“30 000 Feet” – Ephesians 3:1-13 “Before Life Group” 1. 2...
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Life Group Study Guide “30 000 Feet” – Ephesians 3:1-13 “Before Life Group” 1. Listen to the corresponding message either live or at www.waipunachapel.com. Or you can pick up a CD from church. 2. Pray and ask God for insight as you do your personal study. 3. Answer the questions as well as you can. Don’t look for the only “right answer”, answer what you think and what the Lord brings to your mind 4. Read Ephesians 3 Opening Discussion: What is one dream that you have had that has come to fruition? Read Ephesians 3:1-13 What was God’s “secret” plan? How did he reveal His plan? (v2-5) What three great privileges did the Gentiles, along with the Jews attain in this plan? (v6) How did God accomplish His plan? (v7) What does this plan of God’s – the plan itself, the fact that He kept it hidden and then revealed it, the way He accomplished it – reveal about the character of God? What task did God give to Paul? (v8-9)
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Life Group Study Guide “30 000 Feet” – Ephesians 3:1-13 “Before Life Group”
1. Listen to the corresponding message either live or at www.waipunachapel.com. Or you can pick up a CD from church.
2. Pray and ask God for insight as you do your personal study. 3. Answer the questions as well as you can. Don’t look for the only
“right answer”, answer what you think and what the Lord brings to your mind
4. Read Ephesians 3
Opening Discussion: What is one dream that you have had that has come to fruition? Read Ephesians 3:1-13 What was God’s “secret” plan? How did he reveal His plan? (v2-5) What three great privileges did the Gentiles, along with the Jews attain in this plan? (v6) How did God accomplish His plan? (v7) What does this plan of God’s – the plan itself, the fact that He kept it hidden and then revealed it, the way He accomplished it – reveal about the character of God? What task did God give to Paul? (v8-9)
The heart of this passage is verse 10, which one of the New Testaments most powerful statements for the reason for the church’s existence; the rulers and authorities must be confronted with God’s wisdom, in all it’s rich variety, and this is to happen through the church. Not as much through what the church says but through what the church is, namely, the community in which men, women and children of every race, color, social and cultural background come together in worship of the one true God; a celebration of unity in diversity. God’s wisdom like the church is like a many facetted jewel, which sparkles with all the colors of the rainbow. The church is to be an announcement to the world that there is a different way to be human. How can we as, a community of faith explore the riches of Christ as described by Paul? What does it mean to approach god with confidence and assurance? (v11-12) How can these to characteristics change the prayer life of an individual and a community? Why does Paul describe his sufferings as his reader’s glory? (v13) The fact that Paul was in prison when he wrote this letter is a sign that he and Christianity posed a threat to the rule of evil in the world. In what ways can we, as God’s people challenge the power of evil today in a way that provokes a reaction? Pray fro our church and the churches across our island.
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