Mar. 24, 2024

Matthew Lesson 37 Study Questions

1.    They were not willing to come: It seems strange that those invited refused an invitation to a royal wedding. This illustrates the principle that there is no ________ reason God’s good ______ are refused.

2.    But they made light of it and went their ways: The reaction of those invited made no sense, but it does give an accurate description of the __________ of many to the ________. Many made light of it; others go back to their business.

3.    He was furious… and he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers: The king rightfully brought judgment upon the offenders. Not only did they reject his invitation, but they also murdered his ___________. This was a prophecy of what would happen to ________, the city whose religious leaders so strongly rejected Jesus and His gospel.

4.    In this sense, we can say this is a parable about _____. Those who were invited – and who came – were utterly ____________ of the invitation, much less the wedding feast itself.

5.    “He came because he was invited, but he came only in appearance. The banquet was intended to honor the King’s Son, but this man meant nothing of the kind; he was willing to eat the good things set before him, but in his ______ there was no love either for the King or his well-beloved ____.” (Spurgeon)

6.    This parable demonstrates that those ____________ to the gospel, those ____________ against the gospel, and those _________ by the gospel share the same fate. None of them enjoyed the king’s feast.

7.    Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Jesus’ dilemma with this question was simple. If He said that taxes should be paid, He could be accused of ________ the sovereignty of God over Israel (making Himself unpopular with the Jewish people). If He said that taxes should not be paid, He made Himself an ________ of Rome.

8.    Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s: Jesus affirmed that the government makes legitimate requests of us. We are ____________ to God in all things, but we must be __________ to government in matters civil and national. Peter said it like this: Fear God. Honor the king. (1 Peter 2:17)

9.    The Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection: The Sadducees were the ancient version of the modern ________ ____________. They were anti-supernaturalistic, only accepting the first five books of Moses as authentic – and disregarding what was written in those books when it pleased them to do so.

10.    Not knowing the Scriptures: It is possible for a person to have much Bible ___________, yet not fundamentally _____ the Scriptures. Paul later told Timothy to hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me (2 Timothy 1:13). This suggests that Biblical truth has a pattern to it, a pattern that can be detected by the discerning heart. It also suggests that one can lose this pattern (thus the command to hold fast). The Sadducees had Bible knowledge, but they did not hold fast the pattern of sound words; many today are like them in this respect.

11.    In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage: First, Jesus reminded them that life in the resurrection is quite different from this life. It does not merely continue this ______ and its arrangements, but it is life of a completely __________ order.

12.    But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: Jesus demonstrated the reality of the resurrection using only the Torah; the five books of Moses, which were the only books the Sadducees accepted as authoritative. If Abraham, Isaac and Jacob did not live on in resurrection, then God would say that He ____ the God of Abraham, instead of saying “I ___ the God of Abraham.”