Barton's Bible Study Notes

Life of Christ: Unit 32 - Sections 119-120

Read Luke 14:25-35. Jesus is on His way back to Jerusalem. On the way, huge crowds collected and began following Him. They were expecting Him to fulfill their concept of what the Messiah was to do and be. They were waiting for Him to rise up and throw out the oppressors and set up the Kingdom, and they were ready, right then, to follow Him. They did not understand there were two comings of Messiah, the first to die as a sacrifice for sin, the second as the victorious King of Kings to set up His kingdom. This was His first coming, to give Himself as a sacrifice for us.

1. Three times, Jesus tells the crowd that a person cannot be His disciple unless they do something. What are the three things Jesus requires?

2. What do you think it means to hate father, mother, wife, children, sisters and brothers and even one’s own life?

3. What do you think it means to carry your own cross?

4. What two parables did Jesus tell concerning the costs of discipleship?

5. What was the point of these parables?

6. Why do you think Jesus told His followers that they had to give up all to follow Him?

7. What is the point of the parable of the saltless salt?

Read Luke 15:1-32. Most of those who crowded Him on His way to Jerusalem were the common people, the non-religious segment of society rather than the conservative religious element.

8. What was the complaint issued by the Pharisees and the Scribes?

9. What three parables does Jesus tell in response to this complaint? (Summarize each in one sentence.)

10. What is the point of the first two parables?

11. What is the point of the last parable?

The Applications:

What are the applications of these passages to our lives today? Identify as many as you are able.