Chapter 4: The Lost Key

Thank you, Susan Farnham for providing this week’s discussion questions!

 What is the purpose of the law and why should it be the backbone of the gospel presentation? (Pages 47 – 48) 

“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

Luke 11:52

What did the Pharisees and lawyers themselves use to evade the demands of the law? 

Discuss the discourse of Jesus concerning the magnification of the law, and His conclusion. (Pages 49-51). 

“Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.”

Romans 3:19 

Discuss what Mr. Comfort views as some of the functions of God’s Law for humanity. (Pages 53-54) 

What is the purpose of the Holy Spirit in evangelism?  (Pages 55-56)