Repenting (Advent 3)

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The Passage Luke 3:7-18

The One Thing Advent: Repenting

Growgroup Discussion Starters

Know

K1 How comfortable are you with the idea of liminal living? What does it mean for you to be living on the threshold of time and eternity?

Grow

G1 Are you excited by the idea of living on the threshold of time and eternity? Worried? Ambivalent?

G2 What did John mean by calling the crowd a "brood of vipers"?

G3 What do you think is meant by the "wrath to come" (v7)?

G4 Why is relying on fleeing (v7) or family (v8) insufficient to flee the "wrath to come"? Look at your own heart: are you trusting in either of these things to improve your standing with God?

G5 Why is "producing fruit in keeping with repentance" (v8) the only way to withstand the "wrath to come"? What does repentance mean and why is it so importance to the Christian worldview? Is repentance a one time deal or a continual reality in the life of the believer? Explain your answer.

G6 Isn't this emphasis on "fruit" another way of just talking about behaviour modification? How does Matthew 6:17-20 dispel this misunderstanding?

Show

S1 This advent, which fruit are you not exhibiting (generosity, integrity or contentment)? Or perhaps it's something else that the Holy Spirit is showing you. Take time and pray these words of response found in v 10, 12 and 14: "What should I do?" Listen to what God tells you.