TODAY:

Acts 17:1-15 | Perspective Flip

BIG IDEA:

The Kingdom of God is rightside up

SCRIPTURES:

Acts 17:1-15, 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12, John 15:18-20

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

Q: Q: Have you ever had any perspectives changed by Jesus?If so, how? If not, why not?

Q: How do the Scriptures/concepts from this week help you grow as a disciple who loves God, loves people & serves the world (lives on incarnational mission) in everyday life?

Q: Based on these Scriptures, how can you move from unbelief to belief, from just knowing to actually doing in your life?

Connect with God (UP)...

Q: How do today’s passages help you grow in your relationship with God?

Connect with Others(IN)...

Q: How do today’s passages help us grow together as a church family?

Connect with the World (OUT)...

Q: How do today’s passages help us grow in how we serve the world?

ACTION STEPS:

1) Think of ways Jesus has changed your perspective.

2) Ask God to bring eagerness to learning more about Jesus from Scripture.

3) Embrace the simplicity of the Gospel.

NOTES & QUOTES:

“God be thanked for the simplicity of the gospel. The longer I live, the more I bless God that we have not received a classical gospel, nor a mathematical gospel, nor a metaphysical gospel; it is not a gospel confined to scholars and men of genius, but a poor man s gospel, a ploughman's gospel; for that is the kind of gospel which we can live upon and die upon. It is to us not the luxury of refinement, but the staple food of life. We want no fine words when the heart is heavy, neither do we need deep problems when we are lying upon the verge of eternity, weak in body and tempted in mind. At such times we magnify the blessed simplicity of the gospel. Jesus in the flesh made manifest becomes our soul's bread. Jesus bleeding on the cross, a substitute for sinners, is our soul's drink. This is the gospel for babes, and strong men want no more.” (Charles Spurgeon)