The Church and Judement
November 30, 2009 · Filed Under Sermon Study Guides
1 Corinthians 6:1-8
- In general, what problems do you think result from taking your brother to a secular court regarding a civil matter? In addition, talk about what underlying issues such an action exposes.
- Read Proverbs 25:8-10. What does it mean? How does it relate to this sermon’s text and the issues in it?
- Why do we often treat relationships within the church body like we could take or leave them? How might they change if we genuinely saw them the way we do family relationships?
- Regarding the judgment of the world, does 6:2-3 contradict what 5:12 teaches regarding outsiders? Can you explain this seeming contradiction? What are the implications of the future role of believers in God’s judgment for their present role as part of the church?
- Talk about the role that personal rights play in our contemporary society? Do you think they play a healthy or unhealthy role today? How are they expressed in the personal lives of believers and in their life together as the church? What impact does this have on our body-life as a church?
- Reflect on John 13:35, 1 Jn. 4:20 and this text. What does our marginalizing of one another communicate?
- Formulate your own question from this text to share with the group.
- Pray for individuals to value others more than their own “rights.” Pray for our church to maintain a great testimony to the world because of the way that we relate to each other.
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