Segment 6: Jesus Proclaims Fulfillment of the Scriptures
(Luke 4:16-30)
Looking Back
Care For One Another
Pray for one another
Share from your lives (health issues, family, finances, spiritual needs, sports, etc.)
Celebrate Together
With song, instrument, dance or testimonies
Cast vision For Your Group And Each Other
That we would be better followers of Jesus
That our community would draw closer to God
Giving and Sharing
Give something tangible from what God has given you to help others
Looking Up
Introduction
This part of Luke begins the public ministry of Jesus. Jesus had walked from Galilee to the river Jordan to be baptized by John. Jesus was not baptized by John to show any sorrow for His sin, because He never sinned. He was baptized to show to all the world that He was representing us in both His life, as well as in His death
Step 1 Watch the segment twice
Step 2 Ask a member of the group to tell the story of the segment in their own words
Step 3 Allow the group to fill in any gaps in the story or make any corrections.
Step 4 Discussion questions:
1. What did you like the most about the story? What caught your attention?
2. What was Jesus saying about Himself when He read from the passage in Isaiah 61?
3. What do you think it tells us about Jesus that He is concerned about the poor, the blind, prisoners and the oppressed?
4. When Jesus uses the phrase “good news” in verse 18, what do you think that He
means? Do you know another word that the Bible uses which means, “good news”?
5. Jesus mentions in verse 18 that the “Spirit of the Lord is on me.” Where else so far have we seen the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ life?
6. Why do you think the people rejected Jesus? What does their rejection of Him show
about their hearts? What action did they take against Jesus?
Conclusion
Jesus began His public ministry by revealing He was the Messiah of the Old Testament. Jesus
has a concern for both the physical and spiritual needs of people. God wants people to believe
in His Son so they can be saved from their sins and enter into His Kingdom.
Looking Forward
Application
Share together in your group how you believe God would want you to respond
Practice
telling the story (from step 2) to each other
Share
today’s story with others and invite them to come to your next group time.
Prayer
Thank God for what we learned today.
Pray for others in our community.
Pray for one another in your group