8.

What does the Greek word translated "at variance" in Matthew

Focusing on the Facts 10:35 mean?

1. What is perhaps the most forcible statement about the high calling9. What passage in Scripture shows Jesus' attitude towards those
of discipleship? unwilling to break away from family ties for His sake?
- A COMMITMENT TO OBEY THE DIVINE WILL AT ANY COST . The
high calling of discipleship is perhaps most forcibly stated in Matthew10. Where did Paul write about the problem of Christians married to
10:38-39, where Jesus says, "He that taketh not his cross and followeth non-Christians? What were his instructions?
after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it; and
he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Jesus' instructions in11. Why aren't raising your hand, signing a card, walking down an
Matthew 10:24-42 call for self-denial and self-sacrifice--aaisle, or saying "I love Jesus" indications in and of themselves of a life
commitment to obey the divine will at any cost. in union with Christ?

2. Why did Jesus often speak of the marks of a genuine disciple? 12. What was Jesus referring to when He said that one must take up
- The marks of a genuine disciple to expose those whose discipleship his cross and follow Him?
was only a facade.
13. Yielding to pressure and preserving one's life results in the loss of
3. GENUINE disciples are to have an impact on what surrounds them. one's own _______________ .

4. Why did the Jewish people at the time of Christ expect that the
Messiah would bring peace?
- At the time of Christ, the Jewish people expected that when the
Messiah came He would bring peace. Isaiah said He would be the
Prince of Peace (Isa. 9:6).
14. When Jesus said, "He that loseth his life for my sake shall
find it" (Matt. 10:39), did He mean that only martyrs are
saved? Explain.

4. Paradoxically, it was the Prince of Peace who brought 15. According to John Bunyan, when a disciple is unable to
_______________ and a _______________ . actively obey Christ, what is he to be willing to do?

5. What passage in the Old Testament pictures the divisive nature of 16. In verse 40 what does the Greek word translated "receive"
the Messiah's coming? refer to?

6. What lesson does the experience of Martin Luther demonstrate? 17. In Matthew 10:41 to whom do the terms "prophet" and
"righteous man" refer?
7. What is the paradox of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace?
18. For what two things are those who receive the gospel
rewarded?