2012 OCTOBER WEEK TWO LESSON

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Thank you for visiting this site and for going through our weekly Bible studies with us. We hope the materials have been a great source of divine blessings to every facet of your life. For some months now, we were using Bible Study Outline Volume 6. The last study was what we treated last week. By the grace of Almighty God, the next volume, Bible Study Outline Volume 7 is ready. We begin posting them from this week onwards. The study below is the first lesson of the new outline. May God bless you and keep visiting this site.

Study 1: The Mission of Jesus

Main Text: Luke 19:1-10

Memory Verse: Luke 19:10

Introduction 

The Bible indicates that Jesus is the Son of God, who left the splendor, beauty, glory, etc. of heaven to come to the dirt, sin, trouble and sadness of Earth. Why did Jesus come to earth? According to our memory verse, He came to seek and to save those who were lost. He had to give a huge sacrifice to achieve that purpose. Knowing His purpose would shape our life and actions with regards to what we do for Him and with Him. According to Matthew 1:21, Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was destined to save His people from their sins.

Discussion Question

1.       Who was Zacchaeus? V2

2.       In your view, why did he seek to see Jesus?

3.      What prevented him from seeing Jesus?  V3

4.      According to verse 5, what did Jesus do when he got to the tree?  

5.      From verse 10, what did Jesus say was purpose for coming to Earth?

6.      Was this purpose achieved in the life of Zacchaeus? What shows?

7.      As a Christian, what lessons do you learn from the purpose of Jesus and how he sought to achieve it?  

Conclusion                                                                                                   

 Zacchaeus, as far as we know, had never heard, seen or spoken to this man Jesus before this day - yet, in the space of a few minutes, his entire life was turned upside down! Although he was hiding on a tree, Jesus who had come to seek for the lost sought for him even on the tree. If we say we are His followers, then His purpose should become our purpose, to seek to save the lost by sharing the Gospel