SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
   
Matthew 16:1-4
Key Verse: 16:3b

   "You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you
    cannot interpret the signs of the times."

 
1. Read verse 1. What did the Pharisees and Sadducees ask Jesus to do?
   Why? What does the fact that they tested him show us about them?

2. Read verses 2-3. What kind of signs did these religious leaders
   understand?  What kinds of signs could they not interpret? What did
   Jesus mean by the "signs of the times"?

3. Why does Jesus call the sign-seeking people "wicked and adulterous"?
   How can we understand and interpret the signs of the times?

4. What sign did he promise to give them? What does this mean? What did
   Jesus do then?