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BIBLE STUDY MAY 24 2022
Parable #20 ~ Matthew 18:12-14 ~ Lost Sheep
Discussion Questions
1. To what lengths would you go to recover a missing wallet? A diamond ring? An important irreplaceable document? A winning lottery ticket? Your missing child?
2. Who do you think the flock represents? Who do you think the lost sheep represents?
3. What characteristics of God as the Shepherd conveyed in this parable? How does this compare to the image of God as the Judge to whom we must give account? (Hebrews 4:13)
Parable #21 — John 10:1-18 — Shepherd and His Flock
Discussion Questions
1. What kind of relationship do sheep have with their shepherd? ( John 10:2-4)
2. To whom did Jesus say the sheep would not listen? (John 10:5, 10:8) Who did Jesus say was the thief? (John 10:1)
3. In this parable, Jesus describes himself as both the gate (John 10:7) and the shepherd (John 10:11, 10:14). Compare the two images.
4. How has Jesus been a gate in your life?
5. What does a hired hand do for the sheep? (John 10:12) What was Jesus willing to do for his sheep? (John 10:11, 10:15, 10:17) What does it mean when Jesus repeats something three times?
6. How are we like sheep? What tempts people to follow a stranger (or thief)? Why?
7. In what ways has Jesus been your shepherd? How can we better hear his voice?
Discussion Questions
1. To what lengths would you go to recover a missing wallet? A diamond ring? An important irreplaceable document? A winning lottery ticket? Your missing child?
2. Who do you think the flock represents? Who do you think the lost sheep represents?
3. What characteristics of God as the Shepherd conveyed in this parable? How does this compare to the image of God as the Judge to whom we must give account? (Hebrews 4:13)
Parable #21 — John 10:1-18 — Shepherd and His Flock
Discussion Questions
1. What kind of relationship do sheep have with their shepherd? ( John 10:2-4)
2. To whom did Jesus say the sheep would not listen? (John 10:5, 10:8) Who did Jesus say was the thief? (John 10:1)
3. In this parable, Jesus describes himself as both the gate (John 10:7) and the shepherd (John 10:11, 10:14). Compare the two images.
4. How has Jesus been a gate in your life?
5. What does a hired hand do for the sheep? (John 10:12) What was Jesus willing to do for his sheep? (John 10:11, 10:15, 10:17) What does it mean when Jesus repeats something three times?
6. How are we like sheep? What tempts people to follow a stranger (or thief)? Why?
7. In what ways has Jesus been your shepherd? How can we better hear his voice?