Communion and Calling

Sermon Discussion Questions for Your Life Groups

A quick note from Pastor Assad about this weekend.

I remember wanting to intern in the Youth Ministry at my first church in Palm Desert, California. It was a growing church with a great youth ministry and I was a brand new Christian. I remember asking if there was any way I could be part of the staff, and they told me "we would love for you to work with us, but we don't have the money to hire you". I went home and cried. I thought I had heard God's voice to pursue vocational ministry. I was convinced God had called me. So I went back and told the ministry staff I would work for free. They held me to every staff standard and I worked three other jobs to make up the financial loss. It was a brutal and clarifying time for me. If I learned anything, I learned how to hear God's voice.

How do you know you have heard the voice of God? This is definitely one of the more challenging questions to answer. Though people experience the voice of God differently, I love that there is some clarity in the way Jesus calls his disciples. I cannot wait to study it this week in John 1:35-51.

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John 1:35-37 ESV

35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

God’s Mission is bigger than you. (Vv. 35-37)

  1. How do you define humility?
  2. How do you practice humility?
  3. How does this translate to pointing people to Jesus?

John 1:38-39 ESV

38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.

Disciples are looking for a teacher. (Vv. 38-39)

  1. How do you understand the word “discipleship”?
  2. Have you been discipled?
  3. Do you want to be discipled?

John 1:40-42 ESV

40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).

Jesus calls to the deep. (Vv. 40-42)

  1. How do you see Jesus calling Simon Peter?
  2. Why is this important?

John 1:43-45 ESV

43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

Jesus calls with conviction. (Vv. 43-45)

  1. How does Jesus show conviction here?
  2. Why does conviction matter when calling disciples?

John 1:46-49 ESV

46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

Jesus knows he calls. (Vv. 46-49)

  1. How important is it that Jesus knows Nathaniel?
  2. How is this point important to you?

John 1:50-51 ESV

50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,vyou will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Jesus calls with vision. (Vv. 50-51)

  1. What vision is Jesus presenting?
  2. Why would it matter to Nathaniel?

Jesus is calling you… what are you going to do about it?

  1. What is Jesus calling you to today?
  2. How can you take a step of faith?
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General Life Group Questions

  1. Is there a sermon point or illustration that you liked or connected with?
  2. Which Bible verse or verses stood out to you the most?
  3. Take some time to re-read the Bible verses that stood out to you?
  4. How do the Bible verses connect to the sermon points?
  5. How do you think God is speaking to you with these verses?
  6. What do you think God may be asking you to do with what he is saying to you?
  7. Think about how you might share this message in your own words with someone. 
  8. Ask God to put someone on your heart to share this message with.
  9. Who is that person? How will you share God’s truth with them?
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