Questions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Do you find anything in this passage difficult to understand or accept? How will you respond to this?
- Have you ever experienced an anguish for the lost similar to Paul’s anguish? How might such anguish of heart lead us to live differently?
- According to our passage, does God owe salvation to anyone? Does anyone deserve God’s salvation?
- What is the great purpose of both God’s mercy and God’s just wrath, according to verse 17?
- How might Matthew 20:1-16 relate to today’s passage?
- The emphasis of today’s passage exalts God and humbles humanity. What influences of our culture may make this emphasis difficult to accept?
- As those who are the recipients of God’s grace, what should be our attitude towards God’s undeserved, sovereign grace in our lives?
