READINGS &
QUESTIONARIES
readings & questionaries
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readings on a just society
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readings in jeremiah
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readings in the new testament epistles
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(archive of past readings can be found below the latest reading)
new testament questionary
mark 1.14-15 & matthew 4.17--jesus and the kingdom or rule of god (questionary 2)
(thursday, november 21, 2024)
14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”
17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Jesus speaks of God’s kingdom some forty times in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus’ announcement of God’s kingdom were Jesus’ first words as recorded in the Gospel of Mark. In the idea of God’s kingdom, Jesus found a primary and motivational principle and value. In this series of questionaries entitled, “Jesus and God’s Kingdom or Rule,” we examine Jesus’ sayings about the kingdom of God and what he hoped and intended to happen as a consequence of his focus on God’s kingdom. This questionary is the third in this series.
In introducing Jesus’ ministry, Mark characterizes Jesus as “preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God.” We might translate, “preaching the positive proclamation about God’s kingdom.” Matthew not only introduces the beginning of Jesus’ ministry as one focused on “heaven’s kingdom,” but says that “from that time Jesus began to preach… the kingdom of heaven,” suggesting that the kingdom of God/heaven remained a central feature of Jesus’ teachings and intentions throughout his ministry.
In our first questionary, we suggested through our questionary that the kingdom of God be thought of as that group or society that adopts God’s rule over them, i.e. accepts and lives by the principles and values by which He, Himself lives and governs.
1. In Jesus’ initial proclamation about God’s kingdom or rule, he announces that “the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand,” or, put differently, “the time has come, and God’s kingdom is imminent” (author’s translation).
? This seems to suggest that the kingdom of God is not something that is far off in time or space, but that it is to be found on earth, not only in heaven, and that it is to be part of earth’s history not of some far-off hereafter.
? How do you feel about this observation? If this does not jive with your view of the kingdom of God, why not? What is your view?
? Did Jesus really hope to change the world, or was he merely hoping to set things up for a life hereafter? Why do you answer as you do?
? To what statements or actions of Jesus would you point to either assert or deny that Jesus hoped and intended to now only save souls in the great beyond but that he hoped and intended to change the world as he found it?
? How are things going with the inauguration or the establishment of God’s kingdom or rule on earth? Why do you answer as you do?
? Is the world any closer to adopting God’s principles and values and living a life consistent with those principles and values than it was in Jesus’ day? Why do you answer as you do?
17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Jesus speaks of God’s kingdom some forty times in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus’ announcement of God’s kingdom were Jesus’ first words as recorded in the Gospel of Mark. In the idea of God’s kingdom, Jesus found a primary and motivational principle and value. In this series of questionaries entitled, “Jesus and God’s Kingdom or Rule,” we examine Jesus’ sayings about the kingdom of God and what he hoped and intended to happen as a consequence of his focus on God’s kingdom. This questionary is the third in this series.
In introducing Jesus’ ministry, Mark characterizes Jesus as “preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God.” We might translate, “preaching the positive proclamation about God’s kingdom.” Matthew not only introduces the beginning of Jesus’ ministry as one focused on “heaven’s kingdom,” but says that “from that time Jesus began to preach… the kingdom of heaven,” suggesting that the kingdom of God/heaven remained a central feature of Jesus’ teachings and intentions throughout his ministry.
In our first questionary, we suggested through our questionary that the kingdom of God be thought of as that group or society that adopts God’s rule over them, i.e. accepts and lives by the principles and values by which He, Himself lives and governs.
1. In Jesus’ initial proclamation about God’s kingdom or rule, he announces that “the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand,” or, put differently, “the time has come, and God’s kingdom is imminent” (author’s translation).
? This seems to suggest that the kingdom of God is not something that is far off in time or space, but that it is to be found on earth, not only in heaven, and that it is to be part of earth’s history not of some far-off hereafter.
? How do you feel about this observation? If this does not jive with your view of the kingdom of God, why not? What is your view?
? Did Jesus really hope to change the world, or was he merely hoping to set things up for a life hereafter? Why do you answer as you do?
? To what statements or actions of Jesus would you point to either assert or deny that Jesus hoped and intended to now only save souls in the great beyond but that he hoped and intended to change the world as he found it?
? How are things going with the inauguration or the establishment of God’s kingdom or rule on earth? Why do you answer as you do?
? Is the world any closer to adopting God’s principles and values and living a life consistent with those principles and values than it was in Jesus’ day? Why do you answer as you do?
new testament questionary
mark 1.14-15 & matthew 4.17--jesus and the kingdom or rule of god (questionary 1)
(tuesday, november 19, 2024)
mark 1.14-15
14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”
matthew 4.17
17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Jesus speaks of God’s kingdom some forty times in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus’ announcement of God’s kingdom were Jesus’ first words as recorded in the Gospel of Mark. In the idea of God’s kingdom, Jesus found a primary and motivational principle and value. In this series of questionaries entitled, “Jesus and God’s Kingdom or Rule,” we examine Jesus’ sayings about the kingdom of God and what he hoped and intended to happen as a consequence of his focus on God’s kingdom. This questionary is the first in this series.
