Mar. 17, 2024

Matthew Lesson 36 Study Questions

1.    The blind and the lame were restricted to the court of the Gentiles; they could not go closer to the temple and could not go to the altar to sacrifice. After purging the court of the Gentiles of merchants and robbers, Jesus then __________ to the ________ who congregated there.

2.    They were indignant: This was their response to the wonderful things that He did, and to the praise of children for Jesus in the temple courts. The hypocrisy of the religious leaders is evident. ______ and ______ in the temple didn’t bother them, but ________ to Jesus did.

3.    Let no fruit grow on you ever again: In a dramatic way, Jesus performed one of His few ___________ miracles. His curse made the fig tree to _______ away. Its worth noting this and the destruction of a herd of pigs, neither were directed at humans.

4.    How did the fig tree wither away so soon? Jesus explained that this miracle was really the result of a ______ made in ______ (if you have faith and do not doubt). He then encouraged His marveling disciples to also have this kind of faith, ________ that God would hear them also.

5.    And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive: This promise of God’s answer to the prayer of ______ was made to disciples, not to the multitude. This is a promise to those who are __________ Jesus.

6.    The chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching: In His previous visit on the day before, Jesus drove out the moneychangers and merchants from the temple courts. Now He returned there to _______, _________ of the religious leaders.

7.    By what authority are You doing these things? The religious leaders raised the question of Jesus’ authority, and He answered by raising the question of their competence to ______ such an issue. Their ability to judge John the Baptist and his ministry was a _________ of their ability to judge Jesus as well 

8.    “His question is far more profound. If the religious authorities rightly ________ it, they will already have the ________ answer to their own question.” (Carson)

9.    He answered and said, “I will not,” but afterward he regretted it and went: The first son refused to work for his father. He didn’t want to bend to the father’s will. Yet later he regretted it and went. He spoke ______, but did ______.

10.    He answered and said, “I go, sir,” but he did not go: The second son said the _____ thing and he said it with respect (sir), but he did not ___ what he said he would.

11.    Which of the two did the will of his father? The point of this parable is clear. What matters is _______ for God, not _______ the right words. The religious leaders were good at talking righteous talk, but their stubbornly unrepentant hearts showed that repentant sinners would enter the kingdom before them

12.    They will respect my son…This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance: Jesus portrayed the madness of the chief priests and elders who ________ to kill the Father’s Son sent to the __________ leaders of Israel.

13.    The kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it: Jesus warned the religious leaders that if they continued their ________ of God and His Messiah, they could expect that God would pass the __________ of His work on earth to others.