In This Series
- NO Greater Calling
- One Woman’s Memorial
- A Tragic Ending
- An Indispensable Ingredient
- “They” Crucified Him
- Am I Willing?
- Another Touch
- Seven Days a Week
- Be Aware... and Prepared
- Do This in Remembrance of ME
- Boasting Permitted
- Living Intentionally
- The War of Wants
- A Goal for 2022
- Why the Virgin Birth Matters
- Take the Opportunity
- How Does God Forgive Sin?
- America…Have We Forgotten?
- What Defines a Great Church?
- The Three Chairs
- THE, Part 2
- THE, Part 1
- HE ROSE...YOU CHOSE!
- When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
- Strangers
- Finish!
- Nothing but the Blood
- God’s Plan… Fulfilled
- Spending Time with God
- Clarifying the Confusion
- Our Good… His Glory
- When Life Makes No Sense
- Satan’s M.O.
- One Thing You CAN Control
- Three Questions You’ve Got to Get Right
- Responding to God’s Call
- The Journey
- It All Comes Down to This
- It Is Required…
- Are You Going After It?
- What God Wants from You, Dad
- Is Good Good Enough?
- WHEN Adversity Comes
- Your Life… After Death
- When Adversity Meets God
- Unshakable Character
- The Battle That Rages
- “All Things” Means “All Things”
- Why There Had to be a Cross
- The Power of One
- A Question That Begs To Be Answered
- Your Greatest Encourager
- 2020: How will you live it out?
- Welcoming Tom Thompson of The Refuge
- Welcoming Pilira Chibwana
Series Info
Stand-Alone Sermons (53)
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Strangers
The book of 1 Peter was written to Christians who were experiencing trials and hardships. They felt hopeless and helpless, living in a land that wasn’t their own. And as followers of Jesus today, we can empathize. Just as this world wasn’t their home, it’s not ours either.
Fill-in NotesKey Scripture
Take Away / Application
The life a Christian lives will affect where others spend eternity!
Discussion Questions
Don’t be afraid to add to this list, skip questions that don’t work for your group or branch off with additional questions as discussion unfolds. Conversation is key! This is the time to work through the application of scripture and have group members figure things out together.
- Define sojourner, pilgrim, stranger, alien.
- To help understand how a Christian is to view themselves while in this world, read Psalm 39:12; 119:19, John 15:18–19, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Philippians 3:20, Ephesians 2:19 and Hebrews 11:13. Discuss.
- Read 1 Peter 2:21. How can comfort derail or distract us from being Christ-like?
- What does it look like to begin using the things God has given you to consistently and tangibly reach people for Jesus? (Home, talents, gifting, job, resources, skill set, connections, etc.)
- Read Ephesians 6:12. How can understanding that Christians are in a war sober us to living on-mission for the Gospel?
- Danny posed the question, “Are you a biblical Christian or a cultural Christian?” What’s the difference between these two? In what ways can we slowly be lulled into being a “cultural Christian?” What are the dangers of “cultural Christianity?”
- If you live for and proclaim the name of Christ, are you ready for trials that will come? Discuss.
- “The life I live on earth will affect where others will spend eternity.” Discuss. Does anything need to change in your life to make this more of a reality?
Accountability
- Share where you’re reading in the Bible. What’s one thing that God has taught or is teaching you from your time in the Bible?
- How is your prayer life? Are you spending quality time in prayer with the Lord?
Questions about following Jesus?
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