Bible Study - AFTER LIFE - Under New Ownership
Sermon-Based Bible Study – April 25, 2021
- What is something God has done for you that you are thankful for or are celebrating? How have you experienced God’s love and faithfulness this week?
- Where are you experiencing stress, anxiety or discouragement? How would you like to see God move in your life or in the life of someone close to you?
- We are in a season of elder selection and transition. Five elders are rotating out after completing their term of service: Clarke Watkins and Gary Braugh from the Vista Ridge campus; and Ryan Nienstadt, Tom Pitts and Jason Schumacher from the Farmers Branch campus. The elders have placed six elder candidates before the congregation for prayerful consideration and approval: Mark Arnold, Marvin Baker and Bruce Long at the Vista Ridge campus; and Eric Billingsley, Chris Goodspeed and Chris Rosenbaum at the Farmers Branch campus. Let’s be praying about this.
- What did you hear in this week’s sermon that was new or particularly interesting? Did anything stand out to you as puzzling or troubling?
- Read: John 14:16-20; Acts 2:36-39; Romans 8:11; Galatians2:20; Ephesians 3:16- 17; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:27-29; 1Corinthians 6:19-20
- What did Chris mean by the term the “great substitution?”
- What is the mystery of the Gospel?
- As far as these passages of scripture are concerned, what is the point of belief in Jesus?
- What do you think Chris meant when he said when we accept Christ, we are under new ownership?
- What do these passages say about the righteousness that’s available through Christ? Is it just something that’s attributed to us because of Chris’s sacrifice, or is it something we are empowered to become?
- Have you ever seen Christ? When have you seen glimpses of Him in others? Do you think others have seen glimpses of Him in you?
- What is a simple, next step you could take in obedience to what the Spirit is saying to you through this time in the Word? Who would benefit, or be interested in hearing about what you’ve learned in this study?