CG Questions: What Defiles a Person

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CG Questions: What Defiles a Person

Matthew 15:1-31

February 25, 2024 • Pastor Adam Christiansen • Matthew 15:1–31

1. Do you agree that we are fundamentally bad people?

2. Have you added your own rules and commandments on top of what God has commanded? How can you tell the difference between your own law and God’s law?

3. Can you think of a time when God used pressure, stress, or hardship to reveal the depth of your sin to you?

4. Take some time to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you areas of your life where you need to be transformed or renewed.

5. Are you in a time where you need to pray “Lord, help me” like the Canaanite woman?

6. Of the three scenes in the text, which one do you identify with most? The Pharisees seeking self-righteousness, the disciples seeking greater understanding, or the Canaanite woman seeking God’s grace?

CG Questions: The Last Days

May 12, 2024 • Pastor Matthias Haeusel • Matthew 24, Matthew 25

1. What is your background in thinking about the end times? 2. Were you familiar with any of the terms in the sermon notes? Were any new to you? 3. Why should Christians think about and study what scripture says about the end times? 4. Throughout the New Testament, end times passages are typically intended to encourage those who first heard or read the message. Is that your response to end times passages? Why or why not? 5. In the sermon notes, review the last section with the header “What am I to do?”. How can you encourage and support the members of your CG to pursue these?

CG Questions: Hope for Hypocrites

May 5, 2024 • Pastor Matthias Haeusel • Matthew 23:13–30

1. Review the seven woes against the Pharisees that Jesus lists out and summarize them in your own words. Do you struggle with any of those? 2. What would you tell someone if they know they are not right with God? How can you walk them through that? 3. Is it easier for you to obey some commandments and harder to obey others? 4. As believers, when we are confronted with our sin, what is our hope? How can we remind ourselves of this hope? 5. What is revealed of God's character in how he treats hypocrites?

CG Questions: Labor and Reward

April 28, 2024 • Pastor Aaron Gray • Matthew 20:1–16

1. The OT has laws about how employers are to treat hired workers that are designed to protect the workers. In what other ways does the OT law show God’s gracious care for his people? 2. When you look around at the blessings that others have received, how does that make you feel? Do you struggle with comparing yourself to others? How can we fight that? 3. What is the relationship between equality and justice? 4. The kingdom reveals the character of the king. As you look at the ways Jesus describes the kingdom of God, what do you learn about God’s character? 5. How can God be just and act with grace towards sinners at the same time? 6. How would you explain the idea of grace-driven effort to someone who is not a Christian? How and why do we seek to obey God if we are saved by grace? 7. What does obedience to Colossians 3:23 look like for you? How can you encourage one another in that?