The Men S Group Biblical Equipping February 11, 2004

LUKE 12: 22-31

THE MEN’S GROUP BIBLICAL EQUIPPING – FEBRUARY 11, 2004

22He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. 23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 26And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? 27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 28But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you – you of little faith! 29And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. 30For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31Instead, strive for his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Background

Writer:Luke, companion to Paul and Timothy, who had been converted about 15 years after Pentecost.

Date:60 A.D.

What’s Going On: Jesus is being challenged by an ever-increasing group of Pharisees, who are filled with greed, hypocrisy, and slander against Jesus. As he rebukes them, he also tries to teach principles to his disciples and other believers. Just prior to this passage, Jesus has told the parable of the rich fool, who coveted his possessions in a silo, only to have God take his life.

LUKE 12: 22-31

THE MEN’S GROUP BIBLICAL EQUIPPING – FEBRUARY 11, 2004

EXPLORE:

1. What did these apostles have to worry about, anyway?

1. Why does Jesus tell them this right after the parable of the rich fool?

1. How does God demonstrate his power through nature?

CONNECT:

1. How eerily applicable is this passage to our lives today?

1. What does this passage say about faith?

3.How can we be sure to consider the lilies?

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