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 1:19-42 and answer these questions (reviewed at Connection Groups on September 8, 2019).
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE SAY? Jesus is baptized and begins inviting disciples to follow him.
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE MEAN TO ITS ORIGINAL AUDIENCE? The Jewish faithful looked to John the Baptist as a special man of God- maybe even a prophet. John point God’s spotlight on Jesus, the “Lamb of God”.
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE TELL US ABOUT GOD? God has set the stage for Jesus, the Messiah, to begin public ministry. Now is the time.
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE TELL US ABOUT MAN? In v.29 John the Baptist reminds us that the world is sinful and needs a Savior.
- WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE DEMAND OF ME? John the Baptist recognized who Jesus was and what he came to do. I should as well.
- HOW DOES THIS PASSAGE CHANGE THE WAY I RELATE TO PEOPLE? Be like Andrew, who believed what John said about Jesus. Andrew began following and pointing others to him.
- HOW DOES THIS PASSAGE PROMPT ME TO PRAY? Father, help my belief in the person and work of Jesus move my passion to follow him daily and help others to do the same.