STUDY QUESTIONS FOR Luke Lesson 8 (Chapter 24)

1. What is the main topic of discussion in this lesson taken from Luke 24?

2. How many main points does this lesson discuss that are taken from Luke 24:46-47?

3. This lesson discusses some things that repentance is not. What are some of those?

4. According to Luke 17:3, if someone sins against us and then repents, what action on our part is required?

5. In Matthew 14:1-9 we find a story about Herod’s murdering of John the Baptist. The text tells us that Herod regretted having to kill John. Why was Herod’s regret not the same thing as repentance?

6. According to the material presented in this lesson, what is a good definition of repentance?

7. According to the apostle Paul’s statement in 2 Corinthians 7:9, to what should godly sorrow lead?

8. In Matthew 3:8, what did John the Baptist tell the Pharisees they needed to do to be right before God?

9. In Romans 12:2, what did the apostle Paul tell Christians?

 10. In Acts 26:20, what did Paul have to say to those people in Damascus, Jerusalem, and throughout Judea?

 11. In Ezra 10:11 we find a specific example of God’s requiring repentance of the Israelites. What had they done that required repentance? And what did that repentance involve?

 12. According to the material presented in this lesson, what is the meaning of the word “remission”?

 13. According to passages such as John 1:29, Romans 4:7, Acts 3:19, and Acts 22:16, what other words or phrases can be used to refer to “remission”?

 14. According to Hebrews 8:12, when God remits our sins, what blessing do we receive as a result?

 15. According to Matthew 26:28, what does God use to remit a person’s sins?

 16. According to Acts 2:38 and Acts 22:16, how does a non-Christian receive remission of sins?

 17. According to 1 John 1:9, how does a person who is already a Christian receive forgive­ness of sins if he or she sins after becoming a Christian?

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