The Vineyard
I am the vine; you
are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much
fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5
Matthew
26:17-30
- Why
do you think Jesus allowed Judas, the one who would betray him, to share the
meal with him and the other disciples?
- Judas
wasn’t the only failure present for the meal that night. The other disciples may not have betrayed
Jesus, but they did abandon him. What
does it mean to you to know that Jesus’ welcomes us to his table despite our
failures, and our shortcomings?
- Judas sees Jesus’
as a good teacher, a rabbi, the others see him as Lord. Why is it important for us to see Jesus’ not
only as a good teacher, but also as the Lord of our life, and indeed all of
creation?
- Jesus takes the
meal that began as a memorial to Israel’s liberation from Egypt, and turns it into
a memorial to our liberation from sin and death. How does partaking of this meal remind you of
that liberation?
Psalm
113:
- This
psalm confirms that God is both transcendent (living in the heavens), as well
as immanent (dwelling among us). How is
that possible?
- The
psalm begins and ends in praise to God (“Hallelujah!”). What can we learn from this about when to
praise God?
- Why
would God be especially attentive to the concerns of the poor and the
barren? What does this tell us?
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