This week's Life Group Questions
1. REVIEW
In this session we learned that to engage in making disciples who make disciples, we must go beyond our sense of superiority and exclusion. When God moved the apostles to reach gentiles with the gospel, He taught them that in Christ we no longer exclude people based on their ethnicity, social class, or gender. Instead, we treat them as equals. To facilitate reflection, read Galatians 3:26-28 out loud and answer the questions below.
Galatians 3:26-28
26 In Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
2. APPLICATION
A. Select all the sources of exclusion that have been part of your life. Explain.
___ Ethnic Superiority: Growing up I was taught to look down on certain people groups.
___ Class Superiority: Growing up I was taught to look down on people of certain social class.
___ Gender Superiority: Growing up I was taught to look down on women.
___ Gender Superiority: Growing up I was taught to look down on men.
___ Exclusion: I resent people for excluding me because of my ethnicity, social class, or gender.
B. What is one obstacle that can keep you from changing your attitude in the areas you selected?
__________________________________________________________________________
3. GET DEEPER
Based on this study, which action is Jesus calling you to take?
If I were not limited by exclusion, I would ____________________________ for the sake of Jesus.
4. PRAYER
First, pray quietly by yourself:
Ask God to reveal any attitude of superiority that is holding you back from following Jesus fully and from being a channel of His grace. Then, pray together with your group:
(1)Thank Jesus for loving you, saving you, and inviting you to engage in making disciples.
(2)Invite God to remove the arrogance that is keeping you from being a channel of His grace.
(3)Thank God for the way He will lead you and use you for His purposes.
In this session we learned that to engage in making disciples who make disciples, we must go beyond our sense of superiority and exclusion. When God moved the apostles to reach gentiles with the gospel, He taught them that in Christ we no longer exclude people based on their ethnicity, social class, or gender. Instead, we treat them as equals. To facilitate reflection, read Galatians 3:26-28 out loud and answer the questions below.
Galatians 3:26-28
26 In Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
2. APPLICATION
A. Select all the sources of exclusion that have been part of your life. Explain.
___ Ethnic Superiority: Growing up I was taught to look down on certain people groups.
___ Class Superiority: Growing up I was taught to look down on people of certain social class.
___ Gender Superiority: Growing up I was taught to look down on women.
___ Gender Superiority: Growing up I was taught to look down on men.
___ Exclusion: I resent people for excluding me because of my ethnicity, social class, or gender.
B. What is one obstacle that can keep you from changing your attitude in the areas you selected?
__________________________________________________________________________
3. GET DEEPER
Based on this study, which action is Jesus calling you to take?
If I were not limited by exclusion, I would ____________________________ for the sake of Jesus.
4. PRAYER
First, pray quietly by yourself:
Ask God to reveal any attitude of superiority that is holding you back from following Jesus fully and from being a channel of His grace. Then, pray together with your group:
(1)Thank Jesus for loving you, saving you, and inviting you to engage in making disciples.
(2)Invite God to remove the arrogance that is keeping you from being a channel of His grace.
(3)Thank God for the way He will lead you and use you for His purposes.