Jesus Over Everything Week 7
Welcome to Jesus Over Everything 7! In this study of Colossians, we have learned the believers are like “new” people. The old self has died and the new self of born of the Spirit. (John 3:6, 1 Cor 5:17) Let’s take a moment with reflective questions as we begin the study.
– What do you tend to pray for about yourself?
– What do you tend to pray for others?
Going Deeper
Assign Romans 10:12, Cor 7:19, Gal 3:28, Rom 3:22 and Col 3:11-12 to individuals to be read out loud to the group. Pastor Josh explained how hard it would have been to the religious community to hear Paul say there were no distinctions between these people. (A Gentile is anyone who is not Jewish).
– By making no distinction between Jews and Gentiles, was Paul saying that the sinful practices of the Gentiles were OK? Why or Why not?
***For Leaders – Paul is saying there is now no difference arising from different country or different living condition or circumstance of life, but he is not condoning a sinful lifestyle. He still says it is the duty of the one as of the other to be holy, and it requires the same grace from God for each person to be able to do so.
– Was Paul saying that the cultural distinctions between the groups did not matter? Why or why not?
*** Pastor Josh taught us it’s not that our unique backgrounds do not matter. They do. It’s about the uniqueness of what God wants to do as he’s establishing a new people, under His kingdom, and it is not about doing away with what makes us unique. It’s about the unity with can have in spite of our uniqueness.
Pastor Josh said on Sunday that we live in a culture that is always trying to get people to pick sides. Read Col 3:10 “and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” Regarding this verse, Pastor Josh said, “So remember in this new self, there is a new way of viewing everything in this world.”
– Can you describe a time when you were in the midst of a dispute, and you did NOT pick sides? You may have answered somewhere along the lines of “they may be a little bit right…I may be a little bit wrong.”
***For Leaders – Questions like these tests our humility and our immediate assumption that we are right. Feel free to read Psalms 139:23-24 after discussing this question.
Bonus Material
Read Col 3:14-15 Paul knew this new family of believers that was including outsiders like Gentiles and they were going to need to exercise forgiveness so they could go forward. Pastor Josh taught us Sunday that it’s family that can hurt us the most. Let look at a person in Scripture who became part of a family after heroic deeds but got rejected in the end.
After David had defeated Goliath, he became best friends with the king’s son, married his daughter, and he lived at the palace with King Saul. Saul became envious of David’s popularity among the people and suspected that he may want his throne even though David was totally loyal to Saul and guilty of nothing. Assign the following texts to people to read out loud below:
David’s friendship with Jonathan – 1 Samuel 18:1-5
Michal’s love for David – 1 Samuel 18:20, 28-30
While David is playing the lyre to comfort the king, Saul tries to kill him with a spear!
Jonathan defends David to his Father – 1 Samuel 19:4-7
Saul tries to stab David with a spear a second time – 1 Samuel 19:9-10
David has a chance to kill Saul in a cave but lets him live! Saul swears he won’t chase David anymore.
Saul breaks his promise and hunts David again. David spares Saul’s life a second time – 1 Samuel 26:7-25
King Saul’s actions caused his family and his staff to “take sides”. This put David in a place to either seek revenge or to forgive.
Bonus Question (a chance to be authentic!)– What would you have done if you were in David’s position while Saul was sleeping?
Close with prayer for the group!
Welcome to Jesus Over Everything 7! In this study of Colossians, we have learned the believers are like “new” people. The old self has died and the new self of born of the Spirit. (John 3:6, 1 Cor 5:17) Let’s take a moment with reflective questions as we begin the study.
– What do you tend to pray for about yourself?
– What do you tend to pray for others?
Going Deeper
Assign Romans 10:12, Cor 7:19, Gal 3:28, Rom 3:22 and Col 3:11-12 to individuals to be read out loud to the group. Pastor Josh explained how hard it would have been to the religious community to hear Paul say there were no distinctions between these people. (A Gentile is anyone who is not Jewish).
– By making no distinction between Jews and Gentiles, was Paul saying that the sinful practices of the Gentiles were OK? Why or Why not?
***For Leaders – Paul is saying there is now no difference arising from different country or different living condition or circumstance of life, but he is not condoning a sinful lifestyle. He still says it is the duty of the one as of the other to be holy, and it requires the same grace from God for each person to be able to do so.
– Was Paul saying that the cultural distinctions between the groups did not matter? Why or why not?
*** Pastor Josh taught us it’s not that our unique backgrounds do not matter. They do. It’s about the uniqueness of what God wants to do as he’s establishing a new people, under His kingdom, and it is not about doing away with what makes us unique. It’s about the unity with can have in spite of our uniqueness.
Pastor Josh said on Sunday that we live in a culture that is always trying to get people to pick sides. Read Col 3:10 “and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” Regarding this verse, Pastor Josh said, “So remember in this new self, there is a new way of viewing everything in this world.”
– Can you describe a time when you were in the midst of a dispute, and you did NOT pick sides? You may have answered somewhere along the lines of “they may be a little bit right…I may be a little bit wrong.”
***For Leaders – Questions like these tests our humility and our immediate assumption that we are right. Feel free to read Psalms 139:23-24 after discussing this question.
Bonus Material
Read Col 3:14-15 Paul knew this new family of believers that was including outsiders like Gentiles and they were going to need to exercise forgiveness so they could go forward. Pastor Josh taught us Sunday that it’s family that can hurt us the most. Let look at a person in Scripture who became part of a family after heroic deeds but got rejected in the end.
After David had defeated Goliath, he became best friends with the king’s son, married his daughter, and he lived at the palace with King Saul. Saul became envious of David’s popularity among the people and suspected that he may want his throne even though David was totally loyal to Saul and guilty of nothing. Assign the following texts to people to read out loud below:
David’s friendship with Jonathan – 1 Samuel 18:1-5
Michal’s love for David – 1 Samuel 18:20, 28-30
While David is playing the lyre to comfort the king, Saul tries to kill him with a spear!
Jonathan defends David to his Father – 1 Samuel 19:4-7
Saul tries to stab David with a spear a second time – 1 Samuel 19:9-10
David has a chance to kill Saul in a cave but lets him live! Saul swears he won’t chase David anymore.
Saul breaks his promise and hunts David again. David spares Saul’s life a second time – 1 Samuel 26:7-25
King Saul’s actions caused his family and his staff to “take sides”. This put David in a place to either seek revenge or to forgive.
Bonus Question (a chance to be authentic!)– What would you have done if you were in David’s position while Saul was sleeping?
Close with prayer for the group!