Fulfilment (Small Group Study)
Small Group Study, week commencing 21st September.
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1. “Some of the greatest stories ever told are stories of life gone wrong, of the promise of something better, and ultimate triumph.” Can you think of some examples?
2. Do you find the story of the New Testament exciting enough to want to know what comes before it?
Read Matthew 16:13-21.
3. Look at verse 17. See also 1 Corinthians 2:9-11; Galatians 1:11-12; Ephesians 1:17; 1 Peter 1:18-20. What do you learn from these verses about God’s role in revealing truth to us?
4. Why do you think it was “from that time on” (verse 21) that Jesus started to explain to his disciples about his future suffering and resurrection?
5. The Jews living in Jesus’ time had waited hundreds of years for the fulfilment of the prophecies about the Messiah, and not all of those prophecies have been fulfilled yet. What does that teach us about God’s faithfulness in keeping his promises, our need for patience, and our own hopes for the future?
6. “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:30-31). Spend some time reflecting on these words. What does “life in his name” mean?
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