Lesson 17, Q10~Q11

FIFTH DAY: Read Matthew 16:21-28.

Q10

a. After Peter’s great step of faith, what great fall does this passage record?

Peter loves Jesus too much, so he tried to protect Jesus in human concerns, but ignore what Jesus revealed to him about God’s plan.

b. Why did Peter not want Jesus to go to the cross?

Peter loves Jesus

c. When are you tempted like Peter to reject or ignore the cross of Christ?

Sometime we love this world too much it led us to ignore the cross of Christ.

d. According to Jesus, when you reject the cross, who is using your mind and your tongue?

Satan!

Q11

a. Read Acts 2:23-24; 2:36-38; 3:18; 1 Peter 2:24. How does Peter explain what it means to come to the cross of Christ for salvation?
By God’s deliberate plan Jesus has been made both Lord and Messiah, so every one of you, repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, because Jesus himself bore our sins his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

b. After you come to the cross for salvation, what does Jesus say you cannot avoid when you follow Him?
Follow Jesus must deny ourselves.

c. Read Mark 8:34-38; Luke 9:23-27; Galatians 6:12, 14; Philippians 3:10. Explain what Jesus means by  “lose your life” and “take up your cross and follow” Him.
From Galatians 6: 14; the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world

We must reject the world to gain our souls.

d. What does Jesus promise to all who “lose their lives” in this way? 

whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it