LUKE - WEEK 3

Read Luke 3:1-22
1. Why do you think Luke includes so many historical details (verses 1-2) about rulers and high priests? How does this help us understand John’s ministry?
2. What was John the Baptist’s role in preparing the way for Jesus (verses 3-6)? How does this connect with Isaiah’s prophecy?
 3. John calls the crowds a “brood of vipers” (verse 7). Why does he challenge them so harshly?
4. John warns the crowd to not rely on their Abrahamic ancestry to save them from the coming judgement. What things might people today go to in order to obtain a false security?
5. John calls people to show fruits in keeping with repentance, What is the relationship between true repentance and a changed life?
6. In what ways does Jesus offer far more than John the Baptist?
7.What Does Jesus baptism (v21&22) show about Jesus Identity?
8.Would you describe John’s message as loving? why or why not?

Apply (in smaller groups, separating into guys and girls if not already)

1. As you read about the need to repent, does anything come to mind in your life that you need to repent of?

2. Do you feel confident in this group to spur one another on towards practical holiness? What would it look like for us to invite and welcome encouragements to take sin seriously in all of life?