FSBCS Audio Sermons

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. What is your favorite movie trilogy? Why? Can you fully understand the third installment of the trilogy if you haven’t seen the first two installments? Why?

3. Pastor Chad unpacked a few examples of passages in the Bible that cannot be truly understood unless you know the history and culture of that point in history. Which one was most interesting to you? Why?

4. Are there passages from God’s Word that have been given new meaning to you because you learned a new aspect of their history and culture? Explain.

5. Pastor Chad challenged us to not be lazy when we approach God’s Word. What are some ways that you are sometimes lazy about approaching God’s Word?

6. What have you learned so far in this message series that has challenged you in your reading and studying of God’s Word?

Scripture Passages:

• 2 Corinthians 7-11

 Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. If you could be at any event recorded in Scripture, which would you choose? Why?

3. Read 2 Timothy 3:14-17. What is Paul saying about Timothy’s life? What is he instructing?

4. What does Paul say is the origin of Scripture? What does he say is the purpose of Scripture?

5. Hebrews 4:12 says that God’s Word is living and active. What evidence do you have of this in your own life?

6. Pastor Chad said, “The Bible is greater than man’s opinions, even your own.” How does this fact impact how your approach God’s Word?

Scripture Passages:

2 Corinthians 2-6

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. What teacher or friend helped you enjoy a subject that you once disliked? How did they do this and encourage you in that subject?

3. Read Psalm 119:1-8. What is the positive intention of God’s Word and His Law?

4. Why would someone be so passionate about God’s Word (as the author of Psalm 119 is)? Where is their devotion? What excites them to study God’s Word?

5. Pastor Chad spoke about how God’s Word connects us to Him. 1 Corinthians 2:16 says that when the Holy Spirit leads us in the truth of His Word, we will have “the mind of Christ.” What can you do to exercise the mind of Christ more fully in your own life?

Scripture Passages:

1 Corinthians 13-16, 2 Corinthians 1

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. What is the greatest act that someone has done for you? Explain.

3. What first aroused your interest in Jesus? Why?

4. God has many titles throughout the Bible. Which one do you feel most connected to? Why?

5. Read John 3:16-18. What stands out to you about God?

6. According to this passage, what does Jesus ask of you in order to be saved?

7. How do you see/feel God saving you rather than condemning you?

Scripture Passages:

1 Corinthians 8-12

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. Has your love for someone or someone’s love for you transformed how you live? Explain.

3. How is the Sermon on the Mount different from a simple code of ethics?

4. How does the entire life and teachings of Jesus, including His death and resurrection, affect your understanding of the Sermon on the Mount? Explain.

5. Pastor Chad said, “How we live for Jesus doesn’t earn His love, it confirms our love for Him.” What is the relationship between Jesus’ love for you, your love for Him, and how you live as His follower?

6. In what areas of your life are you struggling to live out the ideals that Jesus lays out in the Sermon on the Mount? What changes need to be made to live out your love for Him?

Scripture Passages:

1 Corinthians 3-7

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. As a child, what can you remember fighting about on family trips?

3. How can persecution be a blessing (James 1:2-4)?

4. Read the first line of 1 Peter 3:15. Why is this simple sentence the key to following all that Peter says in this passage?

5. What is the model for evangelism (aka telling people about Jesus) that Peter gives in 1 Peter 3:15-16?

6. Pastor Chad said, “The world will hate you because of Jesus, but better not hate Jesus because of you!” What do you think of that statement?

7. How can you live this in your life this week?

Scripture Passages:

Romans 14-16, 1 Corinthians 1-2

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. Why is peacemaking so difficult in today’s culture?

3. What makes peacemaking difficult for you?

4. Read Romans 12:14-21. What does this passage teach about peace and peacemaking?

5. What specifically do verses 14-16 say about this?

6. How can you be a “broker of peace” to those around you this week?

Scripture Passages:

Romans 9-13

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. What celebrity have you dreamed of meeting? If you could hang out with them, what would you do? What would you talk about?

3. How honest are you with yourself? Could your heart be deceiving you about your motives?

4. 1 Timothy 1:5 says that our purity will lead to love. Do your obedience and motives lead to loving others? If not, why not?

5. The promise to this Beatitude is that “they shall see God.” This promise is connected to the beginning and the end of the Bible and is about our intimate relationship with God. What does “seeing God” mean?

6. Review the questions that Pastor Chad gave that helps evaluate your motives (if no one knew what I’m doing, if I don’t get anything from it, and if I am doing it for praise or emotional reasons…). Which of these do you struggle with?

7. How can you be pure in heart this week?

 

Scripture Passages: Romans 4-8

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. Has an authority figure (i.e. police officer, school official, boss, etc.) every been merciful with you when you messed something up? Tell about it.

3. In 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Paul explains some of the reasons and ways that Jesus has shown him mercy. Why is someone like Paul such a good witness to unbelievers (Hint: look at what he says in this passage)?

4. Put verse 16 in your own words. How does your past demonstrate the mercy of Jesus? Do you share this when you tell others about Jesus?

5. Pastor Chad said that “We give mercy because He gave us mercy.” How should Jesus’ mercy in your life be reflected in the mercy that you show others?

6. Who do you struggle to show mercy to? What does that reveal about yourself and your sin?

7. Who can you show mercy to this week? HOW can you show mercy this week?

Scripture Passages:

Acts 27-28, Romans 1-3

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. With what group have you sensed the most unity: A team? A Bible Study or Small Group? A family?

3. Read Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-35. What qualities mark this church? What is different between this church in comparison to today’s Church?

4. How well does Acts 4:32 describe your relationship with others in your church? What would have to change in order for such sharing to be possible?

5. What did generosity look like in the church in Acts 4:32-35? How does your generosity compare to theirs?

6. What is God challenging you to do in order to be more generous for Him?

 

Scripture Passages: Acts 22-26