Benjamin Murphy
Small Group Questions
Benjamin Murphy
Sermon Series Highlights
Sermon Series Highlights

The Priority of Worship

Priority Test: Is God first in my life?

  1. Do I make EXCUSES not to serve God? (Hg 1:2)


  2. Do I have TIME for me but not God? (Hg 1:4)


  3. Do I feel UNSATISTFIED in my walk with God? (Hg 1:6)


  4. What would God want me to DO? (Hg 1:8)


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Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read Haggai 1:1-11

Breakout Questions:
Pray for one another.

The Power of the Resurrection

What NO Resurrection of Jesus Means to Me...

  1. NO Resurrection = NO Reason for FFAITH (1 Cor 15:13-15a)

  2. NO Resurrection = NO Victory over DEATH (1 Cor 15:15b-16)

  3. NO Resurrection = NO Forgiveness of SIN (1 Cor 15:17)

  4. NO Resurrection = NO REUNION with deceased loved ones (1 Cor 15:18)

  5. NO Resurrection = NO HOPE (1 Cor 15:19)

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Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

  1. Why is the resurrection of Jesus the heart of the Gospel message?
     
  2. What would it mean if He didn’t raise from the dead?
     
  3. What does it mean to you that He did?

Breakout Questions:

Pray for one another!

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Defiled: From Within, Not Without

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SIN is from WITHIN .

  • The Illustration (Mk 7:14-16)


  • The Explanation (Mk 7:17-19)


  • The Solution (Mk 7:20-23)

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Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read Mark 7:14-23

  1. What was the point of Jesus' teaching? How would you restate it in your own words?
     
  2. What are ways people think they are "defiled from the outside" today? i.e. What are some things you have blamed YOUR sin on?

Breakout Questions:

Pray for one another!

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Legalism: When Tradition Trumps the Bible

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Legalism is:


Legalism is NOT:


4 Reasons I Don't Want to be Trapped in Legalism:

  1. I don't want to be a CRITICAL person. (Mk 7:1-5)

  2. I don't want a MEANINGLESS religion. (Mk 7:6-7a)

  3. I don't want to dishonor God's WORD . (Mk 7:7b-8)

  4. I don't want to MISREPRESENT God. (Mk 7:9-13)

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Personal Reflection Questions:
Read Mark 7:1-13

A simple prayer for you to pray this week. Personalize this, and bring this before God:

Father, I want to hunger for you more, I want to thirst for You and the things that You are about. Show me any areas of hypocrisy in my life, and let me have a genuine walk, a living and powerful relationship with You that comes from the heart. I know that there is nothing I can do to earn Your love and forgiveness, because You have already provided it in Jesus Christ. Please give me the faith to embrace all that He says He is.