Jan. 10, more concepts in Ch. 3 of Dr. Luke's gospel

We have several questions remaining from last week that we did not get to.

1. What do you remember of the prophet Isaiah? What was his most piercing message, in your opinion? (Everyone can have his own answer, here.) Done.
2. What is the significance of Dr. Luke quoting Isaiah's central prophecy, from chapters 40-55? Done.
3. Which sacrament helps us to avoid becoming a viper like the brood of vipers whom John the Baptist admonishes?
4. What do you make of John's admonition, "Do not begin to say to yourselves, We have Abraham as our father," in v. 8? Is it a somber warning or a surprising offer?
5. In vv. 10-14, there are specific challenges issued to
   1. repentant multitudes, i.e., people in general,
   2. repentant tax collectors, i.e., the IRS of the day, and
   3. repentant soldiers, i.e., the Red Army occupiers of the day.
   Which of the commandments had they broken?
6. In the Greek, Luke writes of "fruits that are worthy of repentance." If you offer a gift that is nor worthy of X, then what are you saying about X? More importantly, what does it say about your relationship to X?
7. Has God ever been known to raise up living beings from geological objects?
   
8. Name another place in Dr. Luke's writings where the multitudes ask, "What then shall we do?"
9. Does a farmer's threshing floor yield fruit?
10. In the short paragraph about the actual baptism of Jesus, why is there no mention of John?
11. Is the Trinity made apparent in the baptism of Jesus?

We continue to dig into the Scriptures and in them we gaze upon the Messiah.

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