Discussion Questions

Sermon Overview 

Because death reverses the wrongs of life, the living should hear God now and respond.

Digging Deeper    

Read Luke 16:19-31

1. Money is a recurring theme in Luke 16. What does Jesus say about money? Why do you think he talks about it so much?

2. When you think about someone spending an eternity without God, do you struggle with whether it is just? Why, or why not?

3. Real people go to a real hell. What difference should this reality make in our lives now?

4. It can be easy to feel like we have to get it all right in this life so we don’t end up like the rich man in the parable. What helps us avoid thinking we can earn our way to heaven due to a fear of hell?

5. The great news of the gospel is that if we are in Christ, we are beneficiaries of a second reversal, greater than that of death. What was that reversal, and what does it mean for believers?

6. What brokenness in our world now might we joyfully anticipate being reversed in eternity later?

7. How do you do justice and show mercy in your everyday life? If you struggle with this, how can you grow in showing mercy?

8. In the sermon, we heard that part of responding to the reversal that is death is “to be generous and prepare.” What are some needs around us that we can anticipate and meet as a community? 

9. How do we share this truth of the gospel - this reversal of right and wrong - to someone who doesn’t believe there is anything other than this life?

Prayer