What is the Bible About, Pt. 4

What is the Bible About, Pt. 4 |

The Good News | PT. 4

1. How have you typically defined the gospel?

2. Read Isaiah 40:9-11 and Isaiah 61:1-2? How do these passages describe the Good News?

3. Why does the Gospel of Matthew immediately begin with a genealogy? What is the Gospel writer trying to teach us about Jesus?

4. Read Matthew 4:23 and Mark 1:14-15. When Jesus calls on people to believe the gospel - what is He announcing about Himself?

5. Read Matthew 11:2-6 and Luke 4:16-30.

• What is Jesus teaching us about the gospel in these texts?

• Why might John and his disciples be offended by Jesus?

• Why did the people of the synagogue get enraged at Jesus?

• What was it about Jesus’ ministry that didn’t meet the expectations

of the Jews?

6. Based upon these texts, what is a more biblical and holistic definition of the gospel?

7. Have each person in the group study one of the following texts. Then have a discussion around these questions: Who is the Kingdom of God for? How are each of these examples both a challenge and an encouragement to us?

•John 4:1-30

•Luke 7:36-50

•Luke 19:1-10

•Luke 15:11-32

•John 3:1-15

•Luke 8:43-48

•Luke 13:10-17

•Matthew 15:21-28

•Mark 1:40-45

•Luke 8:26-39

•Luke 18:35-43

•John 5:1-17