Grace Bible Church - Tulsa, OK
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Your homework will help sharpen your understanding of the Bible and is a ministry to others as you share your answers in your small group. Prayerfully think through each answer with the expectation of sharing with others what God has taught you.
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The Sermon on the Mount: Being Women of the Kingdom
Homework for Lesson Three
The Beatitudes: Meek and Hungry
Read and memorize Matthew 5:5-6
1. (a) How does Jesus Christ exemplify meekness in the following verses?
Isaiah 42:1-2
Isaiah 53:7
Matthew 11:29
Philippians 2:5-8
(b) How do you define meekness according to Christ's example?
2. How does meekness relate to being poor in spirit and mournful (Matthew 5:3-4)?
3. (a) Describe our present and future inheritance (Matthew 5:5) as believers,
according to the following verses:
Romans 8:16-18
Ephesians 1:13-14
Colossians 1:12-14
I Peter 1:3-5
(b) How have you been comforted and encouraged by your inheritance as a child of God?
4. (a) What do you think it means to hunger and thirst for righteousness?
(b) What is promised to those who are hungry and thirsty (Matthew 5:6) in
the following verses?
Isaiah 55:1-2
John 6:32-35
John 7:37-38
5. (a) Compare the righteousness of God with the righteousness described
in Matthew 5:20 and Isaiah 64:6. What hope does sinful man have of being
righteous before God? (See also II Corinthians 5:21.)
(b) Read Philippians 3:4-9 and describe the change in Paul's standard of
righteousness.
(c) How did your "hunger" change after you became a follower of
Jesus Christ?
6. (a) What do the following verses say about being filled?
Psalm 81:10-16
Ephesians 1:22-23
Ephesians 3:16-19
(b) How can we be hungry and yet be filled at the same time?
(c) What things can dull our spiritual appetite?
7. (a) How can the inner quality of meekness be seen outwardly in a woman's life (in her relationship with God, in her relationships with others, in her words, in her conduct)?
(b) How can the inner quality of hungering for the righteousness of Christ be seen outwardly in a woman's life? How is her life different from those in the world around her?
8. (a) What truth from God's Word has been particularly meaningful to you this week?
(b) Write that truth here as a prayer request that you can share with your
prayer partner.