May 1, 2022
Living in light of our Salvation – I Peter 1:13-21
By: Ben Lairamore
Series: I Peter
Questions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Why does it take such disciplined mental effort to keep our hope fully fixed on what God has promised us? What helps you to do this?
- As those who have been saved by God’s grace, we are called to be holy. Why does God want His people to be holy?
- Being holy means, in part, that we are no longer conformed to the passions of our former ignorance. What former passions must you continue to turn away from?
- Is it surprising to you that our passage instructs us to live in fear? What is meant by this fear? How has such a healthy fear been a part of your walk with Christ?
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- May 1, 2022Living in light of our Salvation – I Peter 1:13-21May 1, 2022Living in light of our Salvation – I Peter 1:13-21By: Ben LairamoreSeries: I PeterQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Why does it take such disciplined mental effort to keep our hope fully fixed on what God has promised us? What helps you to do this?
- As those who have been saved by God’s grace, we are called to be holy. Why does God want His people to be holy?
- Being holy means, in part, that we are no longer conformed to the passions of our former ignorance. What former passions must you continue to turn away from?
- Is it surprising to you that our passage instructs us to live in fear? What is meant by this fear? How has such a healthy fear been a part of your walk with Christ?
- Apr 24, 2022Rejoicing in Salvation – I Peter 1:6-12Apr 24, 2022Rejoicing in Salvation – I Peter 1:6-12By: Ben LairamoreSeries: I PeterQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- What good does God accomplish through the trials of true believers? (See verse 7.)
- What trials have you experienced in your own life? How have these tested the genuineness of your faith?
- In verse 8 what words describe the heart of the true believer in how he/she relates to Jesus? Do these words describe your own heart and experience? If yes, how so?
- Does it surprise you to see in verses 10-12 that we experience a salvation that prophets looked at from afar and that angels marvel at from a distance?
- Apr 17, 2022Living Hope – I Peter 1:1-5Apr 17, 2022Living Hope – I Peter 1:1-5By: Ben LairamoreSeries: I PeterQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Have you ever considered how all three persons of the Triune God are at work together to save? How does it encourage you to see this in verses 1-3a of our passage today?
- Why does Jesus’ resurrection from the dead ensure that we who have been born again have a “living” hope?
- What is our living hope? How does this hope change the way you live now?
- Apr 10, 2022New Heavens and a New Earth – Isaiah 65:17-25Apr 10, 2022New Heavens and a New Earth – Isaiah 65:17-25By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- What feelings are aroused in your heart by the description of the new heavens and the new earth in Isaiah 65?
- How does this vision of the future influence the way you live in the present?
- Who will be included in this blessed future? (See Isaiah 66:2.)
- What will be the future for those who continue in rebellion against God? (See Isaiah 66:24.)
- Mar 27, 2022God’s Love Demonstrated in Power – Isaiah 63:7-64:4Mar 27, 2022God’s Love Demonstrated in Power – Isaiah 63:7-64:4By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- How does it help our faith to remember past examples of God’s love demonstrated in power?
- What are some of God’s past demonstrations of love in your own life?
- For what struggles, battles, or challenges do you currently need God to demonstrate His love in power in your own life?
- How have you found Isaiah 64:4 to be true?
- Mar 20, 2022God Wins! – Isaiah 63:1-6Mar 20, 2022God Wins! – Isaiah 63:1-6By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- What New Testament parallels do we see to today’s passage? What insight do they give us on the meaning of our passage?
- Why is it important that we think about and talk about the coming judgement of God?
- Why is it often difficult for us to talk about God’s judgement? How can we overcome this difficulty?
- Mar 13, 2022Good News! – Isaiah 61Mar 13, 2022Good News! – Isaiah 61By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Why are we confident that this chapter is fulfilled by Jesus? (See Luke 4:14-21.) How does this inform and shape our whole lens for interpreting Isaiah?
- In verses 1-3 what does the anointed one provide? Which of these provisions is most encouraging to you personally?
- What do we learn about God’s character in verse 8? How does this encourage you?
- Mar 6, 2022A Glorious Future – Isaiah 60Mar 6, 2022A Glorious Future – Isaiah 60By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Apart from the light of Christ, the world is covered in thick darkness. What does this darkness look like?
- In verses 3-14 we see the nations coming to the Light. How does this strengthen our resolve to share Jesus, the Light of the World, with the lost in all the earth?
- What descriptions of Zion in this chapter do we see repeated in the New Testament? (See Revelation 21:9-27, Hebrews 12:22, and I Peter 2:5.) How does this encourage you?
- Feb 26, 2022Instructions for Parents & Kids – Ephesians 6:1-4Feb 26, 2022Instructions for Parents & Kids – Ephesians 6:1-4By: Ben LairamoreSeries: Sunday Morning MessageQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How can I continue to honor my parents even as an adult?
- As a parent, am I doing things that may provoke my child? If so, how will I seek to address this?
- As a parent, how do I need to grow in providing loving discipline for my children?
- As a parent or grandparent, how can I be more intentional in providing spiritual training for my children or grandchildren?
- As a young person, how do I need God’s grace to better honor and obey my parents?
- Feb 20, 2022True & False Fasting – Isaiah 58Feb 20, 2022True & False Fasting – Isaiah 58By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Have you ever fasted? What is the difference between a true and false fast?
- This passage challenges us to pour ourselves out for the hungry/needy (vs. 10). What are some specific ways that you can live this out?
- How do the promised results of sacrificial love and care for the needy motivate you to action?
