Congregation Bible study (30 min.): lff lesson 17.
1. How is Jesus like his Father?
Jesus has been in heaven for billions of years watching his loving Father and learning from him. That's why he thinks, feels and acts like him. In fact, Jesus said, "He who has seen me has seen the Father also."
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Jesus appears to Jehovah in his personality since he was with him for billions of years observing that is why when he was here on earth he could perfectly reflect the qualities of Jehovah.
Jesus thinks, feels and acts like Jehovah, since he reflects very well the personality of his father, so if we know Jesus more we will know Jehovah better.
Jesus accompanied Jehovah for millions of years learning from him, he even came to imitate him perfectly in personality, that is why he said in John chapter 14 verse 9 whoever has seen me has seen the Father also.
2. How did Jesus show that he loves his Father?
Jesus showed his great love for his Father by obeying him even in difficult times. Also, Jesus loved to talk about his Father and help others become friends with God.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Jesus showed that he loved Jehovah by obeying, no matter what situation he was in, even in the most difficult moments he obeyed Jehovah.
Obeying him in everything he commanded, even when he was in very difficult circumstances.
Well when Jesus was on earth he showed the great love he felt for his father by obeying him even in the most difficult moments.
He showed the great love he feels for his father by obeying him even in the most difficult moments, that is also very important for us, if we love God we must also obey the commands of his son and thus be able to fulfill the mandate that we have received.
Many students tell us I love Jesus, I have faith in Jesus, but many times his love just stays there in words and in reality the true love we feel for Jehovah as the Bible teaches us is just as Jesus showed it, for example something that he also did was talk to his father, if he really talked it was because he talked continuously with his father and that meant that he prayed to him again and again and also as he loved his father he also helped others to become friends with God, so when one talks about of Jehovah also shows that he loves him very much.
3. How has Jesus shown that he loves people?
He demonstrated this love by comforting and helping people without expecting anything in return. She performed miracles that not only demonstrated his power, but also his compassion. She was kind and treated everyone the same. His words gave comfort and hope to all the good-hearted people who listened to him.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Because he was always willing to help people without expecting anything in return and that only makes him a person who truly loves sincerely, he was even kind and treated everyone equally.
And the greatest sign of love that Jesus gave for people is that he was willing to suffer and die so that we have hope for the future.
He has shown it by comforting and helping people without expecting anything in return, he also performed miracles that showed his compassion, he was kind when treating people and what is more he was willing to suffer and die for love of us.
Jesus offered himself for all of us and this is a great show of love for all humanity because as proverbs 8:31 says he was especially fond of Jehovah's creation of humanity and he showed it in this way too.
John 15:13, 14 | And if this text wants to tell us that whoever follows his teachings then he considers them his friends there is a special affection, in addition we can also see in Mark 1: 41 and 42 that Jesus tells him I want the leper to be cleansed, then it is shown that he really wanted to do it out of love, not just to obey his father.
4. Jesus loves his Father
Read Luke 6:12 and also John 15:10 and 17:26. After reading each text, talk about the following:
Looking at what Jesus did, how can we show our love for Jehovah?
We can show our love for Jehovah by obeying his commandments.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
One of the ways to show love is by doing what Luke 6:12 says, taking time to pray just like Jesus did. There were even times when Jesus spent the whole night praying.
In John 15:10, it was shown how we also show love to Jehovah and that is by obeying his commandments.
Jesus also showed that he loved his father because he said that he had made his name known to people and we can also do that by preaching to make our heavenly father known to people.
According to the texts read, we can show our love for Jehovah, praying to him, obeying his commandments and making his name known.
And if we can first communicate with Jehovah every day since he is our friend and we must also obey the commandments that Jehovah gives us in his word the Bible and proclaim the good news about the Kingdom of Jehovah and give hope to all people as he did Jesus.
Well, it says that Jesus went to the mountain and prayed to Jehovah God and in the image we can see that he is on his knees and you can see the feeling on his face as he is really praying to Jehovah God, so this teaches us that we can also thus open our hearts to Jehovah God.
Their relationship was so close that they communicated often and it is seen that Jesus took the necessary time to do so.
5. Jesus cares for those in need
Read Mark 6:30-44 and discuss the following:
According to this account, in what ways did Jesus show interest in others? (See verses 31, 34, 41 and 42).
In taking your time to teach them the word of God.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
He was always interested in the welfare of his disciples and people, for example after preaching he invited his disciples in verse 31 to go to a place to rest, however later the occasion arose when the crowd was asking him to teach them so he made sure that they could listen to his teachings about Jehovah and later we see that he even fed them.
For example, he went to a secluded place to rest with his apostles because they were very tired, but when the people followed them he did not refuse to teach them, and then he took it upon himself to miraculously feed them.
According to verse 34 it says that later Jesus met a crowd and when he saw them he says that he was interested and began to teach them many things.
