Our Unity: The Phenomenon and the Process (Ephesians 2:11-12)

Community Group Discussion Questions

Helping one another love Jesus, His people, and His world.

Text:Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon Title: Our Unity: The Phenomenon and the Process

Date:9-10-2023
 

Loving Jesus

1. Do you regularly remember who you were and where you came from before Christ met you with His peace? How does this impact your delight in the “but nowin Christ Jesus” realities you’re experiencing?

Loving His People

2. Which of the following two parts of the gospel has been most difficult for you to receive: 1) “we’re reconciled to God2)as a reconciled people”? What do you think will happen to our church if we minimize or dismiss one of the two?
3. What can you do to tangibly cherish both this week?

Loving His World

4. A.T. Lincoln said, “The church is the arena where the results of Christ’s peacemaking are to be seen. The peace gained at the cost of Christ’s death and realized in the church is to be preserved and demonstrated and to be proclaimed by the Church in the world.” Explain why this visible peace can’t be less than what’s displayed betweenfellow church members? Explain why it must also be more?

Uniting Love for a Divided People (1 Corinthians 13)

Community Group Discussion Questions

Helping one another love Jesus, His people, and His world.

Text:1 Corinthians 13

Sermon Title: Uniting Love for a Divided People

Date:9-3-2023

Loving Jesus

1. As a group exercise, read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, but replace the word “love” and “it” with “Jesus” each time their used. Describe your experience of doing so to the group.

Loving His People

2. Which quality of love listed in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 do you most naturally demonstrate in your relationships? Which is most difficult for you? Explain.*
3. How might your answers above impact your attempts to love cross-culturally?

Loving His World

4. How does our culture define love? What is similar and what is different when compared to the biblical definition found in 1 Corinthians 13?
5. How can these difference(es) impact our pursuit of loving cross-culturally?

 *Adapted from the re|engage workbook.