Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Ephesians 4:25-32
2. What does it mean to be holy? What is the first behavior Paul tells us we must put away as believers? Who is the source of this behavior according to Scripture?
3. Do you know anyone for whom this behavior is a temptation? What reason does the apostle give for following this command? What is the fundamental dividing line
between children of light and darkness?
4. Is it possible to be angry and not sin? Is it easy for us? How might we ensure our anger is righteous and keep it from spilling over into sin?
5. What are some of the ways we can be tempted to steal from our employer? From the government? From those we buy goods and services from? What guardrails
can we implement to help us stay on track here?
6. What reason does Paul give us for doing honest labor? What are some practical ways we can live out this command?
7. Are you tempted to share corrupting talk? What is the danger associated with this habit? Read Col. 4:6. How can we make this command a growing part of our
behavior?
8. What sins break our fellowship and destroy our relationships with our spiritual siblings? What motivation does Paul give us for obedience to this instruction? When
we fall short of our goals, where should we turn?
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Ephesians 4:25-32
2. What does it mean to be holy? What is the first behavior Paul tells us we must put away as believers? Who is the source of this behavior according to Scripture?
3. Do you know anyone for whom this behavior is a temptation? What reason does the apostle give for following this command? What is the fundamental dividing line
between children of light and darkness?
4. Is it possible to be angry and not sin? Is it easy for us? How might we ensure our anger is righteous and keep it from spilling over into sin?
5. What are some of the ways we can be tempted to steal from our employer? From the government? From those we buy goods and services from? What guardrails
can we implement to help us stay on track here?
6. What reason does Paul give us for doing honest labor? What are some practical ways we can live out this command?
7. Are you tempted to share corrupting talk? What is the danger associated with this habit? Read Col. 4:6. How can we make this command a growing part of our
behavior?
8. What sins break our fellowship and destroy our relationships with our spiritual siblings? What motivation does Paul give us for obedience to this instruction? When
we fall short of our goals, where should we turn?
Date: November 10, 2024
Text: Ephesians 4:17-24
Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Ephesians 4:17-24
2. Why does the apostle ‘say and testify in the Lord?’ Why can a red-letter version of the Scriptures be misleading? Who is the author of Scripture?
3. What command does God give his children in verse 17? What does this mean?
4. Who are the Gentiles? What other synonyms does the Bible use for these individuals?
5. How are Christians called to be different from our unbelieving neighbors? What tools has the Lord given us so that we can obey His instructions here?
6. What can someone who is spiritually dead do? What effect does disobeying God’s commands have on our hearts and conscience?
7. What three ways does God reveal Himself to people? What sets Christianity apart from all other religious practices?
8. What is the primary tool the Lord has given us to watch our walk? How do we gain strength for the work to which we’ve been called? What’s the risk we face when we ignore the tools God’s given us to grow?
9. What rules are we supposed to obey as believers? Why?
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Ephesians 4:17-24
2. Why does the apostle ‘say and testify in the Lord?’ Why can a red-letter version of the Scriptures be misleading? Who is the author of Scripture?
3. What command does God give his children in verse 17? What does this mean?
4. Who are the Gentiles? What other synonyms does the Bible use for these individuals?
5. How are Christians called to be different from our unbelieving neighbors? What tools has the Lord given us so that we can obey His instructions here?
6. What can someone who is spiritually dead do? What effect does disobeying God’s commands have on our hearts and conscience?
7. What three ways does God reveal Himself to people? What sets Christianity apart from all other religious practices?
8. What is the primary tool the Lord has given us to watch our walk? How do we gain strength for the work to which we’ve been called? What’s the risk we face when we ignore the tools God’s given us to grow?
9. What rules are we supposed to obey as believers? Why?