Are you meeting regularly with a discussion group? If you meet just once a week, you can find all of this week’s discussion questions in one place right here.

Question: From what you know about Jesus, what kind of revolutionary vision was Jesus casting?

Reading: 

Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.” But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”

(Luke 23:1-5 ESV)

                “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because he has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives

and recovering of sight to the blind,

to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

(Luke 4:18-19)

He was quoting Isaiah 65:17-25

Begins: “Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth,

and no one will even think about the old ones anymore.

Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation!

And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness.

Her people will be a source of joy.

I will rejoice over Jerusalem

and delight in my people.

And the sound of weeping and crying

will be heard in it no more.

Question:  How do you think Jesus’ vision of God’s kingdom differed from the Roman empire?  Our culture?

Question: Why do you think Jesus would lead his revolution with such unusual methods?

Challenge: How can the teachings of Jesus challenge the status quo in your workplace, your neighbourhood?  How can you live out God’s kingdom right there in a broken place?