Week 8: What is the Cross?

Why is the cross so important?
Why would the cross be offensive to some people?
What can you learn from life experiences of Lecrae and Lacey in this video?
What do we deserve? What does the cross bring?



Why did the worst thing happen to the best person who ever lived?
What part did we have in the death of Jesus? And why?
Why is the cross associated with good news?
Why is the pastor so passionate about this topic?

SONG OF THE WEEK:


SONG LYRICS:
http://www.sweetslyrics.com/1031057.Citizens%20-%20Made%20Alive.html

PASSAGE(S) OF THE WEEK:
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 
"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:21

Week 7: Why Did Jesus Come?

Why is Jesus the only one qualified to bring us into God's presence?
Why is it important that Jesus was sinless while He was on earth?
What does it mean that we can have Jesus' righteousness?
Have you recognized that you are a sinner and that you need a savior?



What does it look like to ask Christ into your heart?
Have you made that decision? If not...what is stopping you?



SONG LYRICS:
http://www.songlyrics.com/for-king-country/busted-heart-hold-on-to-me-lyrics/

PASSAGE(S) OF THE WEEK:
"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." John 3:17

Week 6: Who is Jesus?

How many of us can say we are without sin?
Why did we need a substitute to live and die on our behalf?
Do you believe that Jesus is God?
Is there anything we have to do in order to get salvation?



What are some of the ways that Jesus showed compassion on others?
What was the main and most important reason that Jesus came to be among us?
Has your view of Jesus changed after watching these videos?
Who is Jesus to you?

SONG OF THE WEEK:



SONG LYRICS:
http://elevationworship.s3.amazonaws.com/OKFassets/MightyWarrior/MightyWarrior-Lyrics.pdf

PASSAGE OF THE WEEK:
Jesus Replied, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

Week 5: How Does Sin Affect Us?

What is it that men crave that only belongs to God?
How many problems would go away if you removed the single word greed? What is greed?
Love is you before me. Sin is me before you. Explain what that means.
Where is it hard to see sin? Why do you think that is?
Sin is a cancer that will take you down and eternally separate you from God. What/who is the only cure?



Death (spiritual and physical) entered existence because of the fall. What does that mean?
What are the 2 main ways from this video that sin affects us because of the fall?
What does it mean to try to work out your own righteousness before God?

SONG OF THE WEEK:


LYRICS:
http://www.sweetslyrics.com/910982.Da'%20T.R.U.T.H%20-%20The%20Whole%20Truth.html

PASSAGE(S) OF THE WEEK:
"But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death." James 1:14-15

"If you confess with you mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

Week 4: What is Sin?

Why is it so important to know what sin is?
What does Shalom mean?
What are some of the ways the Bible talks about sin?
What does it mean to say that sin includes our motives? give example
"Sin is finding your identity in anything other than Jesus" How does this statement relate to your own life?



What is the difference between the sin of commission and the sin of omission?
What does it mean to have a break in relationship with God?
Do you see a break in your own relationship with God?  What would it look like to have that break healed?



SONG LYRICS:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/lecrae/indwellingsin.html

PASSAGE(S)  OF THE WEEK:
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23
"Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness" 1 John 3:4

Week 3: Who is God?

Why is answering the question "who is God" so important?
How is the Christian God different from other religions?
What does it mean to say that God is holy?



What comes to your mind when you think of who God is to you?
Do you see God as personal? why or why not?
When we think of who God is should that make us excited and passionate?
Are you excited and passionate about God? Is there something in your life that might need change?

SONG OF THE WEEK:


SONG LYRICS:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jimmyneedham/graceamazing.html

PASSAGE OF THE WEEK:
"So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." 1 John 4:16

Week 2: Reliability of the Bible

Why is the amount of manuscripts important when talking about the reliability of the Bible?
Why do you think it is important to study the history of Christianity?
Do you think of the Bible as history, or just stories?


Why is the resurrection important to the reliability of the Bible?
Why is it so important that so many people claimed to see Jesus after His death?
Would Christianity be true if Jesus didn't rise from the dead?

SONG OF THE WEEK:




SONG LYRICS:
http://www.sweetslyrics.com/1033315.Citizens%20-%20I%20Am%20Living%20In%20A%20Land%20Of%20Death.html

PASSAGE OF THE WEEK:
"But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Week 1: Christians and the Bible

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How as Christians should we treat reading the Word of God?
What are ways we should not approach the Word of God?
Who's help do we need in order to understand God's Word?



What is the only perfect thing on the earth?
What are the two different ways to view the Bible?
What is the correct way to view the Bible?

Harvest Glasgow's view on the Bible:
We believe the Scriptures of the Old Testament and New Testament are verbally inspired by God and inerrant in their original writings. We believe the 66 books of the Old Testament and the New Testament are God’s complete and sufficient revelation and therefore carry God’s authority for the total well-being of mankind (Psalm 119:97-104; Psalm 119:160; Matthew 5:18; John 5:46-47; John 10:35; 2 Timothy 3:15-16).

SONG OF THE WEEK:

LYRICS TO SONG:
http://www.rapgenius.com/Propaganda-excellent-lyrics

 PASSAGE OF THE WEEK:

"The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure,making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure,

enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward." Psalm 19:7-11