Dig Deeper
Last
Sunday we followed Christ’s journey from Bethany to Jerusalem to the Upper Room
where Jesus celebrated Passover with His disciples. Following the Passover meal
Jesus begins teaching the disciples in order to prepare them of the trials that
lie ahead. This teaching is known as the “Upper Room Discourse” (John 14-16)
because Jesus began teaching while they were still in the Upper Room and
continued as they journeyed to the Garden of Gethsemane east of Jerusalem near
the Mount of Olives (Matthew 26:30 & Luke 22:39).
Read
John 14:1-31. How does an increased awareness of the context surrounding this
teaching add to your understanding and appreciation of Jesus’ message to His
disciples?
Read Luke’s account of Jesus’ Prayer in the
Garden of Gethsemane in Luke 22:39-46. Compare Luke’s observations with the
portion of Jesus’ prayer as recorded in John 17:1-26. For whom and what does
Jesus pray?
John
17:1-2, 5--
John
17:9, 13--
John
17:19--
John
17:20-21--
In
Luke’s account of Peter’s denial of Christ he observed that following Peter’s
third denial and the crow of the rooster, “The Lord turned and looked straight
at Peter.” (Luke 22:61) Why is this significant?
After
examining Jesus, Pilate concluded, “I find no basis for a charge against him” (John
18:38, NIV). How was Pilate’s declaration unwittingly a testimony to the
Gospel? See 1 Peter 3:18.
Application
The
Christian life is not difficult, it’s impossible. It can only be lived as the
Christian lives dependently on the Holy Spirit. In the garden after finding the
disciples asleep Jesus warned, “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak”
(Mark 14:38). How specifically is the Holy Spirit leading you to live dependently
on Him?
Memorize This
John 17:3 Now this is eternal life; that they know you, the
only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. NIV
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