Treasure
Definition of a Treasure?
Something of great worth or value.
When there was a famine and he had no food, which animal did the prodigal son eat with?
Swine or Pigs
Why did people go to the pool of Bethseida and how did the pool work?
A great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
"Do not let your _____ know what your ____ is doing?" (Matthew 6:4 Quoting Christ)
"Do not let you left hand know what your right hand is doing?"
What is the home in the Parable a symbol of?
The Church. He cut himself away from God and the Church for prodigal living.
How many years did he have paralysis for?
38 years
Why do we fast?
Control our Body, strengthen our spirit, build relationships with God, and prepare ourselves to receive God's blessings.
What lesson can we learn from the older brother?
Do not assume that those who were lost were those who drifted from the Church, sometimes they are people in the church. We also see his faults in his self-righteousness and pride
What is the paralytic man's response to Christ asking him, "Do you want to be made well?"
“Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” He is to focused on the pool when the answer is in front of him.
What are some of our examples of Treasures
Patience, Endurance, Charitable deeds, Righteous work in secret, Compassion to others.
Who did Christ tell this parable to?
Tax collectors and sinnners.
What warning does Christ give to the paralytic man after He heals him?
“See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
What is the story of the Widow's Two Mites?
“Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.” Mark 12: 41-44
What did the Prodigal son say to his father when he returned? (Get most of the quote correct)
“Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”
Why were the Jews unhappy about this and what was Christ's response?
They were not happy about anything being done on the Sabbath, including a healing and the paralytic man taking up his bed and walking. Christ says, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”