BE A GOOD PERSON AND A WISE BUILDER
Luke 6:43-49
Key Verse: 6:48
1. How can we recognize whether a tree is good or bad (43-44)? What principle did Jesus teach through this metaphor? How did Jesus contrast people based on the metaphor of a tree and its fruit (45)?
2. What makes a person good or evil? What is the Biblical view of the heart, and how can we have a good heart (Gen 6:5; Mk 7:21-22; Heb 9:14; 1Jn 1:9)? Why is it important to “store up” good things in one’s heart and what is the result?
3. What warning did Jesus give his disciples (46)? What did Jesus want them to do (47)? How does the wise builder build his house and what was the result (48)? How can we dig deep and lay a solid rock foundation in our lives (Jn 14:23; Col 2:6-7)?
4. What is one like who hears Jesus’ words but does not put them into practice (49)? What does the flood and torrent represent? What is the serious consequence?