Year 3 - November

Year 3, November - The Death and Resurrection of Jesus, and the Letters of John

Year 3, November 1, The Crucifixion – John 19:17-24

Questions

Where did the soldiers crucify Jesus?

What inscription did Pilate write to put on the cross?

Who tried to have it changed?

How did the soldiers decide who had His seamless tunic?

Year 3, November 2, At the Foot of the Cross – John 19:25-30

Questions

Who stood by the cross?

Who did Jesus speak specially to?

What did they give Jesus when He said, “I thirst”?

What did Jesus say just before He died?

Year 3, November 3, Jesus' Side is Pierced – John 19:31-37

Questions

What did the Jews ask Pilate to do to the men on the crosses?

What did they do to Jesus instead?

What does verse 35 mean?

What did the Old Testament say about this?

Year 3, November 4, Jesus is Buried – John 19:38-42

Questions

Which secret disciple asked Pilate for Jesus’ body?

Who else brought a large gift of myrrh and aloes to embalm His body?

Where did they put His body?

Why did they need a tomb nearby?

Year 3, November 5, The Resurrection – John 20:1-10

Questions

What did Mary see when she came?

Who did she run and tell?

Who went into the tomb first?

What happened then to the other disciple?

Note

When the Apostle John writes his Gospel, he often refers to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” or “the other disciple”. He does not use his own name. Jesus loved and still loves, all his disciples, and John remembered this love especially as he wrote…

Year 3, November 6, Jesus Appears to the Disciples – John 19:19-23

Questions

What time of day did Jesus appear to His disciples?

Why were the doors locked?

What did Jesus show them to help them believe?

What gift did He breathe on them?

Year 3, November 7, Jesus and Thomas – John 19:24-29

Questions

Who was not there when Jesus appeared?

Did he believe the other disciples?

How many days later did Jesus appear to Thomas?

Who did Jesus say was particularly blessed?

Year 3, November 8, Jesus appears to Seven Disciples – John 21:1-8

Questions

Who went fishing all night and caught nothing?

Who asked them if they had any fish?

Who realized it was the Lord?

What did Peter do when their nets were full?

Year 3, November 9, Jesus Serves Breakfast – John 21:9-14

Questions

What had Jesus prepared for them?

How many fish did they catch?

What invitation did Jesus give them?

What did they dare not ask Him?

Year 3, November 10, Jesus and Peter – John 21:15-19

Questions

How many times did Jesus ask Simon Peter the same question?

What tasks did Jesus give Peter?

What did Jesus tell him would happen when he was old?

What order did Jesus give Simon?

Year 3, November 11, Jesus and John – John 21:20-24

Questions

Which other disciple did Peter ask Jesus about?

Did Jesus give him a direct answer?

Did Jesus say John would not die?

What do we know about what this disciple wrote?

Year 3, November 12, The Gospel of John (John 20:30-31 and John 21:25) – John 20:30-31,21:25

Questions

Did John try to record all that Jesus did?

What did he call what Jesus did before His disciples?

Why are these sign-stories written?

Is there a library large enough to hold all that could be written about Jesus?

Year 3, November 13, God is Light – 1 John 1:5-7

Questions

What is John’s message here?

What has God to do with light and darkness?

How can we have fellowship with one another?

What cleanses us from all sin?

Year 3, November 14, God Forgives – 1 John 1:8-10

Questions

What if we say we have no sin?

What two things does God do if we confess our sins?

What do we say about God if we say we have not sinned?

Is His Word in us then?

Year 3, November 15, Jesus is our Advocate – 1 John 2:1-2

Questions

What did John call the people he was writing to?

Why is he writing to them?

Who is our advocate before God?

[An advocate pleads the case of a person before a judge.]

Does Jesus death count only for the sins of John and the people he is writing to?

[Propitiation is an action meant to regain someone's favour or make up for something you did wrong.]

Year 3, November 16, Knowing Jesus – 1 John 1:5-7

Questions

How do we know we have come to know Jesus?

What makes someone a liar?

What is perfected in someone who keeps God’s Word?

Whose footsteps should we walk in?

Year 3, November 17, Jesus Writes the New/Old Commandment – 1 John 2:7-8

Questions

Is John writing a new commandment?

How long has this commandment been around?

Who is this commandment true in?

What is passing away and what is already shining?

Year 3, November 18, To Love or Hate Your Brother – 1 John 2:9-11

Questions

Is a person in light or darkness when they hate their brother?

Is light or darkness better to keep you from stumbling?

Who walks in darkness?

What does darkness do to the eyes?

Year 3, November 19, Little Children, Fathers, Children – 1 John 2:12-13

Questions

Why does John write to little children?

Why does John write to fathers?

Why does John write to young men?

Why does John write to children?

Year 3, November 20, Fathers and Young Men – 1 John 2:14-17

Questions

Who know Him who is from the beginning?

Who are strong, know the Word of God, and have overcome the evil one?

What is not from the Father but from the world?

Who will abide forever?

Year 3, November 21, Antichrists – 1 John 2:18-21

Questions

How does John know it is the last hour?

Who went out and did not stay with God’s people?

Who has anointed His people?

What knowledge do God’s anointed people have?

Year 3, November 22, Antichrists – 1 John 2:22-27

Questions

Who is the liar and antichrist?

Who does the antichrist deny?

What promise has God made to His people?

What does God’s anointing teach us about?

Year 3, November 23, Children of God – 1 John 2:28-3:3

Questions

What must we do so that we will not be ashamed when Jesus comes?

What do those born of Him practice?

What name shows the kind of love God has for us?

Who do we know we will be like when He appears?

Year 3, November 24, Children of God – 1 John 3:4-7

Questions

What is sin?

Who has no sin?

How do we keep from sinning?

How do we know someone is righteous?

Year 3, November 25, Children of God – 1 John 3:8-10

Questions

What has the devil been doing from the beginning?

Why did the Son of God appear?

How do we know who is born of God?

What shows that a person is of not of God but of the devil?

Year 3, November 26, Love One Another – 1 John 3:11-15

Questions

What message have Christians heard from the beginning?

Why did Cain murder his brother?

What should not surprise us?

Those who love their brothers pass from what to what?

Year 3, November 27, Love One Another – 1 John 3:16-18

Questions

Who laid down His life for us?

Who ought we to lay our lives down for?

How do we show God’s love to someone in need?

Our love should show itself in what more than word or talk?

When John uses the word “brother” he often, though not always, means brother or sister both in the family and in the church.

Year 3, November 28, Love One Another – 1 John 3:19-22

Questions

Who do we go to when our heart condemns us?

Who knows everything?

What gives us confidence before God?

Why do we receive what we ask from Him?

Year 3, November 29, Love One Another – 1 John 3:23-24

Questions

What is God’s commandant about Jesus?

What is God’s commandment about one another?

Who abides in God and God in him or her?

How do we know that God abides in us?

Year 3, November 30, The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error – 1 John 4:1-6

Questions

Why do we need to test the spirits?

How do we know a spirit is from God?

What do we know about the spirit of the antichrist?

What is the opposite of the spirit of truth?