Can you remember an occasion where someone did or said something that helped you understand better the good news of Jesus Christ?
What is the good news of Jesus Christ?
What does it mean to “go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation”? Compare with Matthew 28:18-20.
What “good works” do you think God prepared in advance for you to do? (see Ephesians 2:10)
Are you better at “doing” or “saying”? Who could you team up with, or what could you get involved in to be more effective overall in “doing and saying”?
Read Colossians 4:2-6, and pray that, as Christians attending Hardwick Evangelical Church, we will proclaim the message of Christ clearly.
What could I do this week to share this message of Jesus with others through what I do and say?
Isaiah 58:1-9
John 13:34-35
James 2:14-26
Do you have a favourite bible verse or passage? What is it and why?
What do you understand by the phrase “all Scripture is God-breathed”? What does it mean in practice for you?
Can you share an example of how the Bible has been useful to teach, rebuke, correct or train you or someone you know?
How do you deal with those passages you don’t understand, or that say something you don’t like?
What place does reason, tradition, church authority or experience have in relation to Bible teaching?
Thank God for the Bible, for those who have worked to make it available to us in our own language, and for those who have taught it to us.
Is there something I should be doing to better live my life in line with the teaching of the Bible?
Isaiah 40:8
Psalm 119:105
Matthew 5:18
2 Peter 1:20-21
2 Peter 3:15-16
What do you find most “attractive” about Jesus? Why?
The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is both God and man, human and divine (Romans 1:3-4). Why are both aspects important?
What are the positives and negatives about the message of the cross: for you, and for others? (1 Corinthians 1:23)
What about the resurrection? Why is it important?
(1 Corinthians 15:14)
What about the value of living a good life? Where does that fit in with the cross?
Thank God for Jesus’ birth as a person, his life, death and resurrection. Thank God for the person, or people, who introduced you to Jesus.
What could I do to share this message with others?
Isaiah 53
Matthew 1:21-23
Colossians 1:19-23
Share one of the benefits of being a Christian (follower of Jesus), either from your own experience or from what you’ve observed in someone else?
What does it mean for someone “to take up their cross daily and follow” Jesus? (see Luke 9:23-25). How is this “good news”?
Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). What does this mean?
How are we saved from death and what does that mean? Surely everyone dies including Christians? (see Ephesians 2:1-10)
What is my motivation to see others turn to Christ? (see 2 Corinthians 5:11-21)
Is there something I need to “die to” and “turn from” today and live instead for Christ?
For whom can I pray for an opportunity to share the good news of Jesus Christ with them?
Acts 2:38-39
Romans 10:9-15
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