Seeing Ourselves Differently (1 Peter 2:1-12)

Community Group Discussion Questions

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

Text:1 Peter 2:1-12

Sermon Title: Seeing Ourselves Differently

Date:10-2-2022

1. Which descriptor of a Christ follower in this text (newborn infant, living stone, chosen race) most encourages you? Most challenges you? Explain.
2. Rob described the “pure spiritual milk” as the things of the Word that nourish Christian Community. Which ministries of the Word have nourished usthis last month? How so? How can wehelp one another craze more of this nourishment?
3. Read verses 9-10 again: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” What qualifies you for the purpose of “proclaiming His excellencies?” Why does that matter? Further, why is it important to note that this purpose (or calling) is not mainly given to an induvial, but to a community? 

How Should We then Live? (1 Peter 1:13-25)

Community Group Discussion Questions

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

Text:1 Peter 1:13-25

Sermon Title: How Should We then Live?

Date:09-25-2022

1. Take a moment and imagine the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus returns. On that day, what will be your greatest joy? Your deepest need? How can the grace that Jesus will bring to you on that day become grace to you now, in midst of the challenges of today?
2. What “futile ways” of living are popular in our culture? Which one(s) most tempt you? To love one another well, what truths from 1 Peter do we need to remind one another of to help each other hope in and follow Jesus?
3. C. S. Lewis wrote, “Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in; aim at Earth and you will get neither.” Why is loving God’s world dependent on us fixing our hope on the return of Jesus? Overall, what does your conduct suggest about to whom (or what) you are truly dedicated? Does this encourage you, or direct you toward repentance?*

*Questions adapted from 1 Peter For You, by Juan Sanchez.*