Discuss with your friends

Would you like to discover for yourself what God is like and how God wants you to live?

Most people like to make these discoveries in a group with their friends. Here are some questions to get your discussion started

    

Discovering Spiritual Community #17

Caring for one another

1. What are you thankful for this week?

2. What are you struggling with and how can we help?

Accountability

3. How did you put into practice the scripture/story we studied last time we met?

4. Who did you share last week's lesson with and how did it go?

5. What needs did you meet in the community last week?

Discover

6. Ask someone to read the passage one paragraph at a time.

7. Have a group member tell it in their own words.

8. Ask the group if they added anything or left anything out.

Matthew 26:47-57

47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people.48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: ‘The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.’49 Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, ‘Greetings, Rabbi!’ and kissed him.

50 Jesus replied, ‘Do what you came for, friend.’

Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.51 With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

52 ‘Put your sword back in its place,’ Jesus said to him, ‘for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?’

55 In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, ‘Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.56 But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.’ Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled.

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Application

9. When you finish with ALL paragraphs, ask someone in the group to tell the WHOLE story by memory. Have the group correct any errors.

10. What does this passage tell us about God?

11. What does this passage tell us about people?

Planning

12. If this passage is true, what behaviour should we change this week?

13. Who will you tell this story to this week?

14. What needs can we meet in the community this week?