To place this class in my personal focus this week:

1. Read Matthew 7:15-23 at least once a day.
2. Find moments in the day when you can think about these verses.
3. When does a Christian become a false prophet?
4. Think about specific ways that we can be false prophets.

Questions:

1. What warning did Jesus give in verse 15? How did Jesus describe them?

2. How are they to be identified? What does that mean?

3. What was Jesus' point about "good trees with good fruit" and "bad trees with bad fruit?"

4. Who did Jesus say would not enter the kingdom of heaven?

5. Who will enter the kingdom of heaven?

6. What works had those who called, "Lord, Lord," done?

7. What is the significance of those works? By what authority had they been performed?

8. What three part response did Jesus make to these people? Discuss the meaning of each part of that response.

   1. I never knew you.

   2. Depart from me.

   3. You who practice lawlessness.

9. What is the relationship between the false prophets, the bad trees that produce bad fruit, and those who cried, "Lord, Lord"?

10. What is the relationship between those listed in question 9 and those who enter the wide gate to travel the broad way to destruction?

11. Are the wide gate/broad way people, the false prophets, the bad fruit trees, and the "Lord, Lord" people also nonreligious people? Explain your answer.

David Chadwell

Building a Healthy Faith Study Guide (lesson 11)
Sunday morning young adult Bible class, Summer Quarter 1999
West-Ark Church of Christ, Fort Smith, AR

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