Death and resurrection in the gospel of Luke. 6 small group Lent studies

  

6 Part Lent Study – Luke

1) Luke 22:39-62

2) Luke 22:63-23:25

3) Luke 23:26-49

4) Luke 23:50-24:12

5) Luke 24:13-49

6) Romans 5:20-6:14

 

Week 1: Arrest ~ Luke 22:39-62 (24 verses)

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as God?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as a man?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus’s relationship with us?

• What does this passage tell us about being a follower of Jesus?

Specific questions for this passage:

1. What does this passage teach us about prayer?

2. Have you ever been betrayed or abandoned? What does this passage teach about the Christian response?

3. What does this passage teach about preparing for and facing trials?

4. What does this passage teach about submission?

    

Week 2: Trial ~ Luke 22:63-71 & 23:1-25 (34 verses)

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as God?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as a man?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus’s relationship with us?

• What does this passage tell us about being a follower of Jesus?

Specific questions for this passage:

1. Pilate and Herod and Jesus are all having their integrity put to the test in this passage. What does this tell us about how leaders should and shouldn’t act in difficult situations?

2. Have you ever been falsely or unfairly accused? What does this passage teach about the Christian response?

3. How should we respond when people attack or ridicule Jesus?

4. How do we avoid going along with the crowd?

    

Week 3: Crucifixion ~ Luke 23:26-49 (24 verses)

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as God?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as a man?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus’s relationship with us?

• What does this passage tell us about being a follower of Jesus?

Specific questions for this passage:

1. This is a very bleak passage. Is there any comfort for the people at the time or us today?

2. The two criminals saw exactly the same thing but reacted in different ways. Why do different people respond differently to Jesus?

3. In this passage, Jesus forgives people who are not only unrepentant but also still in the act of what they are being forgiven off? What does this tell us about Jesus’s attitude to forgiveness? What does it mean to how we are forgiven?

4. In verse 48, we see a sudden change in the crowd when they realise that Jesus is dead. How do you explain this? Where do we see a similar response today?

Week 4: Resurrection ~ Luke 23:50-56 & 24:1-12 (19 verses)

• W hat does this passage tell us about Jesus as God?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as a man?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus’s relationship with us?

• What does this passage tell us about being a follower of Jesus?

Specific questions for this passage:

1. The example of Joseph shows that not everyone went along with the crowd. In what ways was he brave?

2. Most of the apostles did not believe the women but Peter went to investigate. How do you respond when someone tells you of something miraculous?

3. Thinking of the reactions of the women, the apostles and Peter – do they make the account more or less believable?

Week 5: Jesus explains the resurrection ~ Luke 24:13-49 (37 verses)

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as God?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as a man?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus’s relationship with us?

• What does this passage tell us about being a follower of Jesus?

Specific questions for this passage:

1. What was Jesus’s explanation for the resurrection?

2. Why do you think that both meetings involved a meal? What does this say about Jesus’s resurrected body?

3. What is similar and different about the explanations that Jesus gives to the two groups of people? Why is this and how can it help explain the gospel to others?

4. What does this passage teach us about the Holy Spirit?

Week 6: Paul explains the resurrection ~ Romans 5:20-21 & 6:1-14 (16 verses)

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as God?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus as a man?

• What does this passage tell us about Jesus’s relationship with us?

• What does this passage tell us about being a follower of Jesus?

Specific questions for this passage:

1. What was Paul’s explanation for the resurrection?

2. What does it for us to have been baptised into Christ’s death? What baptism is it referring to?

3. What does it mean to be dead to sin but alive to Christ?

4. What would our lives look like if we offered every part of ourselves to Jesus as an instrument of righteousness?