Part 2—Study Questions for the Book Learn From the Great Teacher

Directions for the Study of the Teacher Book

To study this book effectively, number the paragraphs in each chapter, including those in the introduction. All the paragraphs in each section should be read together. During the course of the study, the Scriptures at the end of a chapter can be discussed when appropriate.

When the book is used in the Congregation Bible Study, one chapter should be covered each week, with the introduction being considered as the first chapter. The book will be covered in 49 sessions.

Chapter 16

Paragraphs 1-6

1. What problem did a man have who complained to Jesus about his brother?

2. What story did Jesus tell to show what was wrong with the man’s thinking? (Read Luke 12:16-21)

Paragraphs 7-13

3. How are many, both young and old, like the rich man?

4. What is more important than material things, yet how do many today—like the rich man—show what matters most to them?

5. Why should we not be like the rich man in Jesus’ story?

Paragraphs 14-17

6. What does it mean to be rich toward God?

7. What good example did Jesus provide for us?

8. How was Jesus rewarded for being rich toward God?

Chapter 17

Paragraphs 1-8

1. What is the secret of happiness?

2. Why is Jehovah called “the happy God”?

3. What might we be able to give to others?

Paragraphs 9-12

4. What were Jesus and his apostles able to give?

5. What did Paul and Luke give to other people, and why was Lydia glad to give in return?

Paragraphs 13-16

6. How should we feel about giving, and why?

7. Why was a poor woman happy to give all that she had?

8. What are some ways that we might be able to “practice giving,” and what results can we expect if we do?

Chapter 18

Paragraphs 1-5

1. What should we do when others do kind things for us?

2. What is a leper, and why were lepers avoided in Jesus’ day?

3. How did Jesus treat lepers?

Paragraphs 6-12

4. What did Jesus tell the ten lepers who asked him to heal them, and why did he do this?

5. What showed that the lepers thought Jesus could heal them?

6. What happened to the lepers on their way to see the priests?

7. How was the Samaritan man different from the other nine men?

Paragraphs 13-18

8. How can we imitate the man who returned and thanked Jesus?

9. Why is it important to thank people who do good things for us?

Chapter 19

Paragraphs 1-5

1. What did Jesus say about being peaceable, but what makes it hard to do that sometimes?

2. When the Samaritans were unkind to Jesus’ disciples, what did James and John want to do?

Paragraphs 6-12

3. What does Proverbs 24:29 say about getting even?

4. How should we understand Jesus’ words at Matthew 5:39?

5. If we see trouble, what is it best for us to do, and why?

Paragraphs 13-17

6. What does Proverbs 26:17 say, and what does it have to do with getting mixed up in other people’s fights?

7. What do people often do when a fight breaks out, but what should a Christian do, and why?

Chapter 20

Paragraphs 1-7

1. What does Jesus think of people who always want to be first?

2. What story did Jesus tell, and why?

3. What was the point of Jesus’ story?

4. When someone tries to be first, what often happens?

Paragraphs 8-15

5. How did wanting to be first cause trouble among Jesus’ apostles on their way to Jerusalem?

6. What did Jesus say a person should do who wants to be first?

7. How can we act like slaves to one another?

Chapter 21

Paragraphs 1-10

1. What does it mean to brag, and what do you think of people who do that?

2. What story did Jesus tell about a Pharisee and a tax collector?

3. What lesson did Jesus teach by his story?

Paragraphs 11-19

4. When did Peter brag, and how do many people today do so?

5. Why is there no good reason to brag about oneself?

6. Who alone should we brag about, and why?

Chapter 22

Paragraphs 1-6

1. What did Jesus mean by his statement found at Matthew 5:37?

2. What are some of the things that happened shortly after Jesus died?

Paragraphs 7-13

3. What did Ananias and Sapphira do that was wrong, and what happened to them?

4. What does the story of Ananias and Sapphira teach us?

Paragraphs 14-18

5. Why is it wrong to lie?

6. When may we be tempted most to lie?

7. How does the Bible warn us never to lie?

Chapter 23

Paragraphs 1-8

1. Where was Jesus when a paralyzed man was brought to him?

2. Why was it hard for the paralyzed man to get to Jesus, and how did he finally do so?

3. What did Jesus do for the paralyzed man?

Paragraphs 9-14

4. What do we learn from Jesus’ miracle of healing the paralyzed man?

5. How did all humans come to have sin?

