Study Guide For the Week
Leading to Sunday October 01, 2017
Seventeenth
Sunday after Pentecost - Green
PERSONAL DAILY STUDY
This
week we study Galatians 5 and 6. This
passage contains the Apostle Paul’s writings on Christian freedom. The free
will to make our own choice is theological bedrock. We build our lives upon and around this ability
to choose our own actions. We can choose
with wisdom or we can choose poorly.
We
will also take a look at Luke 6 to consider a motive for our decisions based in
extreme love.
- What appears to be taking place for Paul to be so concerned about freedom? What must some people be trying to teach the folks?
- How does Paul suggest our freedom should be put to good use? What is the great commandment?
- Take time to consider the list of the works of the flesh verses the works of the Spirit. Note the ethical counseling offered in verse 25 and 26.
- This passage again offers ethical standards for us to follow. How can you see Christ in these ideas? Why are they difficult for us to follow?
Friday: Luke 6:27-49
- To love with extreme passion calls us to a new place in our discipleship? What would it mean to love our enemy? Can you follow one who offers this as our path?
- Take time to read the section again and let the scripture speak to you. What does this passage tell us about God? What should be our response?
Sunday: Reflect and Worship
Sermon Scripture: Galatians 5:13, 14
Sermon Title: “Real Life Freedom”
SMALL GROUP STUDY GUIDE
Icebreaker: Share a time when you felt free.
Opening: Name a God moment
from this past week
Study
Questions to Ponder:
- Why is Paul concerned
with freedom? What is to be gained
or lost?
- How do you
describe your freedom in Christ Jesus?
- Describe a church which
can love in extreme ways.
- What is the golden
rule?
Share Your Personal
Plan:
to Worship, Study, and Serve this week
Closing with Prayer and
Blessing
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