STUDY QUESTIONS

The Demand of Jesus

Matthew 8:18-22

1. Can you identify some causes that people dedicate themselves to?

(1) What are some of the costs of these causes?

(2) In your life journey, can you identify some causes that meant much to you? What are the costs?

2. To the 1^st century listeners, what are some of the cost of following Jesus Christ?

(1) In today’s time, in America, what are some of the cost the followers of Jesus pay? Are

they different? Is it any easier?

(2) From your experience, what are some of the costs you have to pay for following Jesus?

What will be the cost you still may have to pay?

3. In Matthew 8:18-22, what did Jesus tell us about the impulsive scribe who did not consider

the cost of following Jesus?

(1) Have you or have you observe in others that in the eagerness to lead people to Christ,

we sometimes neglect to tell people the cost of becoming His discipline.

(2) What are some of the consequences of not considering the cost of following Jesus?

4. What does Jesus’ Words “…and let the dead bury their own dead” mean to the listeners?

(1) What do you think were their response?

(2) How different will it be from your response?

5. What are some of your priorities in life? How would you compare them with following Jesus Christ?

(1) What are some of the obstacles to putting Jesus first?

(2) How can you overcome them? The cost of observing all that Jesus demands might require a radical change in one’s life. What are some changes you need to make to reflect the priority of following Jesus in your life?

6. Have you in the past become the obstacle in others’ commitment to follow Jesus? What can

you do differently?