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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?
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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.

Responding (Advent 2)

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The Passage Luke 3:1-6 (other passages Luke 1:68-79, Philippians 1:3-11, Malachi 3:1-4)
The One Thing Advent: Responding
Growgroup Discussion Starters
Know
K1 Have you tried the new Timbiebs? What do you think? (don't know what that is? Google it😊!)
Grow
G1 How would you describe liminal / threshold living? In what way do you see it impacting your life?
G2 Read Luke 3:1-2 and list how many historical figures are mentioned? Why did John go to all this trouble to historically place John the Baptizer? Why is it important to your faith that Jesus is a King who is historical?
G3 Read Luke 3:6. “All people will see God’s salvation”. What do you think Isaiah meant by this (original quote is Isaiah 40:3-5) and do you think it will ever be fulfilled? If so, how? Why is it important to your faith that Jesus is a King who us universal?
G4 Read Luke 3:5-6. What are the preconditions to “all people [seeing] God’s salvation”? How is God calling you to prepare the way for Him? What is one way you can make straight paths in your life?
G5 Read Luke 1:77-79 (Zechariah’s song). In what way is this passage a powerful presentation of the impact of the gospel on someone’s life? What phrase speaks loudest to you?
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S1 Advent is a time of preparation, often involving repentance. Malachi 3:2-3 describes Jesus as “the Lord you are seeking...whom you desire...”. Pour out your heart and tell King Jesus how you desire Him. The passage then goes on “But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears?” Remind yourself that the reason you can stand before God is because of King Jesus’ death and resurrection. Confess your sins and receive His forgiveness.

Revealing (Advent 1)

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Speakers - Rev Deborah Gilbert and Rev Miranda Valentini
The Passage - Luke 21:25-36
The One Thing - Advent 1 (Revealing)

Death Match (Slavery vs Freedom) 2 (Galatians 5 and 6)

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The Passage
Gal 5.1-1-26
 
The One Thing
Death match: slavery vs freedom (part 2)
 
growgroup Discussion Starters
 
Know
K1 What did God say to you through the teaching today?
 
Grow
G1 Why might chapter 5 be considered the central passage to the book of Galatians?
G2 Read Galatians 5 and highlight all the places where you see slavery defined or illustrated. Now do the same for freedom. What stands out to you from this exercise?
G3 Which form of slavery are do you lean towards: the slavery of legalism or the slavery of license? Why do you think this is?
G4 Read verse 4: what does it mean for a Christian to be “alienated from Christ” or to have “fallen away from grace”? Talk to Jesus about this.
G5 Verse 19 says that the “acts of the flesh are obvious”. Go slowly through the list in verse 19-21 and ask God to show which acts of the flesh you are prone to?
G6 How does “Loving your neighbour as yourself” (v14) fulfil the entire (Mosaic) law? What did Dan mean when he said that this as an impossible command? What then is our hope? (v16)?
 
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S1 Each day this week, wake up and consciously ask for God’s strength to “walk in the Spirit” (v16) or “keep in step with the Spirit” (v25) that day.

Death Match [Slavery vs Freedom] (Galatians 5.1-26)

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The Passage
Gal 5.1-1-26
The One Thing
Death match: slavery vs freedom
growgroup Discussion Starters
Know
K1 What did God say to you through the teaching today?
Grow
G1 Why might chapter 5 be considered the central passage to the book of Galatians?
G2 Read Galatians 5 and highlight all the places where you see slavery defined or illustrated. Now do the same for freedom. What stands out to you from this exercise?
G3 Which form of slavery are do you lean towards: the slavery of legalism or the slavery of license? Why do you think this is?
G4 Read verse 4: what does it mean for a Christian to be “alienated from Christ” or to have “fallen away from grace”? Talk to Jesus about this.
G5 Verse 19 says that the “acts of the flesh are obvious”. Go slowly through the list in verse 19-21 and ask God to show which acts of the flesh you are prone to?
G6 How does “Loving your neighbour as yourself” (v14) fulfil the entire (Mosaic) law? What did Dan mean when he said that this as an impossible command? What then is our hope? (v16)?
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S1 Each day this week, wake up and consciously ask for God’s strength to “walk in the Spirit” (v16) or “keep in step with the Spirit” (v25) that day.

