Week of Sep 14:
Being Taught By God
Sermon Review:
Did anything about the sermon or the text stick out to you or raise any questions?
Introduction: Jesus continues "The Bread" sermon.
Read: John 6:35-51
Group Discussion:
1- What is the difference between talking about the gospel and actually giving the gospel, and why is this distinction important?
2- What does verse 38 teach you about the love of the Father for you?
3- Popular works-based preaching robs Christians of assurance of salvation, while Jesus is committed to providing assurance of salvation. How does verses 39-40 comfort you?
4- How does it help you to know that God's will is not the law but the gospel?
5- Why is it important to see that the bread doesn't just lead to eternal life but itself is eternal life?
Gospel Closing: Professor John Bombaro writes, "The Son of God, who brings with him the Holy Spirit and fellowship with the Father, is the greatest and most necessary gift that each of us need and in fact receive in Holy Baptism, the Word, and other Sacraments. The gifts are Christ himself. Not things. Not stuff. Not mere status. Not ideas. Not metaphors. Not tropes. Christ."
The hymn-writer says:
Bread of the world in mercy broken,
wine of the soul in mercy shed,
by whom the words of life are spoken,
& in whose death our sins are dead.
Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
look on the tears by sinners shed,
and be Thy feast to us the token
that by Thy grace our souls are fed.
Week of Sep 7:
The Treasure
Sermon Review:
Did anything about the sermon or the text stick out to you or raise any questions?
Introduction: Jesus continues "The Bread" sermon.
Read: John 6:22-35
Group Discussion:
1- In what ways are you like the crowd who only sought Jesus for more bread?
2- What does the people’s question in verse 28 reveal about their hearts?
3- Do you find it strange the crowds ask Jesus for another miracle since they just saw Him feed the 5,000? What do you make of this?
4- What claim does Jesus make about himself in verse 35? How have you found this promise true?
5- Why is doing nothing the hardest thing for us to do?
Gospel Closing: Unlike earthly bread, it requires no money or effort to have and enjoy Jesus. He gives all of Himself, even His own body and blood, to us freely by sheer grace. As Isaiah prophesied in chapter 55: "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare."
