SCRIPTURES FROM SUNDAY: John 12
REFLECT/DISCUSS:
Q: When you think about Mary pouring a years' salary - approximately $30,000 worth of perfume - on Jesus' feet, what comes to mind? How would you have reacted if you were on of the disciples watching?
Q: By pouring out the perfume on Jesus' feet, what do you think Mary was ultimately expressing to Jesus?
Q: Why do you think Jesus didn't respond to the underlining truth of Judas' objection in verse 5? What can we learn from Jesus' response?
Q: Like Judas, have you ever been really involved with the things of God (church, Bible study, playing on the worship team, serving in the nursery, etc.) and felt as though you had never really experience Him? How did it make you feel? What did you do about?
Q: Why do you think people were so intrigued by Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead? What made this miracle unlike others He did? Ultimately, what do you think this miracle stated about Jesus?
Q: What kind of king was the crowd at Jerusalem expecting Jesus to be? How did their expectations measure up to Jesus' actions in verse 14?
Q: Even after all that Jesus said and did, John tells us many people still didn't put their trust in Jesus. In verse 37-40, why does John say they still wouldn't believe? Wy is an "open heart" so important to our understanding of Jesus?
FOR NEXT WEEK: John 13
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