The King's Agenda
Sermon Discussion Questions
- We tend to attach ourselves to
political agendas. Jesus himself has an agenda. Yesterday Ryan talked
about how a bridegroom had an agenda, he wanted Ryan to quote the movie
"Princess Bride" during his wedding homily. Ryan ultimately said
no to the bridegroom's request because it wasn't keeping with the agenda
of the wedding. When you think about Jesus' agenda what is your response?
- Ryan said that that the people
hearing Jesus in the synagogue responses were "tepid at best",
are you tepid or apathetic to the Kingdom agenda? What ways do you find
yourself opposing Jesus' Kingdom agenda?
- The agenda Jesus has
is radically inclusive. For the people listening to Jesus, Jesus
agenda was offensive because it included gentiles. Are there people who
would feel uncomfortable at CPC? Who would you not invite to Covenant
Church because they would feel uncomfortable? Why is that?
- When we think of exclusivity we
tend to blame others, and that is easy to do. Don't just think about other
people in the church and how others may make CPC exclusive. What are some
ways that you are exclusive when it comes to Jesus Kingdom agenda?
- There are two pitfalls that are on
either side of our following of Jesus' radical inclusion agenda, one is to
sacrifice doctrinal truth for the sake of being welcoming to outsiders,
the other is to exclude outsiders for the sake of doctrinal truth. How can
we find a balance, between right inclusion and right doctrine?
- Jesus wasn't afraid to be called a
friend of sinners for sake of his doctrine. Are we afraid to be called
friends of sinners?
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