Part 3—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 32
Paragraphs 1-9
1. How does Jehovah make sure that young birds are protected?
2. When did Jesus need special protection, and from whom?
3. How did Jehovah protect his Son from being killed?
Paragraphs 10-13
4. Who today are like the baby Jesus, and why do they need protection?
5. How do Satan and the demons try to hurt young children?
6. Who only can properly have sex relations, and what kind of sex relations are forbidden by God?
Paragraphs 14-17
7. Who may try to have sex relations with children, and how do they try to get young ones to cooperate?
8. How can children protect themselves from people who try to do bad things?
9. What can parents do to protect their children?
Chapter 33
Paragraphs 1-8
1. How do many people picture Jesus today, but what is he really like now?
2. When Jesus was with his disciples in a boat, how did he show that he had great power?
3. Why should Jesus’ disciples not have been afraid?
Paragraphs 9-14
4. What happened during another storm?
5. Why did Jesus perform those wonderful miracles on that occasion?
Paragraphs 15-16
6. How does Jesus use his power today?
7. To what future miracles can we look forward?
Chapter 34
Paragraphs 1-4
1. How can we learn about what happens when a person dies?
2. What do Jesus’ comments about Lazarus show about death?
Paragraphs 5-10
3. What does Jesus do at the cave where Lazarus’ body was placed?
4. What happens when Jesus cries out: “Lazarus, come on out!”?
Paragraphs 11-16
5. What happens when a person dies?
6. How do we know that Lazarus was not in heaven?
7. How do we know that when a person dies the soul dies?
Paragraphs 17-19
8. What do people in your area believe about the dead?
9. How does the story of Lazarus help us not to be afraid of the dead?
Chapter 35
Paragraphs 1-4
1. How do we know that Jehovah wants to resurrect the dead and that Jesus feels the same way?
2. How were two children resurrected long before Jesus was born?
3. Why can we be sure that Jehovah will remember us if we die?
Paragraphs 5-11
4. What happened to Jairus’ daughter, and what did Jesus do for her?
5. What can we learn from this Bible account?
Paragraphs 12-18
6. How does the resurrection of a widow’s son show that Jesus wants to resurrect the dead?
7. How do you think the resurrected boy’s mother felt, and when will others enjoy similar feelings?
Chapter 36
Paragraphs 1-6
1. What do the resurrections described in the Bible show?
2. Why will the unrighteous be resurrected, and where will they live?
3. When will the resurrection on earth take place, and what will happen at that time?
Paragraphs 7-11
4. What do we learn from Jesus’ promise to the criminal about being in Paradise with him?
5. In what sense will Jesus be in Paradise with the criminal?
6. Why will Jesus let a former criminal live in Paradise?
Paragraphs 12-17
7. How do we know that not all who are resurrected will live on earth?
8. How many will share in “the first resurrection,” and what will they do?
9. Why is it going to be wonderful to live in Paradise on earth?
Chapter 37
Paragraphs 1-7
1. What wonderful gift has God given us?
2. Why do all of us need a new father?
3. How is it that Jesus can become our father and Savior?
4. What is the ransom, and why do we need it?
Paragraphs 8-15
5. The night before his death, Jesus met with his disciples for what observance?
6. What observance did Jesus afterward institute as a replacement for the Passover?
7. What emblems did Jesus use in the new observance, and what did they stand for?
8. What does the new observance help us to remember?
Paragraphs 16-18
9. Of what should we be thinking when we attend the Memorial?
10. Who should eat the bread and drink the wine, and why?
11. Why should those who do not partake also attend?
Chapter 38
Paragraphs 1-5
1. What does Jesus save us from?
2. Whom did Jesus die for?
3. How does God feel about people on earth?
Paragraphs 6-12
4. What happened to Jesus the night before he died?
5. Describe what happened the following day.
6. How was Jesus different from Adam?
Paragraphs 13-16
7. How did Paul show that he appreciated Christ’s love for him?
8. What is a strong reason for loving Jesus?
9. How can we show that we are living to please Christ?
Chapter 39
Paragraphs 1-4
1. How do you think Jehovah felt when Jesus was killed?
2. What confidence did Jesus have?
3. From where was Jesus resurrected, and how long was he dead?
Paragraphs 5-13
4. Describe what happened the Friday that Jesus died.
5. With what type of body was Jesus resurrected, and how were people later able to see him?
6. What things happened on the Sunday of Jesus’ resurrection?
