True Hope

  • Keith Ferguson
  • Dec 24, 2009
  • Series: Disciple

Questions for Personal Study

Read Mark 15:40-16:8.

(1)  Make a list of all the characters in these verses and make three observations about each of them.

(2)  Considering Mark’s major theme is discipleship, what message do you think he is sending by ending the story so abruptly in 16:8?

 

Read 1 Peter 1:3-9.

(1)  What are three benefits we receive from Jesus’ resurrection from the dead according to Peter?

(2)  How should we encounter difficult trials in our lives differently now that Jesus has risen from the dead?

 

Read Acts 2:14-36. 

(1)  How does Peter use the Old Testament to show that Jesus had truly risen from the dead and how that set Him apart?

(2)  How does Peter defend the resurrection of Jesus to an audience who had just witnessed His death in Jerusalem?

 

Read 1 Corinthians 15:12-28.

(1)  According to Paul, what are the implications for our faith if Jesus did not actually rise from the dead?

(2)  What future hope are we ultimately looking forward to since Jesus came out of the grave alive?