LUKE

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CHAPTER 1

  1. Physician.
  2. Luke wrote this gospel so we would know the certainty of the things of Jesus.
  3. Zacharias and Elizabeth.
  4. a. The angel Gabriel. b. His barren wife would have a child.
  5. To teach the people about repentance toward God and to change their hearts.
  6. a. He became deaf and could not talk. b. Because he had doubted God's word given by Gabriel.
  7. Mary and Joseph
  8. a. Gabriel. b. She would have a son. He would be the son of the Highest. c. The child would be conceived by the Holy Spirit.
  9. John leaped in his mother's womb, and his mother prophesied before Mary.
  10. He was able to speak and hear again.
  11. Jesus.
  12. John would be a prophet to prepare the ways of the Lord and to give knowledge of salvation to the people.

CHAPTER 2

  1. a. Bethlehem. b. For the census. c. In a stall because there was no room for them in the inn. d. In a manger (feed trough).
  2. a. Angels told them a savior was born (Christ the Lord) and where to find Him. b. Yes. The shepherds found everything exactly as they were told.
  3. He would not see death until he had seen the Christ.
  4. a. She spoke of Jesus as the Redeemer of Israel. b. 77 years (according to the NU text she was 84 at the birth of Jesus).
  5. a. Jerusalem. b. 12. c. Reading and discussing the scriptures. d. "I must be about My Father's business."

CHAPTER 3

  1. To love your brother by being fair and taking care of the needy.
  2. a. The Holy Spirit descended like a dove on Jesus. b. John the Baptist.
  3. a. David. b. Adam.
  4. Adam had no father or mother. He was made by God.

CHAPTER 4

  1. a. He went into the wilderness. b. 40 days.
  2. a. To preach, heal, and set us free from sin. b. To preach the Kingdom of God and to call sinners to repentance.
  3. a. He showed them how God turned to foreigners to help them and not to Israel His chosen. c. They tried to throw Him over a cliff.
  4. He healed Simon's mother-in-law of a high fever.

CHAPTER 5

  1. He made an abundance of fish to be caught - so much that the boat began to sink.
  2. He will lead and teach others about God and His will.
  3. To show the priest that healing came from faith in God's power rather than in the rituals of the law.
  4. To prove to the scribes and Pharisees that He had power to forgive sins.
  5. To show the scribes and Pharisees that the rituals of the law cannot unite with the way of faith in the Spirit.

CHAPTER 6

  1. It is okay to do anything good on the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man.
  2. Peter, Andrew (Peter's brother), James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, Simon the Zealot, Judas (son of James), Judas Iscariot.
  3. The humble and meek in spirit will be rewarded and have hope in God.
  4. a. Do good to those who hate you. b. Give to everyone without expecting anything in return. c. God will measure back to you in return the same or even above what you give. d. Be merciful and kind to all.
  5. a. No. b. We should forgive others so that we may also be forgiven.
  6. No.
  7. Your heart.
  8. a. True b. True

CHAPTER 7

  1. a. He healed the Centurion's son. b. Raised the widow's son from the dead.
  2. a. She washed His feet with her hair and tears and kissed and anointed them with oil. b. She knew Jesus was sent from God and she had much sin to be forgiven.
  3. Blessed is the man who accepts Him.

CHAPTER 8

  1. The Word of God.
  2. a. The ones who hear but do not want to give up or change things in their life. b. The ones who receive the word with joy but fall away after times temptation. They have not grown strong because of lack of effort and knowledge to stay close to God through the study of His word. They have neglected it and withered (lacked moisture vs.6) only to end up falling away. c. Those who let the cares of the world overcome time with God. They forget Him and do not draw close to Him. d. Those who receive the word with a good heart and keep it.
  3. a. More truth will be given to them. b. What he thinks he has will be taken away.
  4. He calmed the sea and the wind.
  5. Son of the Most High God.
  6. Cast them into swine and they were drowned.
  7. A woman suffering from an issue of blood for twelve years was healed and Jarius' daughter was brought back to life from the dead.

