Discussion Questions
Week of March 5, 2023
- Start with an ice breaker like, “What is the story behind your middle name?”
- Have someone pray as you begin
- Read John 11:1-16
- How does John’s account here describe Jesus’ relationship with this family?
- Why does Jesus stay put for two days? (v. 6)
- Why does Jesus then GO to Lazarus after he has died? (Hint: see the “so that” type statement in v. 15)
- Read John 11:17-44
- How would you have felt if you were Mary or Martha and just found out that Jesus was finally there?
- What do we learn about Martha from how she talks in v. 21-24?
- How is Jesus stretching her faith in v. 25-26?
- Jesus said in v. 11 he was going to raise Lazarus, so why do you think he wept when he got to the grave (v. 35)?
- How does Jesus’ prayer in v. 42 re-emphasize his stated purpose from v. 15?
- How have you needed to adjust your faith from a “Sunday School answer” to real life?
- Close in prayer