READ Mark 9:2-29 2. Just prior to this passage Jesus says, "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God, come with power.” How do his words connect with the transfiguration? So what was the purpose of the transfiguration? 3. What do the details of the Transfiguration account reveal about Jesus? Why does Mark tell us about the mountain? Jesus' clothes? Moses and Elijah? The cloud? The voice from heaven? (see Deut 18:14 - 22) 4. How do we listen to Jesus today? What are some of the more important things which you have learned from him recently? 5. To what did Jesus refer when he said "Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him"? How would understanding this reveal to the disciples God’s purposes for Jesus and themselves? 6. How does the account of the demon-possessed boy connect and flow from the previous sections? 7. Why does Jesus speak so harshly to the disciples upon learning of their failure to drive the demon from the young boy? 8. What does Jesus want from the man before he will heal his son? Why are his words, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief” sufficient to meet with a response from Jesus? 9. What new lessons do we learn about faith from this account? 10. Following his stern words Jesus says to the disciples "This kind only come out by prayer". What does he mean by this? What lessons are there for us here and what are some concrete ways you can apply those lessons?
Study Questions:
ReplyDeleteREAD Mark 9:2-29
2. Just prior to this passage Jesus says, "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God, come with power.” How do his words connect with the transfiguration? So what was the purpose of the transfiguration?
3. What do the details of the Transfiguration account reveal about Jesus? Why does Mark tell us about the mountain? Jesus' clothes? Moses and Elijah? The cloud? The voice from heaven? (see Deut 18:14 - 22)
4. How do we listen to Jesus today? What are some of the more important things which you have learned from him recently?
5. To what did Jesus refer when he said "Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him"? How would understanding this reveal to the disciples God’s purposes for Jesus and
themselves?
6. How does the account of the demon-possessed boy connect and flow from the previous sections?
7. Why does Jesus speak so harshly to the disciples upon learning of their failure to drive the demon from the young boy?
8. What does Jesus want from the man before he will heal his son? Why are his words, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief” sufficient to meet with a response from Jesus?
9. What new lessons do we learn about faith from this account?
10. Following his stern words Jesus says to the disciples "This kind only come out by prayer". What does he mean by this? What lessons are there for us here and what are some concrete ways you can apply those lessons?