SERMON DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
When you were a kid did you and your friends ever make a club and draw up rules for your club? What was the club and if there were rules, how did you go about deciding what rules to have?
READ Ephesians 4:1-16
- The Church is not a club but why does Paul describe it as a body? What does this suggest about the way it functions?
- Reading verses 1-6 which comes first – rules, relationship or leadership? How are the three things connected with each other in the local church?
- In terms of our behavior, Paul seems remarkably gentle in telling us how to live. What phrases stand out to you from the first six verses that describe how Christians should relate to each other? Which one are you currently working on?
- In verses 7-12 the apostle goes on to talk about Jesus as the architect and supplier of everything the Church is and needs. Which gift or gifts do you think you have been given by the Holy Spirit for building up the body of Christ?
- In the final section, verses 13-16, Paul describes what we are aiming for – a grown-up church in what we believe, how we behave, and how we belong to each other. READ 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 and asking the question a different way, describe one way you have been impacted by the maturity or love of other believers at church. Share a prayer request for your own growth in the gospel perhaps arising from these verses.
- Pray for each other in your group as you struggle to become mature followers of Jesus Christ.