For more information about the "7 Arrows" Bible study method, click here. Notes listed below are from Ed Earnest as an encouragement. You prayerfully & carefully study the passage & see what God shows you.
READ John chapter 18 and answer these questions (reviewed at Connection Groups on January 26, 2020).
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE SAY? Jesus is betrayed, arrested, & questioned.
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE MEAN TO ITS ORIGINAL AUDIENCE? The plot thickens! Why would the Messiah be arrested? If Jesus is truly the king who would deliver them….why?
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE TELL US ABOUT GOD? Jesus humbled himself by setting his own divine power aside.
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE TELL US ABOUT MAN? Men were willing to plot & canive in the dark of night. One of Jesus’ own disciples betrayed him. Another disciple/close friend denied him publicly.
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE DEMAND OF ME? God help my from betraying Jesus or denying him with my mouth or actions.
- HOW DOES THIS PASSAGE CHANGE THE WAY I RELATE TO PEOPLE? Jesus was willing to endure false accusations and ridicule because his mission was more important.
- HOW DOES THIS PASSAGE PROMPT ME TO PRAY? Lord, help my resolve to know you and make you known be greater than obstacles that come along the path…your path.
