Deep Dive Matthew 22:33-40

                          Read Matthew 22:33-40
1. What is the best advice your mother or father ever gave you?

2. If you had to summarize this past week, how would you describe it?

3. Who heard that the Sadducees had been embarrassed by Jesus? How did they respond? (22:34)

4. What did the Pharisees do? Why? (22:34)

5. What sort of person was selected to address Jesus? (22:35)

6. What was the Pharisee’s purpose in asking Jesus a question? (22:35)

7. What specific question did the man ask Jesus? (22:36)

8. What kind of love did Jesus describe? (22:37)

9. What important footnote did Jesus add to His answer? (22:39)

10. What kind of love for one’s neighbor did Jesus require? (22:39)

11. How important did Jesus say these two principles were? (22:40)

12. In what ways do we sometimes try to sidestep our responsibility to obey God?

13. What does it mean to
“Love your neighbor as yourself”?

14. What can you do today to love Christ with all your heart, soul, and mind?

15. What loving act will you plan to do soon for a neighbor in need?


 Think of one or two things that you have learned that you’d like to work on in the coming week. Remember that this is all about quality, not quantity. It’s better to work on one specific area of life and do it well than to work on many and do poorly (or to be so overwhelmed that you don’t try).