SMALL GROUPS

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Sermon questions for Small Groups

Below are discussion questions for each sermon.  These questions are meant to be more discussion and application oriented for small groups.  Please attend Sunday School for more in-depth Bible teaching.  Feel free to pick and choose the questions that will work best for your group.

  • Easter Sunday, Apr 20 / I Cor. 15:20-28

    • Warm up:  What Easter traditions have been a part of your life?
    • Warm up:  Have you ever used a product guarantee?  If so, what and why?
    • What analogy is Paul drawing between Jesus and Adam in verse 22?
    • What is the meaning of the firstfruits metaphor in these verses?
    • What appears to be the order of salvation events in the passage?
    • What does this passage teach you about end times expectations?
    • How is death described in this passage?  How do Americans typically approach death?  Is it consistent with Scripture?
    • What does it mean for God to be "all in all"?  verse 28.
    • How does this passage challenge your view of eternity?
    • If Christians were to take seriously the resurrection of the dead, the destruction of death, and the supremacy of God, how would their lives change in daily practice?

  • sunday, apr 13, 2025 / Isaiah 53:10-12

    Warm Up: With time, has God ever given you perspective as to why and how he lead you to a certain thing? (for example a certain job, neighborhood, marriage, etc.)  

    • Read Isaiah 53:10-12
    • Discuss: Verse 10 says that "it was the will of the Lord to crush him" (that being, his servant Jesus). Why does God the Father crush his Son? (see v. 5). Was Jesus unwilling in this matter? If not, why? (see Hebrews 12:2)
    • Discuss: The text says that the servant will "see his offspring & prolong his days". How are these allusions to Jesus and his ministry? (see John 1:12, John 20:11-17) 
    • Discuss: Verse 12 speaks of the victory/exaltation of Jesus and His willingness to share His wealth with other believers. Should the fact that we will have eternal wealth and treasures with Christ one day make us more willing to give up worldly treasures and trinkets on this side of eternity? What are some of the treasures and trinkets we waste our time on? 
    • Apply: Just as God intended Jesus' death to redeem a people in him, so God intends the hardships in believers lives to make them become more like Jesus. What hardships are you currently facing? How can those in your group pray for you in them? (for encouragement, long-suffering, patience, confidence, etc.) 

  • Sunday, Apr 6, 2025 / Isaiah 53:7-9

    • Warm Up:  If you could be like anyone in history, other than Jesus, who would you choose?  Why?
    • Discuss:  What is the significance of the servant not "opening his mouth"?  What application does this have for our lives?
    • Study:  Read verse 8 in different translations.  Note that the Hebrew is difficult to translate.  What different impressions do you get from a variety of Bible versions?
    • Answer:  According to verse 8, how was the servant's death unjust?
    • Discuss:  Where is injustice prevalent in our community today?
    • Discuss:  Why can a Christian have confidence in the face of injustice?  See 1 Peter 2:23 for an example.
    • Study:  Why according to verse 9, was it wrong for the servant to be buried with the wicked and the rich?
    • Discuss:  The servant was innocent.  How can we live blameless lives?
    • Apply:  What area is more pertinent to you right now - submission to God, confidence in God's justice, or blamelessness of life?

  • Sunday, Mar 30, 2025 / Isaiah 53:4-6

    • Warm Up:  Have you ever taken someone's place?  In a sports game?  In a theater production?  For a doctor's office visit?  Etc.  Were there any consequences to the other person?
    • Discuss:  What reasons might people offer for Jesus' suffering and death?
    • Study:  How many times in Isaiah 53:4-6 does it mention "our," "we," and "us"?  What is this plethora of pronouns seeking to reveal?
    • Study:  Which term describing Jesus' suffering impacts you the most?  Why?
    • Study::  What terms in the passage are used to describe our sin?  On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being little and 10 much, how seriously do Christians take their sin?  Why do you say this?
    • Study:  How does this passage reveal that the people have moved to a state of confession and faith in the suffering servant?
    • Apply:  Have you asked Jesus to be the sacrifice for your sins?
    • Apply:  How can we help our neighbors or coworkers to understand their sin and their need of a substitute sacrifice?
    • Discuss:  Do you have any practice or routine this time of year prior to Easter that helps you to contemplate the suffering and death of Jesus?

  • Sunday, Mar 23, 2025 / Isaiah 53:1-3

    • Warm Up:  Who are the most successful people you know?  Or who are the most successful people in the world today?  What makes them successful?
    • Discuss:  What Bible stories come to mind when you think of God's mighty arm at work to save?
    • Explain: What does a tender shoot and a root out of dry ground describe?
    • Discuss:  In what ways is Jesus' birth less than extraordinary?
    • Discuss:  How does Jesus fulfill the end of verse 2, "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him"?
    • Study:  According to verse 3, how did others respond to Jesus?  Why did they respond this way?
    • Discuss:  Why would people "hide their faces"? (vs. 3)
    • Discuss:  The sermon's point was, "God's power is often disguised in human weakness."  Has there ever been a time in your life when God used something that the world would see as negative or insignificant to bring about his saving or sanctifying work?
    • Discuss:  Has there been an area in your life recently that you have seen God at work?
    • Discuss:  Jesus wasn't the Savior that the Jews expected.  What should Christians look for today to accurately spot the Arm of the Lord?

  • Sunday, Mar 16, 2024 / Bethel university choir

    • Enjoy a week off of sermon questions! 
    • Share how God has been/currently is working in your life. (What has been encouraging? What has been challenging/convicting? Is there something God is calling you to?) 
    • Spend some time in prayer for one another. 

  • Sunday, Mar 9, 2025 / Isaiah 52:13-15

    • Warm Up:  What are common "difficult seasons" people experience?
    • Study:  How does verse 13 look forward?
    • Discuss:  What do you look forward to in eternity?
    • Study:  As verse 14 discusses Jesus' humiliation, what one word jumps out at you from the verse?  Why?
    • Study:  Why might kings "shut their mouths'?  (vs. 15)
    • Study:  How does the Apostle Paul use verse 15 in Romans 15:20-21?  How does Paul interpret this passage?
    • Discuss:  What purposes can God achieve in the midst of our suffering?
    • Apply:  What difficult circumstances are you going through that make it hard to see God's glorious future and present purposes?  How would you like people to respond to your present challenges?
    • Apply:  What activity helps you to lift your eyes and see God's glorious future?  Scripture reading?  Time in nature?  Singing songs of faith?  Praying with others? Etc.