Life Group Study Guide: Loved what you heard on Sunday? Want to go deeper? The life group study guide will help you unpack what you heard on Sunday, while diving deeper into God's word.
Connect:
- What is the best meal you have ever had? Share the experience with the group.
Digging Deeper: Matthew 9:9-13 and Luke 7:36-39
- What stands out to you from this passage of scripture? Give the Holy Spirit a moment to lead you to specific thoughts, words, or phrases. What insight, questions, or observations do you have? Write them down, and as a group try to answer them.
- What is similar about these two passages of scripture? What is different?
- What was a common accusation about Jesus and the people He tended to have meals with? Why did the Pharisees feel it necessary to make such accusations?
- How is the heart of God reflected in who Jesus chose to eat with, and how did He respond to the criticisms of the Pharisees?
- Who are those that our Christian culture might criticize us for eating with?
Make It Personal:
- Have you ever hosted a meal that did not go well? Share your experience with your group.
- As followers of Jesus, we are called to be hospitable. How would you define hospitality in your own words?
- On Sunday, we discovered the deeper theological understanding of biblical hospitality. How does this deepen your understanding of the shared meal?
- What meals do we see Jesus share in the scriptures? How did these meals impact those who He ate with?
- Why do you think that our culture tends to be drifting away from a culture of hospitality, welcoming others into our homes to share a meal and life together?
- Hospitality is far more than sharing meals with others. What are others ways that we might foster a hospitable spirit?
- What is one take away or action that you have gained from this week’s sermon, life group, or personal study?
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