Was John the Baptist Elijah? Matthew Lesson 40

The Gospel of Matthew Lesson 40
Matthew Chapter 11:14-15
1. Was John really Elijah?
2 Kings 2:9
Matthew 17:1-3
Read Revelation 11
Verses 16-19
2. How did both John the Baptist and Jesus not meet the expectations of that generation that they were preaching to?
Mark 1:4
John 10:41
Mark 2:15
3. Who are the children of wisdom and what can they do that the foolish cannot?
Proverbs 8:32-36
Luke 7:28-29
Verses 20-24
4. What was Jesus doing to them in modern English?
5. The fact that Jesus knew what these cities would do given a different set of circumstances shows his deity but what else does it tell us about God’s omniscience?
6. How does God’s foreknowledge and the ability to know what would happen given any set of circumstances tell us about free will verses determinism?
1 Corinthians 10:13
Joshua 24:15
Revelation 3:20
1 Timothy 2:3-4