JESUS PREDICTS HIS DEATH
Discuss It – Matthew 16:21-28
- What are some ways people try to “find themselves”?
- What is the most surprised you have ever been?
- What is the best reward you’ve ever received?
- What did Christ begin telling His disciples would eventually happen to Him? (Matthew 16:21)
- How did Christ say He would suffer? (Matthew 16:21)
- who did Christ say would oppose Him and make Him suffer? (Matthew 16:21)
- What did Christ say would happen after He was killed? (Matthew 16:21)
- How did Peter react to the news that Jesus would suffer and die? (Matthew 16:22)
- How did Jesus characterize Peter’s objections? (Matthew 16:23)
- What is required of the one who would follow Jesus? (Matthew 16:24)
- What two ways can a person lose his or her life? (Matthew 16:25)
- A person’s soul is more valuable than what? How? (Matthew 16:26)
- What did Jesus say would happen after His death and resurrection? (Matthew 16:27)
- What will happen after Christ returns? (Matthew 16:27)
- What did Jesus promise His disciples? (Matthew 16:28)
Apply It
- How would you live differently if you knew exactly when and how you were going to die?
- How does it make you feel to realize that Jesus willingly died for your sins?
- If a person’s soul is worth more than the whole world, how ought that affect the way we spend our time?
- What would change in your life if you denied yourself for Christ’s sake?
- What does it mean to you to “take up your cross” and follow Jesus?
- In what situations do you find it difficult to follow Christ?
- How should eternal rewards motivate us to live for Christ?
- What do you need to do this week to center your thoughts on the things of God?
- What is one way you can deny yourself today for Christ’s sake?
- What change in your weekly schedule could you make to better reflect what God considers important?