Daily Readings (Page 218)

The ointment contained in the alabaster jar was costly and would have been the average of 300 days of wages for a labourer then.  Why was it considered wasteful?

The chief priests and the scribes were fearful of the people who might cause an uproar.  Why were they fearful?  

The plan was to arrest him “by stealth and kill him,” why would they need to do it this way?    

We should not be found sleeping when He comes.  What are some things that may keep us from being watchful?

Jesus exhorted his disciples to “keep watch because you do not know when the owner will come back”.  How may we “keep watch” as His disciples?  

There has always been so much anticipation about when Christ will return.  Should we be overly concerned about it?  If so, why?  If not, why not?     

There is a lesson here from the fig tree: what can you learn from it?

The final revelation will show the lowly Suffering Servant who was despised and rejected to be “with great power and glory.”  Will you be there?  

Echoing Isaiah 13:10, Jesus, the Son of man has sounded a warning in anticipation of the coming of the enthroned King.  What was this warning?    

The final days will be here, judgement will come, and false teachers and false prophets will arise to cause fear and unbelief; are we ready to withstand such onslaughts?  Will we be fortified because we know God’s word?