Grace or Karma (Galatians 4.21-31)

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The Passage
Gal 4:21-31
The One Thing
Grace or Karma?
growgroup Discussion Starters
Know
K1 What symbols do you not even have to think about to understand?
Grow
G1 In what was does the law of Karma echo the law of Moses?
G2 List some ways you see that our society today is based on Karma?
G3 Why is the law of Karma so alluring?
G4 Think of one situation in which you need to choose to submit to the law of grace instead of pursuing karma.
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S1 Take time to pray to God and thank Him His grace, and confess any tendency you have towards karma

God adopts you knowing full well who you are (Galatians 4.1-20)

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The Passage
Gal 4.1-20
The One Thing
God adopts you knowing full well who you are
Know
K1 What has most excited you in this Bible section?
Grow
G1 What was your life like before you knew God, and how is it different now that you do know Him?
G2 When are you most in danger of living as a slave, not a child of God?
G3 When have you experience God going out of His way to show His love for you?
G4 Why is it so important, not just that you know God but that HE knows you?
G5 If you were a character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what would your name be and what would be your biggest weakness / sin?
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S1 As you open your house to “trick or treaters” this evening, or as you go out yourself, pray for the people who live in the houses you go to that they made know the wonder of being adopted by God.

The Reason and the Season for the Law (Galatians 3:15-29)

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The Passage
Gal 3:15-29
The One Thing
The Reason and the Season for the Law
growgroup Discussion Starters
Most questions taken from the Christ-Centred Exposition Commentary
Know
K1 What stood out to you from Sunday’s teaching?
Grow
G1 Why is it important for Christians to study the Old Testament? What are some of the dangers of ignoring the Old Testament?
G2 How does the law help us see our sin? How does the law prepare us for grace?
G3 How does the Mosaic covenant complement the Abrahamic covenant?
G4 In your own words, explain what it means that Jesus fulfilled the law of Moses.
G5 How does God’s promise in the Abrahamic covenant to bless all nations relate to Jesus?
G6 How might Jesus’ relationship to these covenants affect the way you read the Old Testament?
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S1 How can you specifically thank God this week for both the Abrahamic and the Mosaic covenants (perhaps use some phrases from Galatians 3 to help you word this prayer)?

Faith from start to finish (Galatians 3.1-22)

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The Passage: Galatians 3:1-22
The One Thing: Faith from start to finish
Speaker: Dan Wallis
Discussion Questions
Know
K1 What did God say to you through today’s sermon?
Grow
G1 Gal 3:1 Paul’s tone is very strong: “You foolish Galatians!” What do you think Paul was hoping to achieve by use of this strong language? How do you think his words would have been received?
G2 What is the role of the Holy Spirit in salvation and Christian living?
G3 Why did Paul use Abraham in his argument for salvation by grace through faith?
G4 Why is legalism appealing?
G5 What are some customs of your Christian culture that need not be imposed on new converts?
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S1 Have you reached the point where you are no longer trying to change yourself but relying on God’s grace to change you? Explain why or why not

Chase fear away (Galatian 2:11-21)

The Passage 
Galatians 2:11-21 
The One Thing 
Chase fear away.
The Speaker
Dan Wallis
Know 
K1 What did God say to you through today’s teaching? 
Grow 
G1 What is your natural stress response to fear: fight, flight, freeze or fawn? 
G2 In Galatians 2:11-21, who do you identify most with: Paul? Peter? The Jews? Barnabas? Share the reasons for your answer. 
G3 Why did Paul address Peter in public and not in private (like Jesus said to in Matthew 18:15…)?
G4 What do you think Paul meant when he said “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God (Galatians 2:19)?
G5 Dan talked about mobbing: smaller birds banding together to chase larger birds away. Which weapon is most useful to you as you mob fear out of your life: the TRUTH of Jesus (2:14), FAITH in Jesus (2:15-16), JUSTIFICATION by Jesus (2:17-18), the GRACE of God (2:21) or LIFE in Jesus (2:19-20)? 
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S1 Take some time this week to meditate on the 5 mobbers listed in G4.