Discussion Questions: 5/16/20

5/16/2020

These discussion questions are based on the sermon titled "Scattered Unity".

Here are some discussion questions that you can talk about with the people that are in your home with you. You can also call a friend who was watching and discuss it with them. Or you can break out a notebook and use these questions to journal your thoughts on the message.

1. Why does the Bible tell us to be born again and become like a Child if we are meant to grown?

2. What are differences between being together and being in unity?

3. How can people be united although apart?

4. How does God unite us with people of the past and future?

5. What are some similarities between the church and the human body?

6. What are things that hinders unity?

7. How can we get rid of the obstacles that prevent unity?

8. What are some ways that you can preach the word during this time?

9. Why do some people neglect to preach to people who are different than them?

10. What is the message that God is trying to give to you from this sermon?

11. How can you apply this message to your life?

12. What practical thing can you do today to get started?

Feel free to share some of your thoughts in the comment section below:

10 Comments

Cora f

5/16/2020 01:57:25 pm

What are practical things can you do today to get started in evangelizing the word of God ?
First and foremost you have to pray and ask God for guidance n wisdom, bec. It is not what you want to do but it’s what God wants you to do . You can do daily practical evangelical work to your unspiritual families by reaching out to them like praying WITH THEM (if they don’t want to pray , let them see you yu pray let them see you reading the Bible ) there are so many things to be learned from this lockdown time like how God keeps us ALIVE from day to day . If you are still working , your work area is one of the best to reach people to evangelize. How you apply your Christian work ethics in your job among is a form of practical but implied evangelization to your co workers, live the life of your religion . If you are not working anymore or simply on quarantine yu can use the power of online messaging .Is there anything now that the on line tech can’t reach ? Reach out to your friends , the sick nthe healthy ones, don’t just reach out to the believers challenge yourself to seek the unbelievers n difficult ones.
Our daily journey with God with this Covid is difficult, tomorrow is never promised whether we will make it alive, but His promise that He never leaves us stands absolute n that’s is a blessing n so you can use this blessing as an example of God’s Grace n mercy to those who call upon Him when yu talk about God , be a living witness to God’s goodness🙏 These are just my thoughts n practical things I do in sharing God’s words to all kinds of human beings . evangelization it’s not all geography but a wisdom of strategy given by God .🤗 Cora F.

Wayne Jamel

5/16/2020 04:55:49 pm

beautiful great idea. Lets keep pushing forward

Cora F

5/16/2020 02:33:47 pm

Why some people neglect to preach to people who are different than them?
Bec it’s a difficult challenge to preach people who are different that us and a lot of us don’t feel comfortable when being caught in difficult challenges esp in preaching the Bible . Also it’s a human nature to seek your own kind bec it’s less conflicts of ideas . Birds of the same feathers flock together. Also , Pre- conceived ideas of the Bible teachers about the “ different person “ play a big role in preaching these people , if a teacher already has a pre- thinking mind that the “different person “will be difficult to teach bec he or she is different then the idea of preaching will go sour . Peter preached to the Jew n Paul to the Gentiles but it doesn’t mean they limited their preachings just to those groups. Without God in our preachings , preaching to people” different” than us will b neglected.
Sis Cora F

Michella Calix

5/16/2020 03:20:00 pm

I like what you said. We tend to stay together when we have similarities. It called reference. When we don’t step out of our comfort zone, there’s nothing unpredictable about our life that will bring change in someone else. I decided to do two things different this year- 1. Not rush to explain the bible to people so they can come to a building call church 2. Meeting people who are strangers to God and meet them where they are.

5/16/2020 05:01:40 pm

Its trying to be safe. Imagine if God didn't take the risk of making us or if Jesus didn't take the risk of separating from the Father

5/16/2020 02:53:24 pm

What’s the difference bet. being together n being
United?
People can be physically together but no connection at all with each thoughts n ideas. Being in unity means there’s a meeting of the mind. Being in same or united in Thoughts n Ideas don’t need togetherness preachers can be scattered all over different forests , jungles n separated by the vast oceans and deserts but as long as they strive with the same goals they will b winners for God.
Cora f

5/16/2020 05:22:51 pm

meeting of the minds. yes. thank you

5/16/2020 03:06:05 pm

We tend to see unity in church to be defined as breathing, acting, and practicing the same way. Generally, unity isn’t always to bear with mutual understanding with a friend, co-worker, or a spouse. In fact, I think it only brings boredom to a relationship to have one mind, one idea, one strategy, one sound. Unity is much more than that. If every time a wife disagrees with her husband and would not agree to disagree, the numbers of divorce would be much higher than it is now or the retention rate in the workplace would dramatically increase for a coworker who disagree with his/her boss. I for one like to disagree because it challenges me to be better in my understanding in different topics. It also shows that I can be myself with the people around me; expecting no judgement. Different doesn’t mean being rebellious, but it means that you’re unique- the way God intended you to be.

I don’t think it was a coincidence that I watched Justin Khoe in “That Christian Vlogger” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_g8Kn4AwLk) about unity in the church last night. He states that, “Unity of the spirit occurs when we are mindful of the way that we treat each other”. The way I see it, unity doesn’t always mean agreeing on the same music, dress code, how you worship, but it’s more of disagreeing with one another and still being able to love and work with each other later on. In all fairness, it is impossible to be one in everything we do, but we can make efforts to understand instead of dismissing them altogether. If God became one with us, I think we too can be one with one another (John 13:34-35).

At the end of the day, you just wouldn’t want a team of doctors to operate on you when all they do is argue over different protocols. Imagine halfway through the operation, if hours went by and they reached no agreement in the operation room or if the person in charge of the equipment did not perform his job due to these discrepancies or and the surgeon decided to leave in the midst of surgery because of disagreement? If any of these situations took place above my body, I wouldn’t be so sure that there is something to come back from. What makes church any different? We are confirming to those who despises church that we are hypocrites and emotionless towards one another. We, as Christians, will always find ways to see things differently because diversity exists among us all, but it’s what we do after that shows who we truly are in Christ.

Unity of God’s people is not an option or an alternative- it is necessary to reach the lost. Unfortunately, the devil will always try to destroy the unity that Jesus longs for- that believers become one as He is one with the Father (John 17:21).

5/16/2020 06:51:59 pm

You know what's interesting about that... God said that His ways are not our way. His thoughts are not our thoughts. But yet we can still be one with Him. We don't see everything the way God sees it, but still God can unite with us if we trust in Him. Same thing with our church family.
God made us different because he has different roles for us. Hence the gifts of the Spirit. Many gifts, but one Spirit.

5/16/2020 07:07:42 pm

Well said sis Michella, when agreements during family arguments can’t be reach , my father will say , let’s respect each other’s opinion with the saying , Let’s Agree to Disagree. We can apply this saying to bible preachers when disagreements occur among them on how where n when to preach the Bible bec of individual differences, BUT there’s MUST be NO disagreements on the correct interpretation of the scriptures when it’s being preached . In short everything could be disagreed but not the correct interpretation on the Bible .

Discussion Questions: 5/16/20

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