WEDNESDAY
This week we have flirted with the OPA Method. Today read the below passage and work on the method yourself. Often times 10 Minutes with God makes the study of the Word of God a bit to elementary. Lets just call it – EASY. Read and then work through: Observation, Principles, Application.
Matthew
20:16-28
16
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
17
Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and
said to them, 18 "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be
betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn
him to death 19 and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged
and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!"
20
Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling
down, asked a favor of him.
21
"What is it you want?" he asked.
She
said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and
the other at your left in your kingdom."
22
"You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said to them. "Can
you drink the cup I am going to drink?"
"We
can," they answered.
23
Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my
right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom
they have been prepared by my Father."
24
When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. 25
Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the
Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over
them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must
be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just
as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life
as a ransom for many."
Observations
Compile all the facts found in the passage. Make observations about all the things
done. You should be able to make
about 7-15 individual observations
Principles
Draw a few principles from the observations that you have
made. What is God trying to teach
you in this passage?
Application
How will you change your life in order to reflect living in
obedience to these principles? Be
specific ... a good application will have a who, what and when to it.
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