Lasts of Jesus
Week 4
Last Steps
Scripture Reading: Luke 23:26-33
Opening Question
What word or phrase stood out most to you in this scripture passage?
Core Question
1
What do you notice about the setting and relational dynamics of Jesus’s last steps?
Core Question
2
Why do you think God chose these as Jesus’s last steps? What are their importance?
Core Question
3
In Beautiful Outlaw, John Eldredge describes how the fact that Jesus walked anywhere was an amazing display of His humility:
He who once rode ‘on the wings of the wind’ (Psalm 104:3) is now getting around only as fast as his two sore feet will carry him. Hours and hours, for days and months upon end, just…walking.
God—who is in all places at all times—has to get from one place to another like a guy who can’t even come up with the bus fare. The beauty of this is enough to make me weep.
Does anything stand out to you about these statements?
Core Question
4
The movie, The Passion of the Christ: depicts Simon of Cyrene making several statements as he and Jesus labor together to drag the crossbeam through the streets to the execution site:
[To soldiers and crowd] Alright, but I am an innocent man, forced to carry the cross of a condemned man.
[To the soldiers, who are mercilessly beating Jesus] If you don’t stop, I won’t carry that cross one more step. I don’t care what you do to me.
[To Jesus, who has all but physically collapsed] Almost there…We’re nearly there…Almost done.
If Jesus’s disciples had been there to help Him instead of Simon, how do you think that would have changed the experience for Jesus?
Closing Question
Imagine yourself there beside Jesus, helping Him carry the cross. What words would you like to say to Him?