NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY
Assignment 7
Parables
- Read Luke 10:25-37.
(a)
This parable appears only in Luke.
Why would Luke especially like it?
(b)
How does the lawyer show he is a typical Pharisee?
(c)
If the priest and the Levite went home that night and
their wives asked them, ¡§Did you commit any sins today?¡¨ What do you think they
would answer?
(d)
What is Jesus teaching the lawyer by this story?
(e)
Why do you think Luther called Jesus ¡§our Samaritan¡¨?
- Read Luke 15:1-32.
(a)
What main point do these three parables all have in common?
(b)
Would the father¡¦s behavior be surprising to people in ancient
Mid-Eastern or Asian culture? Why?
(c)
How does Jesus show that God is not like people expect
him to be like?
(d)
Why are the father¡¦s actions so painful to the elder brother?
- Read Matthew 19:27-20:15
(a)
If you were CEO of a company, could you run your business
this way?
(b)
How does Jesus in this parable sharpen even more his teaching
in the parable of the prodigal son and make it harder for us?
- Read Luke 18:1-8.
(a)
Is God like this terrible (and possibly corrupt) judge? If not, why would Jesus make such a
comparison?
(b)
Read Matthew 15:21-28.
Why would Jesus act and speak to this woman in ways that seem so cruel?
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Memorize the chapter locations of these New Testament passages:
The servant of all
Mark 10
Born again
John 3
God so loved the world
John 3
The grain of wheat
John 12
Jesus washes the disciples¡¦ feet
John 13