Paragraphs 14-17
7. For how long did Jesus appear in fleshly bodies, and what happened afterward?
8. How do many today observe Jesus’ resurrection, but how can we be like Jesus’ early followers?
Chapter 40
Paragraphs 1-3
1. What does God not need from us, but what can we do for him?
2. Why did Jehovah not make us like a machine to do what he wants us to do?
Paragraphs 4-7
3. How does God feel when we do his will?
4. Why does our choice of whom we will serve matter both to Jehovah and to Satan?
Paragraphs 8-15
5. What did Satan do to Job?
6. How do you think Jehovah felt when Job remained faithful?
7. What example did Jesus set for us, and how can we imitate him?
Chapter 41
Paragraphs 1-7
1. How did Jesus once cause his parents to worry?
2. What did Jesus do as a child that made his parents and God happy?
Paragraphs 8-12
3. What can a child today do that will make God happy?
4. How can we determine who God’s people are?
Paragraphs 13-18
5. How can the example of Timothy help young ones?
6. What can we learn from the example of a young Israelite girl?
7. What is a good goal for young people to have?
Chapter 42
Paragraphs 1-6
1. Why do we know that it is not wrong to engage in recreation?
2. What work does the Bible say Jesus learned to do, and why, do you think, was he good at it?
3. Why was work good for Jesus, and why is it good for us today?
Paragraphs 7-13
4. Why was Jesus a happy person?
5. What was Jesus’ special work on earth, and how did he feel about doing it?
6. What work can children do today, and why can their work be a blessing to the family?
Paragraphs 14-16
7. Why is doing schoolwork important?
8. Why should we not try to avoid work?
9. What important question about work should we ask ourselves?
Chapter 43
Paragraphs 1-7
1. What do we know about Jesus’ fleshly brothers and sisters?
2. Whom did Jesus identify as his mother and brothers, and what did he mean by that?
3. How may Jesus’ relatives have first treated him?
Paragraphs 8-14
4. What examples are there in the Bible of brothers who did not love one another?
5. What lesson should we learn from Cain and Abel?
Paragraphs 15-18
6. What is love, and how important is showing it?
7. How can we show that we love our brothers and sisters?
Chapter 44
Paragraphs 1-5
1. How can we, like Abraham, become God’s friend?
2. What kind of people did Jesus seek as friends?
3. Who were among Jesus’ closest friends?
Paragraphs 6-10
4. Why did Jesus visit all kinds of people?
5. Who was Zacchaeus, and how did he become Jesus’ friend?
Paragraphs 11-15
6. Why will we visit people who are not our friends?
7. With whom should we become close friends?
8. How can we determine who will make a good friend?
9. How can companions affect our lives?
Chapter 45
Paragraphs 1-8
1. What is God’s Kingdom, and what do we know about its Ruler?
2. In what sense had the Kingdom come near in Jesus’ day?
3. What important work did Jesus do on earth, and who helped him do it?
Paragraphs 9-14
4. Who want Jesus to be their King, but who do not?
5. Who wanted to kill Jesus, and how did they influence the people?
6. What are people like today?
Paragraphs 15-20
7. How can we show that we love God?
8. What did Jesus show by being baptized, and how did God express His approval?
9. Why should we also get baptized, and after that, what important work do we need to continue to do?
Chapter 46
Paragraphs 1-11
1. When the Bible says “the world is passing away,” what does that mean?
2. What were people doing before the Flood, and why did Jesus say we should know about that?
3. What instructions did God give Noah, and what happened when the Flood came?
Paragraphs 12-19
4. What lesson can we learn from the actions of the people before the Flood?
5. What will God use to destroy wicked people, and why will he destroy them?
6. What is Armageddon, and who will take the lead in it?
Chapter 47
Paragraphs 1-11
1. How would people know that Jesus had returned and begun ruling in heaven?
2. What lesson was Jesus teaching when he talked about the fig tree?
3. What are parts of the sign Jesus gave that are being fulfilled today?
Paragraphs 12-16
4. What does the sign that Jesus gave mean?
5. When Jesus spoke of trying to escape during the wintertime, what lesson was he teaching?
Chapter 48
Paragraphs 1-8
1. What is meant by “new heavens” and “a new earth”?
2. Using scriptures and pictures, describe what it will be like to live in God’s new world.
Paragraphs 9-15
3. Why is taking in Bible knowledge necessary in order for us to live forever?
4. What besides knowledge is necessary for us if we are to live in God’s new world?
5. How can this book help us to live forever?