This week’s message was entitled “Dawn of the Dead”. From Colossians 2:16-23 we heard how life should look different now that we are alive in Christ. In order to better know how to live as the living, let us consider these questions:
- Describe a time when you, as a Christian, thought that God wanted you to suffer for your sin? What negative affects did this thinking have on you? Why is this understanding so misguided?
- Describe some “do’s and don’t’s” that you once thought made you holy? How has your understanding changed, what difference has this made in your relationship with God?
- As a Christian, have you ever sought a particular experience in order to be more “spiritual” or more “right with God”? How did this understanding tempt you to discouragement or pride?
- How do the “self-made religions” of legalism, asceticism, and mysticism compare to genuine life and growth in Christ? Take some time to reference particular scriptures in Colossians and elsewhere in the Bible.
Let us be determined this week to hold fast to nothing and no one other than our Head, Jesus Christ.
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