Welcome to today's edition of the interactive notes. As usual the quiz bit isn't designed to be super-difficult, it's just intended as an aid to following what's being said, and you'll know when you've got a question right because the next question will appear.
There are, as usual, a few suggestions for reflection. They don't need to be filled in if you just want to get on with the quiz.
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For the people who come to ask Jesus a question [see verse 18] what kind of communication isn't making any sense to them?
What are Jesus' disciples not doing that people would expect them to do?
To explain why people were fasting we go back 600 years to when someone got taken away from his home in Israel and resettled in Babylon. What was his name?
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So why didn't he just tuck in to the royal Babylonian food and wine?
So with God's people back in the Promised Land, why were some groups (like John's disciples and those of the Pharisees, for instance) still fasting?
So why weren't Jesus' disciples fasting?
So why don't the disciples of John stop fasting?
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When God turns up, if you don't want to make a mess of the situation...what?
What group does our society put Christians in?
Why can't people see any difference between church type religion and other types of religion?
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Which of these will make for Christians that are much harder to ignore?
How can a church be interacting with Jesus today?
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