He was always interested in the welfare of his disciples and people, for example after preaching he invited his disciples in verse 31 to go to a place to rest, however later the occasion arose when the crowd was asking him to teach them so he made sure that they could listen to his teachings about Jehovah and later we see that he even fed them.
Why did Jesus help these people? (See verse 34).
Because they were like sheep without a shepherd.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
As we said at the beginning, he loved people, he even saw that they were in need of spiritual food and he knew that his teachings would help them in the future.
Because as the verse says, they were like sheep without a shepherd and that is why Jesus felt compassion for them.
Jesus wanted to help all those people because he was moved to see that they were like sheep without a shepherd and he knew that those people needed to hear the message of the kingdom and he wanted to give them that message so he began to teach them.
Since Jesus reflects the personality of his Father, what does all this teach him about Jehovah?
That he is generous and that he thinks of us and wants to help us.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
That just as Jesus loved people and gave his life for them, Jehovah shows us the same love and has also given us hope for the future.
That Jehovah is a very compassionate God and that he always cares a lot about all of us.
For example, this story shows that Jehovah is interested in his servants for their well-being, as well as the rest they need, but not only that, but also other people, Jehovah is not only concerned that they have enough food, but above all in a spiritual sense, then we can see that he really is like a father who sees the needs of his children and is willing to meet them.
In what ways can we care for others as Jesus did?
Taking the time to teach other people the word of God.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Just as Jesus did, he was teaching them about his father and we can also do the same thing. We can dedicate our time to preaching to people so that they know about Jehovah's purposes.
For example, if we see that a brother is in need, we can help him financially, and we can show that we care about the people in our territory if we preach to them.
Make plans for September so that you can go out and preach to people so that they can get to know Jehovah and his son Jesus.
6. Jesus is generous
Read Acts 20:35 and discuss the following:
According to the words of Jesus, what makes us happy?
"There is more happiness in giving than in receiving."
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Jesus said that there was happiness in giving more than in receiving.
It makes us happy to give, to share with others.
As Jesus said, there is more happiness in giving than in receiving and we see that he always gave of his time, which is something valuable, he always sacrificed his time to rest or to eat even to help others or to perform miracles to help those who needed to know about Jehovah, so that's something we can also learn and put into practice today.
Questions after the video, “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving”:
In what ways can we give even if we don't have many things?
Helping and sharing with the people who need it most.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
As we see in the video we do not need to have an abundance to share with other people in this case because just a simple token of appreciation can brighten the hearts of our brothers and sisters, we can also give our time and energy to help our brothers.
Okay, to what we saw in the video we can give a small contribution each week, help clean the room and preach the good news of the kingdom.
Also, this family did not have much money, but they wanted to give something to others, so they made small and simple gifts for the brothers in their congregation.
WHAT SOME SAY: "God doesn't care if people suffer."
Since Jesus reflects the personality of his Father, how does his example show that Jehovah cares about us?
It shows that Jehovah helps us and protects us when we need it most.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
We have seen that he was willing to come to earth to teach people to show that only with the power of Jehovah can he deliver people from sin and death and even offered himself as a sacrifice for mankind.
Jesus always cared a lot about the suffering of the people, and he did what was in his power to relieve them, thus also demonstrating how much interest Jehovah has for all of us.
We have also seen in the Bible that Jesus showed personal concern for all people, showed kindness compassion mercy and gave of his time to others to meet their physical and spiritual needs, in this way we can see that Jehovah also reflects those qualities and He also cared for our spiritual need and also even physically.
Review
Considering the example of Jesus, how can we show that we love Jehovah?
Giving help to people who need it most.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
In this study we have seen three ways by taking time to pray to Jehovah by obeying his commandments and by making public declaration of his name through preaching.
We can show our love for Jehovah by praying to him, obeying his commandments, and making his name known.
We saw the relationship of love with obedience.
In this study we have seen three ways by taking time to pray to Jehovah by obeying his commandments and by making public declaration of his name through preaching.
Considering the example of Jesus, how can we show that we love people?
We can show that we love people by helping them when they need it most.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
When Jesus was here on earth and observed people who were like sheep without a shepherd, he preached to them and we also show that love when we take the time to go and tell people about the Kingdom of God.
For example, if we see that a brother is in need, we can help him economically, and we can show that we are interested in the people of our territory if we preach.
Sharing the good news with them and also helping them when appropriate.
What do you like most about the personality of Jesus?
That he always gave his time to teach the word of God.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
What I like most about Jesus is his love and he showed it to all people there was no distinction of class, race, nationality, I did not hesitate to teach all the people who wanted to learn from Jehovah.
That he was very compassionate and genuinely cared about others, and also always put the interests of others before his own.
Jesus manifested several qualities, compassion treated people with dignity and also something important Jesus was impartial, we live in a world where people are worth more for their money and people who do not have are not worth to people, but Jesus was Impartial then that quality we must fully copy.
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