Men's Group Questions

I don't have any tricks up my sleeve, just a few questions to consider as we walk through Mark 11 this Thursday night. If you know all of the answers, you don't have to come. Because that's what Christian faith is all about - knowing the answers.



Mark Chapter 11

The Triumphal Entry

Knowledge?
The donkey, it’s virgin state, the objection, satisfaction
John 8:58

What’s Up With the Donkey?
Prophecy? Zech 9:9
Stately?

Hosanna – ‘Save us, we pray!’
What was their expectation?
“coming kingdom of our father David!” (2Samuel 7:11-14)
Is Jesus fulfilling the promise of 2Samuel?
Is He fulfilling it in the way people expect Him to?
How about us?

“went into the temple...looked around at everything...went out to Bethany”
What was this all about? Cheap pep rally theatrics?
Was this important?
Why the temple? Why not city hall?

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
“In the leaf...” Is this story about a fig tree?
What would ‘in the leaf’ look like in the life of a person?

“Not the season for figs...”
Does He have the right to curse the tree, when it really isn’t season?
When we meet Jesus, it won’t matter whether we think it was our time or not.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple
What was so bad?
Money Changers
Those who sold pigeons
How do we misuse His temple today?

What is ‘the church’ for?

What is ‘your life’ for?

Why did the priests want to kill Him? For the disruption?

The Lesson of the Fig Tree
“Be taken up and thrown into the sea...”
How far do you take that?

What are the qualifiers?
It’s not a sideshow or cheap Christian performing trick!

Confidence, relationships

The Authority of Jesus Challenged
“By what authority are you doing these things?...”

Why doesn’t Jesus answer?
Was the question too hard?
Would the answer satisfy them?

What is His response?

What can we learn from His response?

What about His authority? John’s?

What do you do because of your faith? By whose authority?
Exodus 33:15