Inheritance - Joshua 5.1-12

Weekly Podcast from Cornerstone Wesleyan Church, North Gower, Ontario

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Know

• Was there any tradition that you observed as a child (either religious or not) that made sense at the time but now has you scratching your head?

Grow

• Dan’s main theme was we need to back up in order to go on. What did he mean by that?
• If God instituted circumcision as an everlasting covenant (Genesis 17:13), why do we not practice it today in the Christian church?
• How would you explain the concept of Biblical covenant?
• Why do you think the Israelites neglected both circumcision and the Passover during the 40 years in the desert?
• What did God mean when He said “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you”? What’s the connection with circumcision?
• In what ways has circumcision been replaced by baptism? How is baptism ‘better’ than circumcision?
• In what ways has celebrating the Passover been replaced with Communion? How is communion ‘better’ than the Passover?
• Dan said that in Jesus we are no longer to be identified as ‘ex-slaves’ but instead as a new creation (2 Corinthians 4:17-18). What does this new identity mean to you?
• Consider these two verses

1 Corinthians 7:19: Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts.  

Galatians 5: For in Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Take a couple of minutes to discuss what they mean.

• Dan talked about the great reversal

Slaves – Passover – Cross the water – Wilderness – Cross the Water – Passover – Freedom

Has Jesus done a great reversal in your life? What does that look like?

Show

• What can we do this season as a growgroup for a show project? Start thinking about it.