Sermon Discussion Questions for Your Life Groups
Read John 2:13-25 before answering your Life Group Questions.
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[a]
18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.[b] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
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Specific Life Group Questions
- How do you think the US Evangelical Church is doing in maintaining a balance in its teaching of grace and personal responsibility? How are you keeping that balance personally?
- Have you ever thought of Jesus as being angry? How do you feel about that? Does it frighten you, challenge you or both?
- Have you ever been associated with a ministry that lost its priority of worship? What happened? How did you deal with it? How is OCC doing in this matter?
- After today’s study, would you describe yourself as a “zealous” person? Why?
- Greed is an easy word to define, but a hard word to evaluate practically. Have you ever felt “greedy?” What were the circumstances? Do you think it was an accurate description of you? Why? How much would you have to give away to not feel “greedy?”
- Do you actively share your resources with the poor in our community? How is/can that be shown practically?
- Have you ever experienced God’s discipline for a sin in your life? Did you sense His love while in the process or more His anger? Care to share a time when you felt He was angry with you?
- Is there any sinful behavior/attitude/value that comes to mind that needs to be addressed as a result of today’s teaching? How will you address it?
General Life Group Questions
- Is there a sermon point or illustration that you liked or connected with?
- Which Bible verse or verses stood out to you the most?
- Take some time to re-read the Bible verses that stood out to you?
- How do the Bible verses connect to the sermon points?
- How do you think God is speaking to you with these verses?
- What do you think God may be asking you to do with what he is saying to you?
- Think about how you might share this message in your own words with someone.
- Ask God to put someone on your heart to share this message with.
- Who is that person? How will you share God’s truth with them?