemma?
3. To which one of the crowd did Jesus speak? (5) What did Jesus ask him? (6) Why did Jesus ask him this seemingly unnecessary question? How does this question reveal Jesus’ intention? How can it plant in the man holy desire to become a useful man?
4. Did the man answer? (7) What did he complain about? Why did he have no burning desire to be healed? How did Jesus expect for the invalid man to answer? What is the more serious problem to him than the physical disability?
5. What command did Jesus give this man? (8) What did the man have to overcome in order to obey Jesus’ divine command? What happened to him when he obeyed Jesus’ command? (9a) How can overcome our fatalism, defeatism and despair?
NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU
John8:1-12
Key verse8:11
1. When did Jesus return to the temple courts? (2) Who was waiting for Jesus? What did he do for them? Why did Jesus teach God’s words? (Jn 7:37, Jn 5:24,25)
2. Read verses 4-6a. How did the religious leaders try to trap Jesus? What does this tell us about them?
3. When they pressed him, how did he expose their sins? (7,8) What did Jesus know about her accusers? (9, Ro 3:10) What must we do before condemning others? (Mt 7:1-5) Who had the right to condemn her? (Heb 4:15, Jn 5:22)
4. What did he ask her? (10) How did he save her and help her begin a new life? (11) What does this show about Jesus? (Gal 3:13, Ro 8:1,2)
5. How does verse 12 give us new life direction? What is the darkness that those without Jesus walk in? In what sense was this woman living in darkness? How can darkness be defeated? (Jn 1:5, 1Pe 2:9)
JESUS’ CROSS
Luke22:63-23:56
Key verse23:46
1. What was Jesus' testimony before the council? (22:67-68) With what did they charge him? (70-71) What charge did they bring against him to Pilate? (23:2) What did Jesus answer? What does this mean? (23:3; Mt 2:2; Mic 5:2)
2. How did Pilate try, but fail, to defend Jesus? (23:6,7) Describe Herod's base character. Why did Pilate compromise? What was the result? (23-25)
3. Describe Jesus' suffering on the way to the cross. What warning did he give? (26-31) Why did he suffer like this? (1Pe 2:24b; Isa 53:6b) Describe the crucifixion.
4. Why was he crucified? (Isa 53:12; Jn 1:29) What did Jesus pray? (34) How did he help one man on the cross? (39-43)
5. What happened when Jesus died? (44-46) How did Jesus show his total dependence on God? (46) What confession did the centurion make? (47) How did Joseph show his faith? (50-53) What is the meaning of the burial of Jesus? (44-56; Isa 53:9,10)
HE HAS RISEN
Matthew28:1-20
Key verse28:6
1. Read verse 1. Who was Mary Magdalene? (Mk 16:9; Lk 8:2; Mt 27:56; Mk 15:40) Why did she go to look at the tomb? Think about how she felt.
2. Read verses 2-7. What happened as the two women arrived? Describe the angel. What happened to the guards? Why? See Acts 2:23,24. What does this event reveal about the Creator God? What was the angel's message of good news?
3. What mission did the angel (7), and later, Jesus (10) give the woman? Why must the resurrection message be shared? Read verses 8-10. When the woman ran to obey what happened? Why is it important to meet Jesus? How can we?
4. Read verses 11-15. How and why did the religious leaders try to suppress the news of Jesus' resurrection? What does this prove?
5. Read verses 16-20. Where did the disciples meet Jesus? What mission did Jesus give his doubtful, fearful disciples? By what authority? (Php 2:8-11) What does it mean to make disciples? What promise did he give them?
YOU ARE THE CHRIST
Mark8:27-38
Key verse 8:29
1. Where did Jesus and his disciples go from there? (27a) What were Jesus’ first and second questions? (27-29) What kind of answer did this question require? How did Peter answer? What does “the Christ” mean? (Jn 1:3-4)
2. Why is it important to confess one’s faith in Christ? (Ro10:10) After hearing Peter’s confession, what did Jesus teach his disciples? How would Jesus become the Messiah? (31; Isa 53:4,5; Ac 2:24)
3. How did Peter respond Jesus’ teaching? (32,33) Why was it hard for him to accept? What shows that this was not easy for them to understand? (Mk 9:31; 10:33,34) How and why did Jesus rebuke Peter?
4. Who did Jesus include in these instructions? (34a) What must one who would follow Jesus do first? (34b) What does this mean?
5. What does it mean to take up one’s cross? (35-37,Gal 5:24;2:20) What does it meant to be ashamed of Jesus? (38) How can we live in an adulterous and sinful generation and acknowledge Jesus as the Lord and Christ? Why must we?
YOU WILL CATCH MEN
Luke5:1-11
Key verse5:10b
1. Describe the crowd who came to him. Why did they come? Why did Jesus teach the word of God? (2Ti 3:15-17; Col 3:16)
2. What favor did Jesus ask of Simon Why? How did this help Jesus? Simon?
3. After teaching the crowd, what did Jesus ask Simon to do? Why? What was Simon's response? (4-5) What is the deep water? What does it mean to let down the nets in the deep water?
4. What happened when Simon obeyed Jesus? Why did Jesus want to restore his failure? What did Simon realize about himself through this event? (8) What did he mean by saying, "I am a sinful man?" Why did he say, "Go away from me, Lord"?
5. Read verses 9-11. What new life direction did Jesus give Simon? How did this give him new life? What does "from now on you will catch men" mean? How did Simon and his companions respond? What was Jesus' purpose in calling them?
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