A New Authority
in Town
Luke 5:27-6:16
WHO SEZ?
Authority
Famous saying
Lifeguard ____
A. You're ______!
Police officer ____
B. When I was your ______.
Judge ____
C. When the _______ gets _______, the
_______ get going!
Parent ____
D. You shall have no other ______ before me.
Teacher ____
E. Forward _______!
Coach ____
F. I need to see your _______ _______.
Drill sergeant ____
G. Put your _____ on the top of the ______.
Umpire ____
H. Everybody out of the ______.
God ____
I. _____ in the ______!
Lifeguard (H)
A. You're out!
Police officer (F)
B. When I was your age.
Judge (I)
C. When the going gets tough, the tough get
going!
Parent (B)
D. You shall have no other Gods before me.
Teacher (G)
E. Forward march!
Coach (C)
F. I need to see your driver’s license.
Drill sergeant (E)
G. Put your name on the top of the paper.
Umpire (A)
H. Everybody out of the pool.
God (D)
I. Order in the court!
DISCUSSION GUIDE
Levi Submits to Christ’s Authority (Luke 5:27-32)
1. What was Levi’s profession? (Luke 5:27)
Levi was a tax collector.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
2. What three actions did Levi take when Jesus
invited him to follow? (Luke 5:28)
Levy:
a. Got up
b. Left everything
c. Followed Jesus.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
3. What did you leave to follow
Jesus? What secret sin to which
you still cling do you need to
leave in order to follow Jesus?
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4. What was Levi’s first action as a new follower of
Jesus? Who was invited? (Luke 5:29)
Levi planned a banquet in Jesus’ honor and
invited tax collectors and “some others” to attend
the dinner.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
Jesus Has Authority over Religious Traditions
(Luke 5:33-39)
5. What was the first complaint expressed by the
Pharisees? What was Jesus’ response? (Luke
5:30-32)
The Pharisees complained that Jesus ate with tax
collectors and “sinners.” Jesus responded by saying
that the sick are the ones who need to see a
physician.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
6. What was the second complaint expressed by
the Pharisees? (Luke 5:33)
The Pharisees said that their disciples and the
disciples of John fasted regularly, but Jesus’
disciples did not.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
7. According to Jesus, what would cause his
disciples to fast? (Luke 5:34)
Jesus identified himself as the bridegroom. He
indicated that when he had been taken away
from his disciples that the disciples would fast.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
8. What happens when a patch taken from a new
garment is sewn to an old garment? What
happens when new wine is put in old wineskins?
(Luke 5:36-39)
When a patch from a new garment is put on an old
garment, the new patch is torn away making the rip
worse. When new wine is put into old wineskins the
old skins burst, losing the wine and the skins.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
9. What do you think that Jesus
meant by this response?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
Jesus Has Authority over the Sabbath (Luke 6:1-11)
10.
What were the disciples doing that annoyed
the Pharisees? Why was this irritating?
(Luke 6:1-2)
The disciples were picking grain and eating the
kernels on the Sabbath. This irritated the Pharisees
because they believed that this violated the Sabbath
laws.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
11.
What Old Testament example did Jesus use
to justify what the disciples were doing on
the Sabbath? What claim did Jesus make
about himself? (Luke 6:3-5)
Jesus reminded the Pharisees that David and his
companions ate the consecrated bread from the
house of God. Jesus said “The Son of Man is Lord
of the Sabbath.”
DISCUSSION GUIDE
12.
What was the setting when Jesus healed the
man with the shriveled hand? Why did this
anger the Pharisees and teachers of the
Law? (Luke 6:6-11)
This event took place on the Sabbath when Jesus was
teaching in the synagogue. The Pharisees and
teachers of the law were angry because they felt that
this healing was in violation of the Sabbath laws.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
13.
What did Jesus do to accomplish the
healing? (Luke 6:10)
To accomplish the healing Jesus simply asked the
man to extend his hand.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
14. What truths can we glean
with regard to the Sabbath
from these two events?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
Jesus Submits to God’s Authority in Prayer (Luke
6:12-16)
15.
What details does Luke give us about Jesus’
prayer time? (Luke 6:12)
Luke tells us that Jesus went to the mountainside
to pray and he spent all night in prayer.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
16. Why do you think that Jesus
spent so much time in prayer
before selecting the apostles?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
17.
From what group did Jesus select the
apostles? (Luke 6:13)
Jesus selected the apostles from a larger group of
people called “disciples.”