1. In introducing Jesus’ ministry, Mark characterizes Jesus as “preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God.” We might translate, “preaching the positive proclamation about God’s kingdom.” Matthew not only introduces the beginning of Jesus’ ministry as one focused on “heaven’s kingdom,” but says that “from that time Jesus began to preach… the kingdom of heaven,” suggesting that the kingdom of God/heaven remained a central feature of Jesus’ teachings and intentions throughout his ministry. We will discuss the meaning and nature of the kingdom of God in this series of questionaries.
? What does the kingdom of God mean to you and what is its nature?
? How does speaking of “the rule of God” impact/ alter/ amplify the way you think of “the kingdom of God”?
? How do you think and feel if you think of the kingdom of God as that group or society that adopts God’s rule over them, i.e. accepts and lives by the principles and values by which He, Himself lives and governs?
? What do you think and feel when you consider that the inauguration or establishment of God’s kingdom was at the very heart of Jesus’ ministry and intentions?
? What other principles and intentions do you place at the very heart of Jesus’ ministry?
? How do these other principles and intentions relate to the idea of the inauguration or establishment of God’s kingdom?
14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”
matthew 4.17
17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Jesus speaks of God’s kingdom some forty times in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus’ announcement of God’s kingdom were Jesus’ first words as recorded in the Gospel of Mark. In the idea of God’s kingdom, Jesus found a primary and motivational principle and value. In this series of questionaries entitled, “Jesus and God’s Kingdom or Rule,” we examine Jesus’ sayings about the kingdom of God and what he hoped and intended to happen as a consequence of his focus on God’s kingdom. This questionary is the first in this series.
1. In introducing Jesus’ ministry, Mark characterizes Jesus as “preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God.” We might translate, “preaching the positive proclamation about God’s kingdom.” Matthew not only introduces the beginning of Jesus’ ministry as one focused on “heaven’s kingdom,” but says that “from that time Jesus began to preach… the kingdom of heaven,” suggesting that the kingdom of God/heaven remained a central feature of Jesus’ teachings and intentions throughout his ministry. We will discuss the meaning and nature of the kingdom of God in this series of questionaries.
? What does the kingdom of God mean to you and what is its nature?
? How does speaking of “the rule of God” impact/ alter/ amplify the way you think of “the kingdom of God”?
? How do you think and feel if you think of the kingdom of God as that group or society that adopts God’s rule over them, i.e. accepts and lives by the principles and values by which He, Himself lives and governs?
? What do you think and feel when you consider that the inauguration or establishment of God’s kingdom was at the very heart of Jesus’ ministry and intentions?
? What other principles and intentions do you place at the very heart of Jesus’ ministry?
? How do these other principles and intentions relate to the idea of the inauguration or establishment of God’s kingdom?
ARCHIVE OF PAST READINGS/QUESTIONARIES
OLD TESTAMENT
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| 01_gen-songofsongs_edition_22_11_12.pdf |
psalms 1-50
| 02_psalms1-50_edition_24_02_22.pdf |
psalms 51-100
| 02_psalms51-100_edition_24_03_16.pdf |
psalm 101-150
| 02_psalms101-150_edition_24_03_18.pdf |
isaiah
| 03_isaiah_edition_23_12_28.pdf |
jeremiah-lamentation
| 04_jeremiah-lamentations_edition_23_12_23.pdf |
amos
| 05_amos_24_07_30.pdf |
ezekiel-malachi
| 05_ezekiel-malachi_edition_24_02_27.pdf |
NEW TESTAMENT
matthew
| 01_matthew_edition_24_05_29.pdf |
mark
| 02_mark_edition_24_11_21.pdf |
luke
| 03_luke_edition_24_03_29.pdf |
john
| 04_john_edition_24_03_20.pdf |
acts-revelation
| 05_acts-revelation_edition_24_11_16.pdf |
BOOK OF MORMON
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| 02_alma_edition_24_03_07.pdf |
alma
| 01_1nephi-mosiah_edition_24_03_22.pdf |
helaman-moroni
| 03_helaman-moroni_edition_23_08_22.pdf |
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS & PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
doctrine & covenants/ pgp
| 04_dc_ppg_edition_24_03_29.pdf |
JUST SCRIPTURE
o.t. genesis-ecclesiastes |
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o.t. isaiah-malachi |
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new testament |
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book of mormon |
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dc & pgp |
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ATONEMENT
atonement readings & questionaries by series |
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atonement readings and questionaries by topic |
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