Mark 11:20-33 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Have Faith in God
Questions for Study 21

Mark 11:20-33
Memory Verse: 22

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I. Faith That Moves Mountains (20-23a)

1. What were all the events that had happened the day before this? (Mark 11:12-14,15-17,18,19) What time was it now? (20a) Where were they going? What did they see? (20b)

2. How did Peter react when he saw the tree? (21) Why might he have been worried about Jesus' act of clearing the temple?

3. What did Jesus tell the amazed Peter? (22) What does this mean? What does it reveal about the disciples' powerlessness and how they might have power to do great things?

4. What amazing promise did Jesus give? (23a) What does this verse teach about the power of faith? What kind of faith does Jesus want his disciples to have?

5. When we only look at ourselves or at other people and don't look to the Almighty God, what do we end up doing? What does it mean to have faith that moves mountains? (cf. Heb. 11:29; Mk. 9:22,23; Php. 4:13)

II. Faith That Overcomes Doubt and Forgives (23b-25)

6. What does the phrase "does not doubt in his heart" teach us about faith that moves mountains? (23b) How can we overcome doubt? What are some of the promises of God which we can take hold of? (Mt. 6:33; Ge. 12:2)

7. What is the relationship between faith and prayer? (24) What promise does Jesus give us about prayer? What does it mean to pray, believing?

8. Why is it that failure to forgive hinders our prayer? (25) Why might forgiving another be like moving a mountain? How can we forgive others? (Lk. 23:34a)

III. The Authority of Jesus Questioned (27-33)

9. Why did the religious leaders challenge Jesus' authority? (27-28) What shows their lack of faith in God? How did Jesus answer them? (31-33)