May 25, 2025

Last week we ended with Jesus sending out 70 disciples two by two giving them some specific instructions on what to take with them and how to conduct themselves. This week we begin in Chapter 10 verse 9, and we will hear Jesus instruct them on what they are to do and what they should do if someone rejects their message.

Luke Lesson 20 Study Questions

1.    Say to them, “The kingdom of God has come near to you”: This meant that the healing was a part of their _________. As part of healing the sick, they described what the kingdom of God was ______ from what Jesus had taught and shown them.

2.    The very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you: Jesus told His disciples to publicly say this in the streets of any city that rejected the seventy messengers and their message. It was important that those cities knew the price of _________ Jesus and His ________.

3.    He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem: Jesus undertook this final journey ________ Jerusalem with steadfastness fitting the difficulty of the ____ ahead of Him.

4.    There are two kinds of courage – the courage of moment, which requires no previous thought, and a planned courage, which sees the difficulty ahead and steadfastly marches towards it. Jesus had this kind of courage; He saw the ______ on the horizon, but still ____________ set His face to go to Jerusalem.

5.    They would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes: The cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida and Capernaum received much but repented little. It is a great mystery why some receive so many ________ and such clear help, yet refuse to ________.

6.    The seventy returned with joy: This was a good day. The disciples and followers of Jesus endured their share of confusion and __________, but they also enjoyed some wonderful _________ of effective service.

7.    Satan’s fall was God’s immediate judgment upon that rebellious spirit (though not complete judgment, which still awaits). Every time the kingdom of Jesus is ___________ in truth and power, it is like another __________ upon Satan and all who share his rebellious spirit.

8.    Your names are written in heaven: All God’s people share in this ____. By earth’s estimation some service is more successful than others, but this joy _____ all believers.

9.    Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see: The disciples lived in a _______ time, and it was good for them to realize that it was a special blessing for them to be part of the _____ of the Messiah.

10.    Many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it: The great men of the Old Testament would have longed to see Jesus’ ministry and to ________ for Him. One may consider how King David would have loved to see Jesus do the things He did, and how Isaiah would have longed to ______ what Jesus said.

11.    What shall I do to inherit eternal life? The Biblical understanding of eternal life doesn’t necessarily refer to duration of life, because every person is __________, either in heaven or hell. It doesn’t refer to a life that begins only when we die. Eternal life is a particular quality of life; a life that comes from God, and a life we can have ______ now.

12.    It is clear enough what it means to love God with all we are, though it is impossible to do ___________. But there has been much confusion about what it means to love your neighbor as yourself. This doesn’t mean that we must love ourselves before we can love anyone else; it means that in the same way we take care of ourselves and are concerned about our own __________, we should take care and have concern for the interests of others.