No Plan B
Sunday, July 7th, 2019
- Describe a time when you tried to help someone, but it only made matters worse.
- Bartimaeus talked to (or tried to talk to) Jesus three times in Mark 10:46-52.
- What did Bartimaeus say to Jesus? Why are the three things different?
- What question did Jesus ask Bartimaeus? Why do you think Jesus asked this?
- How were Jesus’s interactions with Bartimaeus different from the crowds interactions with him?
- After studying Mark 10:46-52, what do you think it means to show Christ-like mercy?
- What things happened before and after Bartimaeus tossed his cloak aside?
- What do you think is the significance of the timing of the tossing?
- What steps do you think are usually necessary before people are ready to follow Jesus without reservation?
- What are the kinds of things that hinder people from following Jesus completely today?
- According to Mark 10:52, Jesus commanded Bartimaeus to go.
- Where do you think Jesus had in mind for him to go?
- Do you think Bartimaeus was obedient or disobedient to this commandment? Why?
- What do you hear Jesus asking you or telling you today?