Sharing With Others

Getting to Know you:

• What’s the best gift you’ve received from
  someone else and what made it the best?
• Going Deeper
• Look up Matt.25:31-40 and list the names of
  Jesus in these verses. Discuss the importance of
  each of those names.
• Look at Acts 2:44-45. Why do you think this
  early church practice didn’t continue? Look at
  Acts 5:1-11 to help inform your answer.
• Discuss this statement: The church shouldn’t be
  socialists, but it should be the first to help those
  in need. How might we better help those in
  need in our church family individually and
  collectively?
• How might we help make hospitality a thing we
  are known for as believers? Look up Heb.13:16
  and Rom 12:13 to inform your answer.
• Look up 1 John 3:17 and Matt.25:40, 45-46.
  How is serving those in need so close to the
  heart of God and how is it connected to our
  salvation?
  o Discuss the following statement: “Good
  works are not the cause of salvation,
  but the effect of salvation. Good works
  result from our relationship with the
  Good Shepherd.” Back up your
  thoughts with scripture how good
  works don’t save but prove our
  salvation.
• Look up Revelation 22:6-21. Notice how many
  times Jesus says he is coming back. What
  should our response be to the reality of Jesus’
  soon return? Why do you think Jesus hasn’t yet
  returned? 2 Peter 3:4-10
• Taking It Home
• Make a plan with your family to actively serve
  someone this week…invite someone over for a
  meal. Buy and give someone a gift card…help
  out at Foodbank…etc.