Sermon Discussion Questions
1) What questions does Jesus ask Peter?
2) What else does Jesus tell Peter as they talk?
3) What was the significance of this conversation to Peter personally?
4) What do we think Jesus will say to us when we fail or hurt His heart? How does He actually respond to us in our failure/betrayal of love?
5) How do we respond to those in our lives who fail us?
6) What does having restorative encounters with those in our lives look like?
Sermon Discussion Questions
1) What were the questions that Pilate asked Jesus? What were His answers?
2) How did Pilate respond to Jesus and His truthful responses?
3) What are the areas in our lives that make it hard to slow down and see Jesus? (ie career, image, wealth, etc) "What are the Caesar's in your life? (sermon quote)
4) "We give up our integrity often to get what we want. Jesus Christ never did that. He kept His integrity because He loves us. He kept His integrity to give us a new and better name." (Sermon quote) How is this truth encouraging to you in your daily life? Is it encouraging?
5) What was Jesus referring to when He said His kingdom was not of this world? How are we participants in this kingdom?
Sermon Discussion Questions
1) What questions do we see the rich young ruler asking Jesus?
2) How did Jesus respond to each question? What questions did Jesus ask him?
3) Sermon quote: "If the rich young ruler is so secure in his status, wealth, etc...why is he even coming to Jesus in the first place?"
4) What is our inheritance that Jesus has won for us? What is He calling you to give away?
5) What is the difference in living for an inheritance that we achieve vs living for an inheritance that we receive?
6) How does living for an inheritance that we receive change us specifically?
Sermon Discussion Questions
1) What do we learn about Jesus in this passage?
2) How did Jesus receive the children? What was the response of the disciples?
3) What was happening before and after this occasion? Who was Jesus addressing in the audience?
4) How do we put into practice caring for the children in our church? in our lives?
5) What does receiving a child in humility look like? How can receiving children be beneficial to us as a church family?
Sermon Discussion Questions
1) How do we see Jesus responding to the betrayal of Judas?
2) Do we tend to reduce our own sin to just behavior? Do we really think about how personal it is to Jesus?
3) How have we felt when we have been betrayed in our lives? How does Jesus sympathize with us in this?
4) How has Jesus dealt with us in our struggles and sins? Can you share times you have experienced His love and forgiveness?
Sermon Discussion
1) The reality for this man in the passage is that he was oppressed and possessed. But we also see the town's people were also enslaved by sin. What do we learn from the text about the man and the town?
2) We live in a secular context where the supernatural is no longer a category in our every day life. In this text, we see how scary/evil Satan and demons can be to this man. But, what do we see Jesus doing? How does He respond to them directly?
3) If Jesus can find this man, who is lost and unclean...then He can find you. Do you believe that about yourself? How can that change your daily life as a believer?
4) What binds/enslaves us from wanting to be known/seen by Jesus? He has come to unbind us and free us from our sin and being sinned against.
5) How much can the Lord do for us? What does vs 18 & 19 tell us? God saved the man then sent him out. He does the same for us too. Where is the mission of God in our daily lives?
Sermon Discussion Question
1) After reading over the passage again what are we reminded about Jesus and His ministry? How was the baptism of Jesus different than other baptisms by John the Baptist?
2) Why does Jesus identify with us?
3) Do we find ourselves coming to Jesus as a regular rhythm in our lives? If not, what stops you?
4) "Jesus identifies with us so that we may be righteous." (Sermon quote) What does that look like in our daily lives? What does that look like as we interact with our neighbors?
5) Another reason Jesus identifies with us is so that we be like children that belong to Him.Can you name some specific obstacles to this in our lives? Obstacles from within our culture? Obstacles from within our own hearts and stories?
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