Luke 18: Advice for the Rich
What does it mean to “always pray and never give up”?
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Why should Jesus story about the judge who didn’t care about the people be an encouragement to keep praying, never giving up on God?
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When is self-confidence good, and when might it be a liability?
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Why were the tax collector’s prayers answered?
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Why did the disciples object to infants being brought to Jesus?
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What do children have in common with those who enter the Kingdom of God?
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Why did the religious leader think some good deed would give him eternal life?
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Why did Jesus object to being called great?
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What did Jesus say would result in eternal life?
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Why didn’t the man accept Jesus’ invitation to eternal life?
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Why do rich people have difficulty entering God’s Kingdom?
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Why did people question, if rich people were excluded, whether anyone could be saved?
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With God making possible the impossible, how are rich people saved?
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Other Gospel writers quantify “much more” as “a hundred times.” How did Peter receive so much more than what he had sacrificed?
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Why couldn’t the disciples understand Jesus’ description of how he must suffer and die?
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How had the blind man learned about Jesus?
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Why did the crowd tell the blind man to be quiet? What did they think when Jesus called the man?
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Why did Jesus ask the man what he wanted?
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What did Jesus do to heal the man?