Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read Hebrews 11, how does the preceding chapter influence how we read the opening of Hebrews 12… What is Christ’s relation to the Old Testament saints listed in Hebrews 11.
3. The book of Hebrews contains numerous warnings against apostasy and the encouragement to press on. Do we believe that, with those texts in mind, this text is
saying that a true Christian (United to Christ by faith) can quit running the race and lose salvation? Or are we encouraged to run the race with endurance from a place of security?
4. In the sermon, we heard that sin pretends to be for our own good and appears as though it can ultimately satisfy. What are some of the ways you have seen that play out in your own life?
5. The author of Hebrews 12:3 uses a running analogy here to illustrate the load of sin as something which will make us weary and fainthearted. Do any of you feel faint-hearted or weary due to sin at this moment? Do you have any sins you want to confess to the group?
6. Read Hebrews 12:2-3, how does the author commend us to lay aside sins? What would they have us look toward?
7. Do we kill sin because we are saved or so we can be saved?
8. What are some ways we can get a sight of Jesus? And, why is Jesus the one we ought to consider as we seek to grow in holiness?
9. [IMPORTANT] For the purpose of looking at Jesus together, can everyone name one of their favorite things about Jesus
10. [Closing Prayer Instructions] As you close in prayer include those aspects of his person and work that you mentioned in the closing prayer- adore him and thank him for being so wonderful, glorious, beautiful and splendor-filled.
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read Hebrews 11, how does the preceding chapter influence how we read the opening of Hebrews 12… What is Christ’s relation to the Old Testament saints listed in Hebrews 11.
3. The book of Hebrews contains numerous warnings against apostasy and the encouragement to press on. Do we believe that, with those texts in mind, this text is
saying that a true Christian (United to Christ by faith) can quit running the race and lose salvation? Or are we encouraged to run the race with endurance from a place of security?
4. In the sermon, we heard that sin pretends to be for our own good and appears as though it can ultimately satisfy. What are some of the ways you have seen that play out in your own life?
5. The author of Hebrews 12:3 uses a running analogy here to illustrate the load of sin as something which will make us weary and fainthearted. Do any of you feel faint-hearted or weary due to sin at this moment? Do you have any sins you want to confess to the group?
6. Read Hebrews 12:2-3, how does the author commend us to lay aside sins? What would they have us look toward?
7. Do we kill sin because we are saved or so we can be saved?
8. What are some ways we can get a sight of Jesus? And, why is Jesus the one we ought to consider as we seek to grow in holiness?
9. [IMPORTANT] For the purpose of looking at Jesus together, can everyone name one of their favorite things about Jesus
10. [Closing Prayer Instructions] As you close in prayer include those aspects of his person and work that you mentioned in the closing prayer- adore him and thank him for being so wonderful, glorious, beautiful and splendor-filled.
Date: March 2, 2025
Text: Ephesians 5:25-33
Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read Ephesians 5:25-33. Define the word love. When used Biblically, what does this term mean?
3. What makes the apostle’s teaching here unique? What has been the result of this distinctive instruction?
4. Why is it important that Paul’s command in verse 25 is not conditional? What valid excuse can we offer the Lord when we fail to obey His commands?
5. What is the husband’s primary submission to his spouse? How is a man called to love His wife?
6. Where is our relationship with the Lord best demonstrated? As husbands, what is our spiritual responsibility to our wives?
7. According to verse 27, what is Christ’s ultimate goal? What should our goal for our spouses be?
8. What does it mean that love is to be sensitive? How can we cultivate a desire to nourish and cherish our spouses?
9. What is the Lord’s plan to make us whole persons? Can a marriage fulfill its purpose when one partner is diminished? Why/why not?
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read Ephesians 5:25-33. Define the word love. When used Biblically, what does this term mean?
3. What makes the apostle’s teaching here unique? What has been the result of this distinctive instruction?
4. Why is it important that Paul’s command in verse 25 is not conditional? What valid excuse can we offer the Lord when we fail to obey His commands?
5. What is the husband’s primary submission to his spouse? How is a man called to love His wife?
6. Where is our relationship with the Lord best demonstrated? As husbands, what is our spiritual responsibility to our wives?
7. According to verse 27, what is Christ’s ultimate goal? What should our goal for our spouses be?
8. What does it mean that love is to be sensitive? How can we cultivate a desire to nourish and cherish our spouses?
9. What is the Lord’s plan to make us whole persons? Can a marriage fulfill its purpose when one partner is diminished? Why/why not?