Congregation Book Study, Week of September 5-11, 2022, lesson 18 points 6, 7, summary, Answers.

Congregation Book Study, September 5-11, 2022, lesson 18 points 6, 7, summary, Answers.

Congregation Bible Study (30 mins.): lff lesson 18 points 6, 7, summary, review and “Decide on this”.

6. They lead by example

Questions after the video, “Religion let me down”:

According to the video, why was Tom disappointed by religion?

Because each religion is different, he was in many religions and he did not feel good, he felt that they hid things.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

One of the things that disappointed Tom about religion was that everything was mechanical everything was empty and that is why after making the decision to walk away from the religion he had gone to help other people he tried other religions and had the same result.

Why is Tom convinced that he has found the truth?

Because the brother always answered with the Bible, and he realized that it was not like other religions that belonged to an institution or a person.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

Because when he asked the brother questions, his answers were not those of an institution or a guild, they were answers supported by the Bible, that gave Tom the idea that it was the true religion because its teachings were based on the Bible.

Read Matthew 7:21 and discuss the following:

What is more important to Jesus: what we say we believe, or what we demonstrate by our actions?

For Jehovah the most important thing is to demonstrate with our actions.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

For Jesus, what we say was not so important because he mentioned in Matthew that many people would say that they were servants of God, but the true servant of God is the one who does the will of the Lord, so what we do or our actions in the community is worth more. life.

7. They love each other

Questions after the video, “He was willing to give his life”:

What prompted Brother Lloyd to risk his life for Brother Johansson?

Because in the Bible it says, greater love has no one than this, that someone surrender his soul in favor of his friends.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

The brother remembered the text where it says that no one has greater love than the one who gives his soul in favor of his friends, so immediately he stood between the brother and the soldiers asking them to kill him.

Do you think he behaved like a true Christian?

Yes, because I don't leave my brother alone.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

The brother behaved like a true Christian because, as Jesus says, he not only said that he had love, he showed that love in action by trying to save the other brother's life by offering his own.

Read John 13:34, 35 and discuss the following:

How should the disciples of Jesus, true Christians, treat people of another race or nation?

They have to treat them well and love them as Jesus loves us.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

Love would have to be shown among all his brothers regardless of race or nationality since Jesus showed love to all people when he was here on earth and said that the same love had to be shown by his disciples.

And how would they do it in times of war?

Loving each other.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

They would show that love to all their Christian brothers regardless of nationality by staying neutral in political matters and not taking sides to defend any country or political party.

WHAT SOME SAY: “Christians have done terrible things. How are they going to be the true religion?

What text would you read to prove who the real Christians are?

I would read the text of Matthew 7:21.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

John 13:34,35, where as we had studied before we see that true Christians should show love to one another.

Review

On what do true Christians base their beliefs?

The love that Jehovah does not have and his word, the Bible.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

The text of John 6:31, Jesus said that in order to make his true disciples they should abide by his teachings so that is to say that true Christians base their teachings on the Bible.

What quality identifies authentic Christians?

The love that brothers have like this.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

Love then in the text of John 15:12, Jesus commanded his true disciples to love one another.

And what work do they do?

Help the brothers, and love them as Jehovah loves us.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 

The work that Jesus entrusted to his disciples when he was here on earth is recorded in Luke 9:2, to preach the kingdom of God.