Gospels: Week 9 — Christ’s authority and coming judgment Photo: Jack Sharp via Unsplash Matthew 18:15 –20 (NASB95) 15 “If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. 16 “But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. 17 “If he refuses to listen to them Dig Deeper This passage is simply known as the 'Matthew 18 Principle'.

(For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 11 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever

Gospels: Week 8 — Mercy, repentance, and the Good Shepherd Luke 18:9–14 (NASB95) 9 And He also told this to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 117 Q. How does God want us to pray so that he will listen to us? A.

John 10:11–18 (NASB95) 11 “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep . 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming , and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. 14 “I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for

Mark 10:35–45 (NASB95) 35 James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came up to Jesus, saying, “Teacher

Matthew 14:13–21 (NASB95) 13 Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities. 14 When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick. 15 When it 17 They said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” 18 And He said, “Bring them here to Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 116 Q. Why do Christians need to pray? A.

Son that the world may be saved through Him Gospels: Week 4 - Kingdom Teaching and Parables John 3:16 –21 (NASB95) 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to Summary John 3:16 is one of the most beloved verses of the Bible. And as verse 17 teaches, all this was done so that the world might be saved through him.

Gospels: Week 3 - Jesus' authority to call, heal, forgive, and welcome sinners Faithlife.com Matthew 9:9–13 And he got up and followed Him. 10 Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house , behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 When 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I

Bible.com Ecclesiastes 12 (NIV) 12 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd. 12 Be warned, my son, of anything Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. 13 Now all has been heard; here

Job has been given many unhelpful lectures from his so-called friends, and Job 19 records one of his Job 19:23–29 (NIV) 23 “Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, 24 that they Summary In Job 19, we find Job at his absolute all-time low. breath (v. 17), and even his own body is "nothing but skin and bones” (v. 20). In Job’s “dim hope” within chapter 19, we can see the brightness of our “living hope.”