CHAPTER 9

  1. To seek and follow the will of God over your own will resisting sin on a daily basis.
  2. You seek your own will and desires without regard to the will of God.
  3. a. Peter, James, and John. b. They saw Jesus talking with Moses and Elijah. c. They heard the voice of God telling them to listen to His son.
  4. A boy with seizures was healed.
  5. Anyone who looks back and longs for what they gave up will not be committed to the service of God.

CHAPTER 10

  1. a. They were sent in pairs - two by two. b. They were to go and tell others about the kingdom of God. c. He reminded them to become prideful or boastful as Satan was, who was then cast out of heaven. They should rejoice that their names were written in heaven.
  2. They were filled with the Spirit to overcome and be protected from the workers of iniquity.
  3. To love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind and to love your neighbor as yourself.
  4. Our neighbor should be everyone who shows mercy on you or helps you.

CHAPTER 11

  1. a. Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, and knock and it will be opened to you. b. God.
  2. God's love is greater than man's and, He will fill you with wisdom and direction through His Holy Spirit when you ask, seek and knock.
  3. If Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?
  4. This shows that once you are cleaned you must be careful not to let the uncleanness back. Satan will bring a more complete work against you to make you worse than you were before. (Once saved, always saved does not work here.)
  5. What you seek to look for with your eyes is what goes into your heart.
  6. Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.
  7. They hindered the people from knowing and understanding the truth and God's will.

CHAPTER 12

  1. There is nothing hidden or done in secret that will not be revealed.
  2. We should fear God because He has the power to destroy not only the body but the soul.
  3. a. By our actions in upholding the will of God in righteousness in all circumstances of life. b. By not upholding the will of God in righteousness before men. This could be due to pressure, fear, selfish reasons, or shame that causes us to fall into the way of the world. c. We will be denied before the angels who come to gather us with Jesus at the resurrection and rapture.
  4. One's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he owns. We must store up treasures in heaven through good works and a righteous heart so that we may have eternal life.
  5. Seek the Kingdom of God and His ways. After this, God will provide all are needs. We do not have to worry because God is in control of all things for our best interest.
  6. a. Be prepared for every good work. b. Be a light of God's will and a source of truth for all around you.
  7. a. We should be looking and prepared for the return of Jesus. b. No one knows, not even Jesus.
  8. a. He will be cast with the unbelievers. b. Yes, because he has knowledge of his Master's will but does not do it.
  9. a. What knowledge of God's will you have received you must use and produce fruit. b. The people did not recognize that Jesus was the One that the prophets had spoken of in the Old Testament. If they were close to God they would have know His word.

CHAPTER 13

  1. There is no difference. All face the same condemnation of their souls.
  2. a. God. b. Jesus. c. The believers. d. He sought grace from the vineyard owner (God) that the sinner may come to the light and the will of God. e. Whatever may happen to the people will happen because God has turned His face away from them. In the end they are cut down and thrown away.
  3. a. The kingdom starts small in our hearts but grows in more importance and becomes a place we can find rest and refuge. In the end the kingdom will be the greatest kingdom in existence. All believers will find rest and peace there. b. The kingdom of God starts small but will eventually affect our whole life. Also, as a whole it will be the only kingdom left at the end.
  4. a. There is only one path to life - the walk of righteousness and doing the will of God. We forsake the will of our flesh and the ways of the world. b. No, only a few. c. They believed in God and Jesus, but they did walk or seek His ways from their heart. They sought to be holy through "believing" and the rituals of worship.

