Sermon Notes & CG Questions 09.26.21
1 Timothy 1:3-7
1. Sorting requires __________________
Acts 20:28-3
2. Sorting requires ___________________
Proverbs 1:7; 2:6; 14:6; 2 Peter 1:5-8; 1:16
3. Sorting requires _____________ every time.
Matthew 23:29
NEXT WEEK: 1 Timothy 1:8-11
Questions for the Community
Personal Reflection
1. How skilled are you at sorting through all of the truth claims that are coming at you? Where can you celebrate strength, where can you embrace growth?
Group Discussion
2. Re-read the passage and your notes from Sunday. Discuss what jumped out from the passage and sermon.
3. Discuss the idea of being devoted to truth and divorced from all else. What happens if only one of those happens?
4. Which of the 3 “Sorting requires ____” hit you most? Explain why to the group.
5. Have you recently confronted someone or been confronted? How did it go? Do you try to avoid this?
6. Who’s teaching are you devoted to? (EarlyChristians devoted themselves to the teaching of the pastors at their church (see Acts 2); these false teachers are devoted to myths. **More reading on false teachers: see 1 Peter 1-2
Plan of Action
- Carve out time this week to bring this conversation to God “Is _____ the best use of my time?” Invite your spouse kids, roommates, friends to weigh in. Ponder if it is helping you be a more effective and fruitful Christian.
- Put a number on your devotion. Take an honest inventory of your time in minutes. Look back and then track it for one week. Where are you getting truth about who you are and what is valuable?