Berean Sunday Sermons

1. Why is Jairus' name mentioned but the hemorrhaging woman's name is not? What is the significance of this socially? 2. What restrictions were placed on a hemorrhaging woman according to Levitical law in Leviticus 15:19-23? 3. Read Mark 5:25,26 to gain further insight into the woman's suffering. 4. What does the healing of this woman reveal to us about Jesus and the work He came to do?

1. What did Jesus do that caused the demons to be so afraid of Jesus? 2. Why did they need Jesus' permission to enter the pigs? 3. If the demons are under Satan's command, why did they obey Jesus so readily instead of trying to challenge Him? 4. How did the villagers who heard and saw Jesus casting out the demons respond to Jesus? What did they ask Him to do?

1. What image comes to your mind when you think of demons? Do you think that image was formed by biblical knowledge or by things that you've heard and seen in the media? 2. From your recollection from bible reading, how often do you see demonic activity in the bible? Where is the heaviest concentration of demonic activity recorded in the bible? 3. What are some titles or names given to the devil i...

1. What four miracles are mentioned in Luke 8:22-55? What does it teach us about who Jesus is? 2. Why did Jesus rebuke the disciples when they came to Jesus for help? What did Jesus accuse them of? 3. How did the disciples react when they saw Jesus' power of the storm?

1. What is the context in which Jesus gives the Great Commission? (hint; verse 16,17) 2. What is the main objective of this Great Commission? 3. What are three things that we are called to do to achieve this objective? 4. What is the primary resource given to us for accomplishing this objective?

1. In what way does this passage relate with the teaching of the light and the parable of the seeds? 2. What are the qualities that Jesus defines as the new family of God in Christ? 3. Why do you think Jesus had to define the new family of God to His disciples?

1. What is the light that Luke is referring to? 2. What is the purpose of the light according to this text? 3. What is the final exhortation given considering the quality of the light? 4. In what way is this text related to the parable of the seeds in the previous passage?

1. What were the other four qualities that identifies a good soil stated in the previous sermons? 2. Can someone have assurance of salvation while continuing to live in disobedience? 3. What are some factors that causes a genuine believer to persevere in his walk with God?

1. What two things were mentioned in last week's sermon that Luke, Matthew and Mark described as good soil? 2. What does it mean to hold fast the word of God? 3. What must first happen to someone before he can bear fruit? 4. What is the primary agent that causes us to bear fruit? 5. Do all fruits look the same? Why or why not?

1. What qualities are stated in Luke that made it a good soil? 2. How can someone have an honest and good heart? 3. What are some tangible fruits that we can observe that is evidence of it being a "good soil"?

1. When did the thorns grow along with the seed planted? 2. What three things caused the plant to choke and not bear fruit? 3. If you were to examine yourself based on the warnings of these first three soils, how would you be certain that you are not part of those soils? 4. How can you tell if someone is a struggling Christian or if someone is not a Christian at all?

1. Which of the four soils are Christian and why? 2. What is the criteria in which we are able to identify a true believer verses a false believer? 3. Who is the one who snatches away the seed for the first soil. What does that tell us about who they belong to? 4. What does it mean when it says that they believed for a short while for the second soil. What does it mean for them to have believed th...

1. What is the context in which the parable of the sower was given? Who was it given to and why? 2. What does the seed represent according to verse 11? 3. Who is the seed planter? 4. Why did Jesus speak to them in parables according to verses 9 and 10?

POINT 1 -  Identify the sin of partiality. POINT 2 - God’s glorious impartial character POINT 3 - Your judgment must be in keeping with your God’s law.      POINT 3 A - Verse 8-11: Partiality is Contrary to the law of God POINT 3 B Verse 5 & 6a: Partiality is Contrary to the Mercy of God POINT 4 | Speak and Act as those who are judged by the law of liberty.  

1. What caused Jesus to weep on Palm Sunday? 2. In what way did Israel expect peace that was different from the peace that Jesus came to bring? 3. Do you think you would have been able to recognize Jesus' coming if you were a Jew during that time? 4. What kind of spiritual blinders are we in danger of in our generation?

1. What was Jesus preaching about when he visited all the towns? 2. Who are the ladies mentioned here who supported Jesus and His ministry? 3. In what way was the kingdom of God that Jesus preached radically different from the Kingdom that the Israelites were anticipating?

1. How is this passage related to the previous passage? 2. Why did Simon the Pharisee invite Jesus to his home? 3. Was Simon a believer? 4. Was this a private dinner or an open banquet? 5. What does it mean for the woman to be described as a sinner? 6. Why did the woman have the alabaster jar with her to pour on Jesus? What does it reveal about her and what she did? 7. Where does great love for Je...

1. What caused the tax collectors to acknowledge God's justice and the Pharisees and the lawyers to reject it according to verses 29 and 30? 2. What was the baptism of John known for? 3. What was the primary message of John the Baptist that Jesus repeated when he began to preach? 4. What reasons are given in verses 31 to 34 why many people rejected Jesus?

1. What made John so great? 2. What is the metaphor, the reed shaken in the wind, referring to? What aspect of John's character is Jesus referring to? 3. What attracted the people to go out to see John the Baptist? What was his primary message? 4. In what way is God the greatest of all born of a woman and in what way is he the least in the kingdom of God? What makes us better than John?

1. What caused John to question whether Jesus was the Messiah? 2. Where was John when he sent his disciples to confirm Jesus' identity? (Matt.11:2) 3. How did Jesus reassure His identity to John and his disciples? 4. Why does Jesus conclude his answer to John the Baptist by saying, "Blessed is he who does not take offense at me"?

- What is the contrast between the crowd that followed Jesus and the crowd that met Jesus at the gate of the city? - What would have it meant both physically and spiritually for a widow to lose her only son during the time of Christ? - What was the motivation behind why Jesus healed the widow's son? - Why aren't the names of the widow or the son, who was raised from the dead, not mentioned?