Women of Grace Fall Semester ‘03

With the Master in the Upper Room

Homework for Lesson One: John 13:1-5

"Having Loved,"  He loves again!
(Christ's Act of Humility and Love) 

Your Homework is Not Only to Sharpen Your Understanding of the Bible but a Ministry to Others in Your Small Groups! Be Faithful to Give Careful Thought to Each Answer with the Expectation of Sharing with Others What You have Discovered.

 

Memory Verse - John 13:1

1. (a) Read all of John (3 chapters a day) especially taking note of the Lord's public ministry in chapters 1-13. 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What words does Christ use to describe Himself and what He offers to the unbelieving world? (Ex. From John chapter 6-"I am the Bread of Lifeā€¦if any man eat of this bread He shall live forever") 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) In looking over these descriptions of our Lord, how have they proven to be true in your own life? Read I John 1:1-4.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Read John 13:1-5. John says that the Lord "loved His own who were in the world, and He loved them unto the end." 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Who is John talking about? 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What are the ways the Lord showed His love to His own according to the previous 
chapters in John? 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTRA CREDIT: In what ways does the Lord manifest His love to the twelve disciples in chapters 13-17?

 

 

 

 

 

3) What do you observe about the Father, Christ, the disciples, and Judas from John 13:1-5? 

 

 

 

 

 

4) (a) What did Christ do as He prepared to wash the disciple's feet? 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) How would you describe the act of our Lord washing the disciple's feet?

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) (a) What does Jesus say about Himself in Matthew 20:26-28 and Luke 22:27?

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) How does He demonstrate that in John 13:1-5? (c) Is your life characterized by a desire to serve or a desire to be served? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6) If you knew your final hour had come, what do you think you would do and 
say? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7) What do you hope to gain from our study this year, "With The Master In The Upper Room?" (Hold on to this answer until the end of the year!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8) (a) What have you learned from the example of Christ washing the disciples' feet? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What is your prayer request based on what you have learned? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come with a request so that we might pray for you.