Jun. 22, 2025

We begin in Chapter 12 Where Jesus teaches the kind of attitude those who will face persecution should have, to not fear persecution, and to realize your great value to God.

Luke Lesson 23 Study Questions

1.    This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign: Jesus said this to the thick crowd, rebuking their inclination to seek and value signs. Jesus just mentioned the blessedness of being one who ______ and ____ God’s word; the contrast is the one who seeks a sign.

2.    The point is clear: the queen of the South and the men of Nineveh were both Gentiles, but they had a more open ________ to the things of God than the _________ people of Jesus’ day, who would not believe and receive the work of God right before their eyes.

3.    No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand: Just as a lamp should be displayed out in the open so that all can benefit from its light, so the word and work of God should be displayed. Yet when Jesus displayed His _____ and ______, the religious people of His day would not accept them.

4.    When one lives in darkness, there are two possible reasons why. There may be no light _______, or the darkness may be _______ – the inability to perceive light. When Jesus warned, take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness, He warned against the darkness within.

5.    He marveled that He had not first washed before dinner: Jesus was not unhygienic when He had not first washed before dinner. He did not follow the extremely technical and rigid requirements of ___________ washing practiced by many ______+ Jews.

6.    For you tithe mint and rue…Legalism of this sort assumes that people will only know we follow God if we do all these things associated with ______ and regulations. Instead, Jesus said that the real mark of a believer is the love they have for _______ in God’s family.

7.    It is possible to wrongly use the Scriptures as a tool of ________ and ___________, all while evading one’s true responsibility before God. To do so puts one under this same woe and condemnation of Jesus.

8.    For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them We express the same thought when we think that we would have ________ Jesus more than His _________ did, or been more faithful to Him.

9.    For you have taken away the key of knowledge: Their legalistic approach had taken away ______________ and knowledge. By giving the people a list of ______ by which they could supposedly save themselves, they didn’t help them at all.

10.    That they might accuse Him: The religious leaders responded the way many do when they are faced with the __________ and the truth of God. Instead of humbly receiving the correction, they responded with _________ accusations.