Round #2 Small Group Questions (June & July...
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Round #2 Small Group Questions (June & July 2016) Week 1: Lost Brothers: Luke 15.11-32 What does the son plan to tell his Father upon returning to him (v.18-19)? Does he say all of it? Why or why not? How does the Father react when he sees son return? Do you see the Father this way? What does the Father have his servant do? Why is this significant? What do you think the robe, ring, and shoes represent? What/whom does the older son represent in the story? What does this story say to us about God? What does this story say to us about people? What is God saying to you about it? What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it? What is Jesus doing in your life right now? Week 2: The Rascal: Luke 16.1-13 Why does the master praise the shrewd manager? How would you apply this story to your relationships? What did you learn about money in this passage? What’s the main principle in this parable? How can you apply this to your own life? What does this story say to us about God? What does this story say to us about people? What is God saying to you about it? What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it? What is Jesus doing in your life right now? Week 3: The Invisible Man: Luke 16.19-31 What is Jesus teaching about the nature of hell? How does this story impact the way you see your life? What’s the point of this parable? Does it encourage you or does it concern you? What does this story say to us about God?
Transcript of Round #2 Small Group Questions (June & July...
Round #2 Small Group Questions(June & July 2016)
Week 1: Lost Brothers: Luke 15.11-32
What does the son plan to tell his Father upon returning to him (v.18-19)? Does he say all of it? Why or why not?How does the Father react when he sees son return? Do you see the Father this way?What does the Father have his servant do? Why is this significant? What do you think the robe, ring, and shoes represent?What/whom does the older son represent in the story? What does this story say to us about God?What does this story say to us about people?What is God saying to you about it?What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it? What is Jesus doing in your life right now?
Week 2: The Rascal: Luke 16.1-13
Why does the master praise the shrewd manager? How would you apply this story to your relationships? What did you learn about money in this passage? What’s the main principle in this parable? How can you apply this to your own life? What does this story say to us about God? What does this story say to us about people? What is God saying to you about it? What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it? What is Jesus doing in your life right now?
Week 3: The Invisible Man: Luke 16.19-31
What is Jesus teaching about the nature of hell?How does this story impact the way you see your life?What’s the point of this parable? Does it encourage you or does it concern you?What does this story say to us about God?
What does this story say to us about people? What is God saying to you about it? What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it? What is Jesus doing in your life right now?
Week 4: The Widow: Luke 18.1-8
In verse 1, Luke gives us the reason why Jesus told the disciples this parable. What is the point of the parable as recorded by Luke?What is Jesus teaching us about prayer in this passage?Who’s the main character of the story and what’s his primary vice?Why does the judge ultimately concede? What does this say of how God works?What does the Lord say about the unjust judge (v. 7-8)?What does this story say to us about God?What does this story say to us about people?What is God saying to you about it?What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it?What is Jesus doing in your life right now?
Week 5: The Sinners: Luke 18.9-14
Who is Jesus telling this parable to? What does this say about Jesus?Of the two men, who is justified according to Jesus?What’s your take on v. 14: “For all those who exalt themselves will humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”What is Jesus teaching us about prayer in this passage?What does this story say to us about God?What does this story say to us about people?What is God saying to you about it?What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it?What is Jesus doing in your life right now?
Week 6: The Minimalist: Luke 19.11-27
What’s the context of the story? What are people expecting when Jesus tells it?What does the third servant say…and how does the master respond?What’s the moral of the story? What do you think by the master’s reply in v. 26: “I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away? But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me”What analogies and applications can you draw from this parable?What does this story say to us about God?What does this story say to us about people?What is God saying to you about it?What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it?What is Jesus doing in your life right now?
Week 7: The Tenant: Luke 20.9-19
Who is Jesus telling this parable to?What did the owner expect from the vinedressers while he’s away?What then does the vineyard owner decide to send his own son? How do the tenants react to this change? Why do they end of killing the son? Could they really get the inheritance?What Scripture reference does Jesus use in v. 17? Why is this significant?What do you think v. 18 means: “Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces and it will crush anyone it falls on”?What does this story say to us about God?What does this story say to us about people?What is God saying to you about it? What is challenging to you about it? How will you respond to it? What is Jesus doing in your life right now?
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