Paragraphs 15-18

6. Why are some people sicker than others?

7. How only can our sin be removed, and what kind of health will we have when all our sin is gone?

Chapter 24

Paragraphs 1-13

1. What may cause a person to steal?

2. Who was the first thief, and what did he steal?

3. What wrong desire must we all guard against?

4. What bad things did Judas Iscariot’s wrong desire lead him to do?

Paragraphs 14-21

5. How did Achan become a thief?

6. How did both David and his son Absalom steal what did not belong to them?

7. How does God view all forms of stealing?

8. What will help us never to become a thief?

Chapter 25

Paragraphs 1-8

1. Why do all of us sometimes do what is bad?

2. What bad things did Saul do, and why?

Paragraphs 9-15

3. What happened to Saul on his way to arrest Christians?

4. What did Saul become, and what good things did he do?

5. Who is working hard to tempt people to do bad things?

Paragraphs 16-20

6. What big fight do we all have?

7. Why did Jesus love people who had done bad things?

8. When we see from the Bible that what we are doing is wrong, what should we do?

Chapter 26

Paragraphs 1-9

1. When Saul became Jesus’ disciple, how was he treated?

2. What Bible truth did Jesus teach that angered people?

3. What did the people try to do to Jesus, but did this stop him from continuing to preach to them?

Paragraphs 10-14

4. What miracle did Jesus perform on the Sabbath?

5. Who was happy with Jesus’ miracle, but who were not happy?

6. What decision do we all have to make?

7. Who make it hard for us to do what is good?

Paragraphs 15-18

8. Who make up this world that hates Jesus’ disciples?

9. Why is it so hard to do what is good?

10. What promises should move us to do what God wants?

Chapter 27

Paragraphs 1-5

1. Why did people want to worship Paul and Barnabas, but what did Paul and Barnabas say and do?

2. What gods do many people worship?

3. Who is the god of this world, and what does he try to get people to do?

Paragraphs 6-13

4. What did King Nebuchadnezzar command all to do, but why did three Hebrew youths refuse?

5. What miracle did Jehovah perform, and how was King Nebuchadnezzar affected?

Paragraphs 14-15

6. Can you name any images or idols that men set up today?

7. What would be the attitude of the three Hebrews toward modern-day idols?

Chapter 28

Paragraphs 1-5

1. Why can it sometimes be hard to know whom to obey?

2. In the Bible, what instructions are given to young ones?

3. Why did Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to bow down to an image that King Nebuchadnezzar had made?

4. When the apostles faced the question of whom to obey, what was their decision?

Paragraphs 6-10

5. Who was the head of the government in Jesus’ day, and what good things do governments often do?

6. What did Jesus say about paying taxes, and why was his instruction proper?

Paragraphs 11-18

7. Why should both young and old obey laws of the government as well as its representatives?

8. When would true Christians not comply with some laws, and why not?

Chapter 29

Paragraphs 1-10

1. What shows that God approves of having parties, but what kinds are unacceptable to him?

2. What two birthday parties does the Bible tell about?

3. Explain what happened at these parties.

Paragraphs 11-15

4. What do you think the Bible is telling us about birthday parties?

5. What date was chosen to celebrate Jesus’ birthday, but why could he not have been born at that time of year?

Paragraphs 16-17

6. Why do people celebrate Christmas?

7. How can we make sure that a party meets with God’s approval? (John 17:16; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 1 Peter 4:3)

Chapter 30

Paragraphs 1-9

1. Why did Peter and the other apostles become afraid?

2. What events led up to Peter’s denial of Jesus?

Paragraphs 10-16

3. How many times did Peter deny knowing Jesus, and how did that come about?

4. How could we be put into a situation similar to the one Peter faced?

5. What can help us avoid becoming afraid and suffering the kind of sorrow that Peter did?

Chapter 31

Paragraphs 1-7

1. What comfort does the Bible give to the sad and lonely?

2. Although Jesus suffered, what was he aware of?

3. How are we like sheep, and what story did Jesus tell about a lost one?

Paragraphs 8-12

4. Who is like the shepherd in Jesus’ story, and why does it not matter that He is invisible?

5. How does Psalm 23 show that Jehovah loves us?

Paragraphs 13-15

6. Why do God’s sheep not need to be afraid?

7. How does Jehovah feel toward faithful ones, and how should that affect the way we feel about him?