Acts 17
Questions to consider:
What does it look like to love God and love my neighbor as myself?
Do we have an obligation to God?
What is sin? And what does it say about our relationship to God?
Questions to consider:
Why didn’t Paul cast out the demon the first time? Was he trying to avoid trouble? (See 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; 1 Timothy 2:1-2)
Why didn't God protect Paul and Silas from going to prison?
Why didn’t Paul think the earthquake was God’s way of deliverance?
If God is so great, why should he care about us?
Questions to consider:
Why did Paul and his companions sacrifice their lives to spread the gospel and strengthen believers?
There were a number of women gathered at this place of prayer, all of whom would have heard Paul’s message, why was Lydia the only one to respond to the message?
Why didn't the Lord open the heart of everyone who heard Paul's message?
Questions to consider:
Is God aware of what's going on in the world? In your life?
Does God care about what's going on in the world? In your life?
Does God have a specific will for your life?
Do you want to know God's will?
How does God make his will known?
What does a life of faith look like?
Questions to consider:
Did Jesus really expect his followers to make disciples? How were they supposed to do this?
What does it mean to be "saved?"
What is God's purpose?
What is the quality of your relationship with God?
What quality of relationship do you long for others to have with God?
Questions to consider:
Am I seeking truth in the person of Jesus Christ?
Am I seeking to please God by submitting to my circumstances that he is using to conform me to the image of Christ?
Am I considering any clear evidence of God’s working that would help me to understand his will?
Am I willing to submit experience and seeming evidence of God’s working to the authority of Scripture? How well do I know the Scriptures?
Do I give proper weight to tradition when determining God’s will?
Do I consider what is practical when seeking the truth? Or, do I think the more impractical, the more likely it is of God?
Questions to consider:
Do I seek direction from God, disconnected from the “reality” that is found in Christ?
Am I submitting to the guidance of those more mature than myself in knowing God and
his will?
Does it have to be spectacular to be direction from God?
Do I have experiences to draw on from a track record of obedience?
Am I willing to consider the experiences of others as important as my own?
Am I willing to accept my experience as personal and not necessarily normative for all?
Questions to consider:
Do you trust the Spirit to guide you into all truth?
Why is there so much disagreement today?
Between denominations
Within church communities
Regrading the many interpretations of the Bible
Questions to consider:
What is the purpose, the goal, the objective of Christianity?
Why be a Christian?
What did Jesus' crucifixion accomplish?
What does it mean to get saved?
What does it mean to believe?
What is the good news?
Questions to consider:
How did Barnabas and Paul “strengthen” believers?
What is the primary mission of the church?
What is your response to the gospel?
What is your involvement in God’s plan to spread the Good News?
Are you doing the work of God?
Are you continuing in the faith?
Questions to consider:
What is the message of Paul's first missionary Journey?
What was his motivation?
How can we mirror Paul's love for God in the way we are motivated?
Questions to consider:
How would you expect Peter to react to his situation?
Why were these details and processes included in Peter's rescue? Why not a spectacular rescue for God’s glory?
In this chapter, what does God reveal to us about himself?
Questions to consider:
What is Christianity?
What is the church?
What’s your experience with the church?
How do you act within the church?
What aspects of Christianity does Barnabas exemplify?
Questions to consider:
Is Faith in Christ necessary?
Why is peace with God “Good News”?
What does peace with God look like?
Questions to consider:
Do miracles happen today?
Is it always God’s will to heal miraculously?
What if God healed every Christian?
Questions to consider:
What does a focus on God's kingdom look like?
What is required to be obedient?
What can we learn about being a Christian from this account of Paul's conversion?
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