WHY DID YOU INCLINE TO SEEK A MIRACLE?

Matthew 12:38-50
Key Verse: 12:39

   "He answered, `A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a
    miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign
    of the prophet Jonah.'"

 
1. Read verse 38. How and why had Jesus rebuked the Pharisees in the
   previous passage? Why were they now seeking a sign? What were
   expectations which came from their history and God's promises? What
   was God's real purpose for them (1Pe 2:9)

2. Read verse 39. Why does Jesus called miracle-seeking people  wicked
   and adulterous?   What is the only sign Jesus promised? Read verses
   40.  In what way was Jonah's experience in the fish a sign of
   Christ?

3. Read verse 41. Why should we learn from the people of Nineveh? Read
   verse 42. Why did the Queen of Sheba come to see Solomon? (See Kings
   10:6-13) In what way is she far better than the people of Jesus
   times?

4. Read verses 43-45. What does Jesus teach the Pharisees and all
   self-righteous people about the work of evil spirits? What must we
   do to keep out the evil spirits?

5. Why did Jesus' mother and brothers come? How did Jesus respond?
   Why? What can we learn from this?