Acts 3 | Repentance  

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Life Group Guide QUESTIONS draft

SERMON OUTLINE:

A HEALING STORY WITH GOSPEL IMPLICATIONS

REPENTANCE – WHAT IT IS NOT…

1.       “I ________ that what I did was wrong…”

2.       “I ________ bad about what I’ve done…”

3.       “I ________ that I did that…”

4.       “I ___________ in Jesus, so that ____________ it”

REPENTANCE IS…

1.       A ___________ of God

2.       A _______________ of the ____________

3.       __________________ without ______________

4.       ________________ of my spiritually dead _______________

5.       A ________________ for _______________

6.       A _______________ of a _______________

LIFE GROUP GUIDE:

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

1.        What's your favorite way to eat potatoes?

2.        What’s your favourite way to spend a day off?

QUICK REVIEW

1.        Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything that particularly caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?

2.        Pastor Justin noted four examples of what repentance is not. Which of the four is the most tempting to fall into. Why?

TRIADS

READ Acts 3:17-26

1.  What does this passage say about the character of God?

2.  What does this passage say about fallen humanity and the world we are in?

3.  Where does this passage specifically expose sin or unbelief in my own life? How does it specifically call me to change my thinking, redirect my affections, replace behaviors, and trust in my Savior?

DIGGING DEEPER

1.        READ Acts 3:3-5.  As these three were conversing on the Temple steps, what do you think their postures looked like? Why did they have to invite this man to look at them?  

a.        READ Acts 3:6-7.  While being a cripple didn’t make this man ceremonially “unclean” or “untouchable,” many people walked by him every single day of his life.  Why do you think that was the case? What then is significant about Peter’s actions?

2.        READ Acts 3:9-11.  Was this miracle that changed one man’s life in extraordinary ways just about the physical healing that took place, or was there something more happening? Why do you think that?

a.        READ Philippians 4:8-9.  How has your faith grown through seeing others overcome challenges?  How have you seen your faith community respond to great hardships?

3.        READ Acts 3:16.  There are a lot of very faithful people like this lame man in Acts 3 who long to be physically healed, yet they don’t experience what they long for.  Could it be that the Lord wants to answer their request in a different way?  How might that be?

a.        READ Matthew 9:20-22 & Mark 10:51-52.  Jesus tells a number of people that their “faith made them well.” What comfort can we offer to those who have faith in Christ, but still find themselves longing for healing?

b.        READ Mark 9:20-24 & John 9:1-3.  How can the words of the Father in Mark 9, and Jesus in John 9, help those who long for healing to see their struggle in a different way?

TAKING IT HOME

READ Acts 3:24-26.  God sent prophets, priests, and kings to the nation of Israel throughout the Old Testament to draw His people back to Himself, yet they continually “did what was right in their own eyes.”  How might we today misunderstand or completely miss God’s promptings and leadings? What can we do in order to be better disciples of Jesus?

PERSONAL REFLECTION

READ Psalm 51.  In the context of Acts 3, where we hear about this lame man who was healed, both physically and spiritually, how do David’s words here leave you challenged to continue following the Lord’s leading in turning away from sinful patterns?