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

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Sovereignty

Introduction:

Knowing Jesus Through Desperation (John 4:43-54):

  1. Desperation must Drive us to Jesus. (John 4:46-49)
  2. Desperation must seek the Gift-giver , not just the gift. (John 4:50)
  3. Desperation (Leading to Faith) discovers that Jesus always Overdelivers . (John 4:51-54)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 4:43-54

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message? Does it change how you pray for healing for those who are sick / injured?

  2. The dad (official) obviously believed in Jesus (on some level) in order to come to Him in the first place (John 4:47). Then John 4:53 says he himself believed. What’s the difference?

  3. Tell of a time you definitely saw a miracle. How did you know it was a miracle? How did it affect you?

BREAKOUT
Pray for those who need healing, that they would be desperate not just for the gift, but for the Gift-Giver!

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Mission

Introduction:

When I See the Mission Like Jesus (John 4:27-42):

  1. Make it the Priority . (John 4:31-34)
  2. I see it as a Team effort. (John 4:35-38)

    1 Corinthians 3:6-8 - I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.

  1. I invest in those who are Responding . (John 4:39-42)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 4:27-42

  1. What was your big “take-away” from the passage / message?

  2. Tell of a time you saw God’s timing in an amazing and obvious way (John 4:27).

  3. How fired up are you about Jesus’ mission, on a scale of 1-10. Be honest!
    What would fire you up more?

  4. Christmas is coming! Who are you inviting to our upcoming Christmas series?

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another, and the rest of HBC, to share Jesus’ passion for the work of God.

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Gift

Introduction:

4 Things You Need to Know about the Gift of God (John 4:1-26):

  1. God's gift is for All people - even people whom You may not want to have it. (John 4:4, 9)
  2. God's gift brings true Satisfaction . (John 4:13-18)
  1. God's gift leads to true Worship . (John 4:20-24)
  2. God's gift is a Gift . (John 4:10)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 4:1-26

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?

  2. Reread John 4:23-24. Explain what it means to worship in “spirit and truth”. Do you tend to be more spirit or truth in worship? How can you adjust to be more “balanced”?

  3. What are some things YOU have looked to for satisfaction before you came to Christ? How have you found Christ to be the living water that keeps you from being thirsty (John 4:14)?

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another!

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Worth

Introduction:

Knowing Jesus' Worth (John 3:22-36):

  1. Makes Jealousy a non-issue. (John 3:27)

    1 Sam 18:7 - "Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands."

    Col 1:25 - ...I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was

  2. Makes me Understand who I am. (John 3:28-30)
  3. Makes believing in Jesus the only Appropriate response . (John 3:31-36)

Three Reasons Jesus has Ultimate Worth:

  1. Jesus has ultimate Perspective . (John 3:31-32)
  2. Jesus has ultimate Truth . (John 3:33-34)
  3. Jesus has ultimate Authority . (John 3:35-36)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 3:22-36

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?

  2. What are some ways you’ve seen ministries / pastors draw more attention to themselves than to Jesus? How should you address this if you saw it happening in your church?

  3. Specifically - how can YOU decrease and allow Christ to increase in your life?

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another to grow in humility - that Christ may increase and we may decrease (John 3:30)!

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Salvation

Introduction:

Three Things You Need to Know About How Salvation Works (John 3:1-21):

  1. Salvation is Solely a work of the Holy Spirit . (John 3:1-8)
  2. Salvation is only understood Correctly as Jesus describes it. (John 3:9-15)
  3. Your part of salvation is Believing . (John 3:16-21)

Three Things You Must Believe About Believing:

  1. God's heart is to Save . (John 3:17)
  2. Believing is what makes the difference. (John 3:18)
  3. Where You stand with the Light reveals where you stand with God. (John 3:19-21)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 3:1-21

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?

  2. Someone once said to me, angrily, “It doesn’t matter, God just picks who He wants saved anyways.” How would you respond to that?

  3. When it comes to salvation, are you more Calvinist (God chooses who comes to Him) or Armenian (man makes the choice to come to God)? Why? What about the side where you don’t lean makes it harder to believe? (That is, if you believe God chooses, why do you struggle thinking man has a choice? Or if you believe it’s man’s choice, why do you struggle believing it’s God that chooses?)

  4. Jesus used the word “believe” seven times in this passage. How would you define what it means to believe?

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another to truly understand what it means to be “born again”. Ask the Holy Spirit to move in your heart and the hearts of those who come to HBC.