Episode 13:
Caged Bird
Leviticus
19:10-12
Do not go back
through your vineyard to gather the grapes that were missed or to pick up the
grapes that have fallen; leave them for poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.
11 “Do not steal or cheat or lie. 12 Do
not make a promise in my name if you do not intend to keep it; that brings
disgrace on my name. I am the Lord
your God.
Proverbs 6:20
People don't
despise a thief if he steals food when he is hungry
Isaiah
41:10-14
Do not be afraid—I am
with you!
I am your God—let nothing terrify you!
I will make you strong and help you;
I will protect you and save you.
I am your God—let nothing terrify you!
I will make you strong and help you;
I will protect you and save you.
11 “Those who are angry with you
will know the shame of defeat.
Those who fight against you will die
12 and will disappear from the earth.
13 I am the Lord your God;
I strengthen you and tell you,
‘Do not be afraid; I will help you.’”
will know the shame of defeat.
Those who fight against you will die
12 and will disappear from the earth.
13 I am the Lord your God;
I strengthen you and tell you,
‘Do not be afraid; I will help you.’”
14 The Lord
says,
“Small and weak as
you are, Israel,
don't be afraid; I will help you.
I, the holy God of Israel, am the one who saves you.
don't be afraid; I will help you.
I, the holy God of Israel, am the one who saves you.
Isaiah 5:1-7
Listen while I sing
you this song,
a song of my friend and his vineyard:
My friend had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug the soil and cleared it of stones;
he planted the finest vines.
He built a tower to guard them,
dug a pit for treading the grapes.
He waited for the grapes to ripen,
but every grape was sour.
a song of my friend and his vineyard:
My friend had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug the soil and cleared it of stones;
he planted the finest vines.
He built a tower to guard them,
dug a pit for treading the grapes.
He waited for the grapes to ripen,
but every grape was sour.
3 So now my friend says, “You people who
live in Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me. 4 Is
there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and
not the good grapes I expected?
5 “Here is what I am going to do to my
vineyard: I will take away the hedge around it, break down the wall that
protects it, and let wild animals eat it and trample it down. 6 I
will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the
ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the
clouds to let rain fall on it.”
7 Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty;
the people of Judah are the vines he planted.
He expected them to do what was good,
but instead they committed murder.
He expected them to do what was right,
but their victims cried out for justice.
the people of Judah are the vines he planted.
He expected them to do what was good,
but instead they committed murder.
He expected them to do what was right,
but their victims cried out for justice.
Genesis 45:4-6
Then
Joseph said to them, “Please come closer.” They did, and he said, “I am your
brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now do not be upset
or blame yourselves because you sold me here. It was really God who sent me
ahead of you to save people's lives. 6 This is only the second
year of famine in the land; there will be five more years in which there will
be neither plowing nor reaping.
What do you
think of letting the kid go for a slinky?
Is all theft
the same? Why or why not?
Compare to the
situation with the kid to the theft situation discussed in Proverbs.
How does the
Leviticus passage bear on the Proverbs command.
What does Eric
say about going back to New Jersey?
What do you
think of Heidi calling Jaye unstable over what happened with the murder
accusation,
given what we know about how that turned out?
Would God ever
encourage someone to lie, do you think?
Reflect on this
quote: “even if you have a choice, it can and will be taken away from you.”
How do we see
the issue of fate in the Isaiah 4 passage?
Why does
Mahandra fear the truth regarding her relationship with Aaron? Reflect upon
this.
What do you
think of the way the police officer deals with the kid?
Reflect on this
quote: “give him heart.”
Reflect on this
quote: “who is going to strengthen my resolve?
What do you
think of the scene with Sharon holding Jaye while she’s crying?
Reflect on this
scene and Jaye’s desire for resolve in light of the Isaiah passage.
Reflect on this
quote: “Okay, so maybe you can make me.”
Can Jaye gain
any special courage or strength from her ‘gift’ in this situation with the
gunman of
the sort Isaiah promises? Why or why not?
Is it the
security guard’s fault that Jaye and the others find themselves in this
situation?
What do you
think of the bank robber insisting he shouldn’t be guilty of murder?
Do you agree?
Why or why not?
What do you
think of Eric going to see Heidi? What do you think of Heidi’s reaction?
Reflect on this
quote: “I’m not going to die a coward.”
Reflect on this
quote: “if you kill your pet bird, it can’t sing for you any more”, in light of
Isaiah 5.
Reflect on this
quote: “you think you’re all alone in this.”
What is the
irony in these words?
Through
everything this season, how many lives has Jaye saved? How did this kind of
salvation
come about?
What did Joseph
say about what his brothers did to him?
What did this
‘saving of many’ cost people?
Was it worth
it? Why or why not?
Was Jaye’s
heartache? Why or why not?
What do you
think of what happened with Heidi, Jaye and Eric?
What does Eric
say about everything that happened? What do you think of this?
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