Making God Known

LIFE Group/Family  Discussion Guide

Making God Known

From the lesson of 10.25.2009     

Breaking the Ice: Please share experiences you may have had using or being taught “canned” gospel presentations such as Ivan Stewart’s “Open Bible” series and how effective did you find them?

Please Read: Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15&16

1.      List the action verbs Jesus used in this Great Commission to the apostles.

2.      How did the apostles go about “making disciples” of Jesus?

3.      What was the point of baptizing disciples who were already committed to following Jesus?

4.      How does our congregation carry out the command to “teach them to obey all things?”    

Please Read:  Acts 8:1-4

5.      Which people preached the word according to Luke’s account here?

6.      Why is evangelism (sharing the good news about Jesus) the job of every Christian and not just that of “evangelists?”

Please Read: Mark 4:1-20

7.      According to Jesus’ explanation of the soils what percentage of people of those who heard the Word of God became “productive” Christians?

8.      What makes the soil of someone’s heart receptive to the Word of God?

Please Read:  Isaiah 55:10-11; Romans 1:16; and John 6:63.

9.      What do these verses tell you about the Word of God?  What impact does that have on your method of sharing the gospel?

Please Read: I Corinthians 3:5-9; 15:1-11

10.    If you only had one study to share the gospel with someone where would you start and where would you end?