Tuesday Nite 3rd F Bible Study – THE Q and the 12 Pax Series – Lsn 6 (Philip)

The Q and the 12 PAX. 3rf F Bible study Group

Session VI, February 27, 2018 A.D.

Philip, The Dense Disciple Jesus Loved

Key Passages: John 1:43-47, John 6:1-14, John 12:20-22, John 14:1-11, John 21:2-3, Romans 2:10, 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Welcome: Introductions – Splinter had the Q for this session.  Rambo was back from his military training, and it was great to have him in the mix.

Disclaimer: I am a lay leader and not a theologian…by any stretch, facilitating this topical study. Attendees should respect each other and the fact that we will have men with different levels of biblical knowledge and from different faith backgrounds attending.

Warm-up:

.  Surprise:  Hot Pursuit put did a little drama improv with a hastily assembled disciple wardrobe to role play the Disciple Philip as if Philip had come to the study as a FNG.  Some PAX said he looked more like Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series MASH with his bathrobe on, but that did not deter the thespian from continuing to go through his Philip monologue to kick things off.

Opening Prayer

. Quick review of previous weeks (speak-up on key points as I name your disciple)

Peter               Charlie Brown

Andrew           Mayhem & Gamecock

James              Past Due

John                Hot Pursuit

The Thang:

            .Introduction of Phillip- Facilitated by Splinter

.Probably a fisherman

. From Bethsaida

.Seemed to hang out with Nathanael (aka Bartholomew)

. He was the road manager for the 12 (lodging, food & beverage)

.Very factual, black & white

.Earthbound in his thinking

. Pretty sure Jesus though he was dumb as a brick at times

. Lead disciple in the 2^nd group

Additional Discussion and Application Questions- Splinter

COT/ Prayer Requests

 John 1:43-47, John 6:1-14, John 12:20-22, John 14:1-11, John 21:2-3, Romans 2:10, 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

 Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

John 1:43-47 New International Version (NIV)

⁴³ The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”

⁴⁴ Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. ⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

⁴⁶ “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

⁴⁷ When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”

 

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

John 6:1-14

6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), ² and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. ³ Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. ⁴ The Jewish Passover Festival was near.

⁵ When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” ⁶ He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

⁷ Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages^[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

⁸ Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ⁹ “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

¹⁰ Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). ¹¹ Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

¹² When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” ¹³ So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴ After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

 

Jesus Predicts His Death

John 12:20-22 New International Version (NIV)

²⁰ Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. ²¹ They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” ²² Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

 

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

John 14:1-11 New International Version (NIV)

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God^[a]; believe also in me. ² My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ⁴ You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Jesus the Way to the Father

⁵ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you really know me, you will know^[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

⁸ Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

⁹ Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. ¹¹ Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.

John 21:2-3 New International Version (NIV)

² Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus^[a]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. ³ “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

 

Romans 2:10 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰ but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

 

1 Corinthians 1:26-29 New International Version (NIV)

²⁶ Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. ²⁷ But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ²⁸ God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that no one may boast before him.