WINDSOR FULL GOSPEL MISSION CHURCH GROUP BIBLE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS       
John 7:11-20 (B)

Knowing God’s truth

1. 1) From whom did the Jewish leaders learn the laws of God?

    2) From whom did the Jewish leaders receive the teaching authority?

2. 1) From whom did Jesus receive His teaching? (v. 16)

    2) Did Jesus have a teaching certificate?

    3) From whom did Jesus receive His teaching authority?

3. 1) What is the name of Apostle Paul before he met Jesus?

    2) From whom did Saul learn the law of God? (Acts 22:3)

    3) What was the result of man’s teaching for him? (Acts 22:4)

4. 1) How did Saul (Apostle Paul) have a born-again experience?

    2) What was Saul’s intention to make a journey to Damascus , Syria ? (Acts 9:1-2)

    3) How did he become blind when he met Jesus? (Acts 9:3-9)

    4) How did he regain his sight? (Acts 9:17-18)

    5) What is the meaning of scales on his eyes?

    6) How should Christians pray for a spiritually blind person to recover his/her sight?

5. 1) Why did Apostle Paul go to Arabia (desert), after he was born again? (Galatians 1:15-17)

    2) Did he receive the Gospel from other apostles?

    3) If not, from whom did he receive it? (Galatians 1:11-12)

6. 1) Why didn’t the Jews believe Jesus’ teaching?

    2) How can people find out that Jesus’ teaching is from God? (v. 16, 17)

    3) What does it mean to “choose to do God’s will”? (Matthew 28:20)

7. What are people’s attitudes towards reading the Bible?

     1)                        2)                            3)                            4)                            5) 

8. 1) Why do people disobey the Word of God?

        1)                                                     2)                                                             3)

    2) What do you call intellectual belief without action? (James 2:16-17)

    3) What is the danger for a person to gain Bible knowledge without the action to follow through? (1 Corinthians 8:1)

        1)                                        2)

9. 1) What is the difference between an intellectual belief and acting faith?

    2) How should we be careful in studying the Bible?

    3) How does God let you know that Jesus’ teaching is from God after you obey Him in action?  (Luke 6:38)

10. 1) According to Philippians 4: 6-7, how can we experience God’s supernatural peace?

      2) Do you think that you are able to experience God’s peace through intellectual belief of the Bible?

11. 1) What is the command of Jesus in Matthew 28:19-20?

      2) When the disciples obeyed His will, what happened to them? (Mark 16:20)

Life Application

1. How many minutes do you spend in reading Bible every day?

2. What is your attitude towards reading Bible, to increase the Bible knowledge or to obey the Word of God?

3. Do you want to experience the living God through reading the Bible or practicing the Bible teaching?

4. Are you burdened in your heart to preach the Gospel or have no feeling towards preaching the Gospel at all?

Prayer

Dear heavenly Father, thank you for Your Son Jesus who is the way, the truth and the life. I am able to gain access to you through Jesus.  Thank you for Your Word. Help me not to become proud because of my increase in the knowledge of Bible. Help me to be humble so that I can obey Jesus’ command to glorify Your name and at the same time I can experience God’s truth and power. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!