Cathedral’s Eastside Young Adults Bible Study

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We are Cathedral’s Eastside Young Adults Bible Study supported by Cathedral of St John the Evangelist. We meet every other Tuesday (6/3, 6/17 …). The meeting location is Weakland Center, 831 N. Van Buren St., Milwaukee 53202. Weakland Center is part of the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist (next door to the Cathedral of St John, on the North). Please use 'comments' link at the end of post to raise question on the study or email me at eastside_biblestudy@yahoo.com

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The Truth Will Set You Fee
Notes for June 3rd Bible Study

John 8:31-32
What is required to be a disciple of Jesus?
Who truly believed in Jesus? (Ref: v30, Jn12:9-11, 42-43)
What does he say to the Jews that truly believed in him?
What is required before we can know the truth?
What effect does the truth have on a disciple of Christ?
How does one abide in Christ? (Ref: Jn 15:1-2)
What does Jesus Mean by “freedom” when he says the truth will set us free
(Ref: Jn:8:34-36: 15:1-11: Rom8:2; 2Cor3:17; Gal 5:1, 13)
John 8:33-34
Have the Jews in fact been slaves? (Ref: Exodus1:8-14, 2 Kings 25:1-7)
To what pagan empire were the Jews then subjects? (Ref: Jn 11:47-48; 19:15)
How could they claim to have always been free?
What does Jesus mean by slavery? (Ref: Rom:6:1-15, 2 Pet 2:19)
John 8:35-36
How does Jesus compare their eternal destiny with his own?
How are they to become free? (Ref: 1Tim2:3-4; 2Tim 2:24-25: CCC908, 1741)
Is there a parallel between Abrahams sons? (Ref; Gen:218-12; Gal:4:22-26)
John 8:37-43
What is really important in Abrahams Fatherhood? (Ref: Rom9:7-8)
Are all “circumcised sons” of Abraham sons of the promise? (Ref:Gen16:15, 17:26; 21:10; Rom 96-8).
How does one know if he is the true son of Abraham?
What did Abraham do that earned him favor in Gods eyes? (Ref: Gen 15:6; Heb 11:8: Jas 2:1; CCC 2571)
How did Abraham’s response compare to the Jewish leaders to Jesus? (Ref Gen 18; Jn 1:10-11)
Are the Jews right in claiming God as their Father? Ref: Deut 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8)
How is the relationship of God as the Father of the Jews different from God as the father of Jesus? (Ref: CCC441)
John 8:44-47
Who was their (Jesus Opponents) real father, and whom did they really imitate?
Describes the three Fathers that Jesus is talking about? (Ref: 1Jn3:8-9; 12-15)
Why does Jesus say the devil is a murderer from the beginning? (Ref: Gen3:1; 4:8: Wis2:24; 1Jn3:8,12, CCC391-94, 2852)
If Jesus speaks the truth and speaks from his Father how do his opponents prove they are sons of the devil? (Ref: Jn5:18, 7:1)
Can anyone expose falsehoods in Jesus words? (Ref: CCC 578)


Related Questions:
What must be the first step in our relationship with God? What is Gods Love based on?
What must you understand about Jesus in relationship to God?
When Jesus speaks, who is he speaking for?
What connects us to Jesus and the Father?
Who actually prunes are thoughts and in what way?
What sets you free and how can we find freedom today?
Where are the laws written today and how do we follow them?
Can we do things are own way as Abraham did but what is the result?
Is envy prevalent today?
Are we or can we live like Abraham today and completely trust God and follow him in how we live our lives?
Do we actually have freedom today in the USA?
Can we pursue Gods will for our lives freely today and do we?
Do we take on Gods struggles for us and persevere through them today to set
ourselves free?
Are we pursuing freedom in the correct way?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

John 8:21-30 You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

John 8: 21-23
What does Jesus tell the scribes and Pharisees? (Ref: 7:34-36)
How does he explain it further and what does he warn them about?
What is the result of dying in sin?
CCC 1005,1034
Have the Jews heard these words before? (Ref: Num 27:3)
What do the Jews think Jesus might do to himself? Is this within the Mosaic Law?
What does the church think of Suicide? CCC 2280-83
How has Jesus forced them to admit they are not without sin?
Jn:8:7-9
· Where is Jesus from? (Jn3:31-32)
· Has someone previously descended from the higher realm to enable others to
comprehend and ascend back with him to the heavenly realm? Jn1:51, 3:13
· What must one believe about Jesus to gain forgiveness from sin and
the gift of eternal life? (Ref St. Johns Gospel by Stephen K. Ray page 192)
John 8:24
· Jesus repeats his warning but adds an escape clause, what is it?
· What does Jesus mean by I AM?
Ex 3:14; CCC 211, 203-04
John 8:25-27
· Are the Jews starting to realize who he is?
· Why does he not answer them directly? Mt 13:34-35)
· What is the source of his words?
· Do they really understand?\
John 8:28-30
· What does Jesus mean, ”lifted up the Son of man”? Jn3:12-21
Mk15:38-39, Jn 20:27-28
· What was the result of his words?

Discussion Questions
· How would we recognize Jesus today?
· Would Jesus be really different from any other person?
· Is life today so much different than life 2000 years ago that Jesus would
have difficulty in trying to speak the truth? Would people listen?
· How would you perceive Jesus today versus the perspective from the bible?
· Would the church today recognize Jesus and accept him?