March 30 - April 5
Sermon Series: Same God / Week 2: Wrath and Grace
Ice Breaker, If Needed:
Share about a time you got in trouble and deserved it when you were a kid.
1. Does God seem different in the Old Testament and New Testament to you? If so, in what ways? How would you explain the differences?
2. Look at the Old Covenant is Exodus 19:3-6 and the New Covenant in Jeremiah 31:31-34. What are the main differences? How did Jesus fulfill the New Covenant? Why do you think God made more than one covenant?
3. Read Romans 2:5-11. What is God’s wrath? How do you think it is expressed? Why does God bring wrath? How does God’s wrath fit with the fact that God is love?
4. Read Ephesians 2:1-11. How did Jesus change our standing before God? Our relationship with God? How should Jesus’ sacrifice shape our understanding of God’s justice and wrath?
5. Do you see God as more loving or more holy? Do you think most Christians have a balanced or imbalanced view of God? In what way? How should God’s holiness and justice shape the way we live?
