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Date: October 20, 2024
Text: Ephesians 4:11-16
Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Ephesians 4:11-16
2. What has Christ given to the church? What was/is the purpose of each of these tasks?
3. What is the job of the pastor-teacher? What tools has God given us to help with this task?
4. What are some strategies we can use to make sure we are regularly reading the Bible? Look up the following verses and explain what they say about the Bible: 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 55:1; Psalm 19:7-14.
5. What is prayer? What do the following verses teach us about the conditions for prayer God lays out: Psalm 66:18; Matthew 21:22; 1 John 5:14-15; James 4:3?
6. Read 1 Peter 5:7. Should we only bring major things to God? What are we supposed to cast on the Lord? What does this verse teach us about God’s concern for us?
7. What gifts has the Lord given you for serving in the church? Why does the Holy Spirit give us these skills? What keeps us from using our spiritual gifts? How might we overcome these obstacles?
8. What is the purpose of our spiritual maturity? How does Paul use the word faith in verse 13?
9. What is the primary source of disunity in the body of Christ? How do we attain a deep, personal knowledge of God the Son?
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Ephesians 4:11-16
2. What has Christ given to the church? What was/is the purpose of each of these tasks?
3. What is the job of the pastor-teacher? What tools has God given us to help with this task?
4. What are some strategies we can use to make sure we are regularly reading the Bible? Look up the following verses and explain what they say about the Bible: 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 55:1; Psalm 19:7-14.
5. What is prayer? What do the following verses teach us about the conditions for prayer God lays out: Psalm 66:18; Matthew 21:22; 1 John 5:14-15; James 4:3?
6. Read 1 Peter 5:7. Should we only bring major things to God? What are we supposed to cast on the Lord? What does this verse teach us about God’s concern for us?
7. What gifts has the Lord given you for serving in the church? Why does the Holy Spirit give us these skills? What keeps us from using our spiritual gifts? How might we overcome these obstacles?
8. What is the purpose of our spiritual maturity? How does Paul use the word faith in verse 13?
9. What is the primary source of disunity in the body of Christ? How do we attain a deep, personal knowledge of God the Son?
Date: October 27, 2024
Text: Ephesians 4:1-6
Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Ephesians 4:1-6
2. Should we celebrate the Protestant Reformation? Why/why not?
3. As Christians, to what have we been called? How can we live in this way? How should we respond when we fall short of this goal?
4. What was the key doctrinal differences between the reformers and the Roman Church? Read Jeremiah 31:33. Who is the one who does the work in our salvation?
5. Paul lists several traits in this passage that describe a mature Christian. Which comes most naturally to you? Which one is the most difficult for you to practice? What makes these particularly troublesome?
6. Notice that Paul tells us we are to maintain our Spirit-given unity, not create it. How do we carry out this instruction? What are some things that cause us to divide? Are there any biblical reasons to divide from other Christians?
7. What is the one hope that belongs to our call as believers? How does Paul use the word faith here? What is included in this faith?
8. Are we putting any obstacles in the way of true oneness? What steps can we take to remove these hindrances?
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Ephesians 4:1-6
2. Should we celebrate the Protestant Reformation? Why/why not?
3. As Christians, to what have we been called? How can we live in this way? How should we respond when we fall short of this goal?
4. What was the key doctrinal differences between the reformers and the Roman Church? Read Jeremiah 31:33. Who is the one who does the work in our salvation?
5. Paul lists several traits in this passage that describe a mature Christian. Which comes most naturally to you? Which one is the most difficult for you to practice? What makes these particularly troublesome?
6. Notice that Paul tells us we are to maintain our Spirit-given unity, not create it. How do we carry out this instruction? What are some things that cause us to divide? Are there any biblical reasons to divide from other Christians?
7. What is the one hope that belongs to our call as believers? How does Paul use the word faith here? What is included in this faith?
8. Are we putting any obstacles in the way of true oneness? What steps can we take to remove these hindrances?