Women of Grace 2007/2008

The Sermon on the Mount: Being Women of the Kingdom
Homework for Lesson Twenty-Two
The End of Hypocrisy

Memory Work: Matthew 7:21-23

1. (a) What "day" is Jesus speaking of in Matthew 7:22?

(b) What do the following verses teach about that day?
Zephaniah 1:14-18

I Thessalonians 5:2-3

2 Timothy 4:8

2. How does Matthew 7:21-23 relate to what Jesus has been teaching about hypocrisy throughout the Sermon on the Mount?

3. (a) Who will enter the kingdom of heaven according to Matthew 7:21?

(b) How does Jesus differentiate between true believers and those who only profess faith in Christ? (See also Luke 6:46)

4. (a) What kinds of deeds were done in Jesus' name by those who cried, "Lord, Lord”?

(b) How do we see Jesus' name used this way today?

5. (a) What does it mean to be known of the Lord (Matthew 7:23)? Use the following verses to help you with your answer: Nahum 1:7, John 10:14, I Corinthians 8:3, 2 Timothy 2:19

(b) What does Jesus mean in Matthew 7:23 when He says to those who did great things in His name, "I never knew you?"

6. Read Luke 13:22-30 and Matthew 7:21-23.
(a) What effect do these verses have on you as you read them?

(b) What warnings is Jesus giving as He teaches in these verses?

7. (a) What are the true tests of our relationship with Christ? See I John 2:3-6, 9-10; 3:7-10; 5:1-2.

(b) Read 2 Peter 3:10-14. How should we live knowing that the day of the Lord is coming?

8. 2 Corinthians 13:5 says, "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified." Spend some time in meditation on the lessons you have learned this week from the Scripture. What is your assurance that you are known by Jesus Christ as His own?