Reflections on Matthew--Due Monday, October 10

After reading Matthew 10, 13, 18, and 25, please answer the following reflection questions.

Answers should be 5 - 7 sentences in length.

1) Read what Jesus says in Matthew 10:5-42? What do you find most encouraging? Why? What do you find most challenging? Why?

2) What does Jesus say is the purpose of the parables in chapter 13? Which parable in chapter 13 made most sense to you and why?

3) In Chapter 18 Jesus teaches us about sin and forgiveness. How can you practice what Jesus teaches in this chapter in your own life?

4) Re-read Matthew 25:31-46. Provide a reflection / examples of how you have lived out what Jesus tells us in these verses? You may also provide examples of when someone did those things for you?

Session 20 Assignment

Read Mark 10-13

1) What words from Jesus in Chapter 10 stood out to you? Why?

2) What does Mark 11:24-33 mean to you?

3) Which part of Chapter 12 had the most meaning for you? Why?

4) Which lesson about the "end times" or Jesus' second coming did you find most interesting in Chapter 13? Why?

Each response should be 4 - 6 sentences in length.