Jun. 29, 2025

Last week we finished Chapter 11 and the woa’s to the Pharisees and the lawyers. In Chapter 12 we learn to beware hypocrisy and not to fear persecution.

Luke Lesson 24 Study Questions

1.    Hypocrisy is like leaven in the sense that it only takes a little bit of it to affect a great mass. A little bit of __________ can be like a little bit of arsenic. In light of their tremendous popularity, it was especially important for the disciples to remember this. The temptation to hypocrisy is often strongest to those who enjoy some measure of outward _______.

2.    For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known: The art of being a hypocrite depends on ___________, but one day all will be revealed. We can only be hypocrites before men, but never before ____. He sees through the actor’s mask.

3.    Do not be afraid of those who kill the body: When Jesus spoke to these disciples of His about martyrdom and persecution, He knew that all of them – except John – would die ________ deaths for Him. He also knew of His own coming ___________.

4.    Not one of them is forgotten before God: If God remembers the sparrows, He will not forget _____ – so don’t lose heart. There are few things worse than the sense of being forgotten; Jesus assured every believer that their life was precious and ___________ before God.

5.    You are of more value than many sparrows: Those who are persecuted are tempted to give in to the feeling that they are __________ and no one cares for them. Yet a loving God in heaven ________ each one.

6.    Whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God: Jesus comforted the faithful, explaining that the suffering Christian will be given the _______ of allegiance and _______ before the throne of God.

7.    He who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God: Even as there was an honorable reward for the faithful, there is a terrible ________ for the faithless. They would be denied and __________ before the throne of God.

8.    True blasphemy against the Spirit is more than a formula of _______; it is a settled disposition of life that ________ the testimony of the Holy Spirit regarding Jesus. Even if someone has intentionally said such things, they can still repent and prevent a settled rejection of Jesus.

9.    Do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say: Jesus’ disciples could have perfect ______ in God in such moments of great testing, knowing that the Holy Spirit would _______ through them even if they were unprepared.

10.    One’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses: This is the overall principle that Jesus will develop in the following teaching on material things. When we live with the attitude that our life does consist in what we possess, we live in covetousness, and ___________ is ____________ (Colossians 3:5).