Adult
• 4 Sessions of Learner’s Materials
• 4 Sessions of Teaching Materials
• Handouts
1. Genesis 3:1-13, 16-17
2. Matthew 18:21-35
3. Micah 6:1-8
4. Genesis 4:1-16
"Great Questions from the Bible" is a four session study for adults, including learner’s materials, teaching guides, and handouts. The teaching guide is options-based, so teachers can customize sessions to match their favorite approach.
It has been said that the truly wise person is more concerned about the right questions than the right answers. To be sure, the Bible offers us simple questions that take a lifetime to answer. This four session study, "Great Questions from the Bible," explores four of those questions from Scripture. Each one forces us to reconsider our life of faith and our discipleship as followers of Christ.
Session One: Where Are You? takes us back to the garden with Adam and Eve. The intimate relationship they knew became marred with disobedience. Their reaction is like ours when we have failed to honor our relationship with God. They tried to hide. We too have a tendency to hide from God’s gaze when we have been unfaithful. Where Are You? helps us underscore our own need for repentance and restoration of the relationship of our Creator.
Session Two: How Often Should I Forgive? is a question that nags at us in our relationship with others. To what extent are we to forgive others? How do we deal with those who wrong us? Jesus’ teaching in Matthew points us to God's grace. As believers, God’s grace in us has found a home when we extend that grace to others.
Session Three: What Does the Lord Require of You? brings to the forefront what God requires of us as Christians. Is there a "master check list" of things a Christian is supposed to do? This question from Micah challenges us to consider our actions but more importantly our hearts. Religious routines are empty. Honestly giving ourselves over to God is what our faith is about.
Session Four: Am I my Brother’s Keeper? comes from the story of Cain and Abel. The question calls us to responsibility to our actions. Can we overcome those sinful tendencies within us? Can we withstand our impulses to do evil? While the question involves our brother, it is ultimately about us as individuals. However, with great wisdom, the Scripture reminds that every-thing we do as an individual has an effect on others. Being obedient to God find expression in how we treat those around us.
by Brad Burch
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