SERMON | Myth Busters

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Scripture: Romans 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.


Questions

What?
1) How’s everyone doing? Check in with the group.
2) Depending on your background, “being saved” could look like a variety of things. What does this phrase of “being saved” mean to you?

So What?
3) Dawn talks about our innate desire to compare ourselves to others. C.S. Lewis once said that “comparison is the thief of joy.” Do you agree or disagree? Why?
4) What is your reaction to the story of Antionette and the active shooter?

Now What?
5) How can we “disarm one another with love?” Why is this difficult to do?
6) Why do you think Christians worry so much about who is saved or who is going to heaven? Is that helpful? Is that was Jesus called us to do?

“Ultimately when we make claims about who is worthy of God’s grace in the gospel, we are concerned with our own salvation.”
—Rev. Dawn Hyde