CHAPTER 14

  1. a. He healed a man with dropsy. b. A large build up of fluid in the limbs.
  2. Don't exalt yourself or think highly of yourself toward others.
  3. a. Humbled. b. humble; exalted
  4. You should invite those who are unable or not obligated to repay you, like the poor and the crippled.
  5. a. God. b. Jesus. c. The saints or those invited to be saints. d. They will be lost.
  6. Denying yourself to do the will of God and to fight against sin in your life.
  7. False.
  8. You have lost your desire to serve and follow the will of God. You are useless to God and will be thrown out and destroyed (unless you repent and regain that will to do God's will).

CHAPTER 15

  1. a. To save the lost. b. No.
  2. The sinner repented and came back to the will of God.
  3. The angels before God rejoice.
  4. He confessed his sin and humbled himself.

CHAPTER 16

  1. a. True. b. False.
  2. a. Riches and possessions. b. It is an abomination to Him.
  3. The law would never fail. We need to get right with God or we will be lost. It will be to late after death.

CHAPTER 17

  1. The wrath of God against you.
  2. Forgive Him.
  3. To have faith in God.
  4. a. Ten. b. One.
  5. a. As quick as lightening. b. Living normal everyday lives. c. We will be gathered together in one place wherever the church (the body) is.

CHAPTER 18

  1. a. praying; lose heart. b. God; His elect.
  2. Exalts, humbled; humbles, exalted.
  3. Looking to God the Father for instruction and leadership as a child would look to his parents.
  4. To show him where his heart was so that he would seek to depend on God instead of his wealth.
  5. a. Many times more blessing now (through the body of the believers). b. Eternal life.
  6. He healed a blind man.

CHAPTER 19

  1. a. A chief tax collector. b. He was short in stature. c. He wanted to be a follower of the God of Abraham.
  2. a. To show that the Kingdom of God would appear after a certain time. It would not appear as soon as Jesus came in to Jerusalem. b. Produce good fruit (within yourself and outside yourself) for God by following His will. c. What you have is taken away and you are lost. Even those in charge of leading us will be judged according to their ability and what was expected of them.
  3. No.
  4. The people had made it a place of business instead of solely worshiping God..

CHAPTER 20

  1. The baptism of John; was it from God or from men?
  2. a. God. b. The prophets and apostles. c. Jesus. d. The priests and Pharisees who were to lead the people in God's will. e. The leadership of the priests is taken away. We have the Spirit of God to lead us now.
  3. a. When you come to God, your spirit will be changed. You will want to do His will. b. If you do not change, a severe judgement awaits you.
  4. a. No. b. Angels.
  5. Lord.
  6. A more severe punishment awaits the hypocrite.

CHAPTER 21

  1. a. False teachers will exist and try to teach doctrines that are not true to God's nature. b. Wars and threats of war will be on earth. c. Earthquakes, famines, and pestilence will be throughout the world.
  2. It will be destroyed.
  3. To be careful to stay out of sin on a daily basis so that you will be worthy to be called when Jesus returns.

CHAPTER 22

  1. a. Jesus' body given as the sacrifice. b. Jesus' blood shed for atonement of sins.
  2. Judas Iscariot.
  3. He would deny knowing Jesus three times.
  4. The disciples' faith would be weakened after seeing the things which were going to happen to Jesus. He would not be with them as before.
  5. A servant of the high priest whose ear was cut off when Jesus was being arrested.

CHAPTER 23

  1. a. Pilate. b. Herod. c. Pilate.
  2. Barabbas, a murderer.
  3. Simon, a Cyrenian.
  4. a. There was darkness over all the land. b. The veil was torn in two pieces.
  5. a. The day they prepared extra so no work would be done on the Sabbath. b. Friday. c. Saturday.

CHAPTER 24

  1. The tomb was empty.
  2. Jesus is not here but is risen just as He had spoken to them while in Galilee.
  3. Two disciples (followers) Simon and Cleopas.
  4. a. One day. He suffered from our early Friday morning( after 12 midnight) through to daylight and died around 3 p.m. b. Two nights. Jesus was in the grave Friday and Saturday night and was risen early Sunday morning.
  5. The Holy Spirit.