Discussion Group Questions
September 4, 2016
Wisdom in Purity
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob.
• Biblical purity is God’s way of teaching humanity how He designed for us to live. James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and • Our purity starts with giving God the authority to he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, shape our lives. and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, • Our purity means having a stronger allegiance to mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Christ than our sin. Lord, and he will lift you up. • Biblical purity is a continual pursuit of learning and confession with God. Matt. 23:25 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but Scripture References: inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence! 26 You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and Prov. 7:1 My son, keep my words the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too. and store up my commands within you. 2 Keep my commands and you will live; 1John 3:1 How great is the love the Father has lavished guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. on us, that we should be called children of God! And that 3 Bind them on your fingers; is what we are! The reason the world does not know us write them on the tablet of your heart. is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are 4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” children of God, and what we will be has not yet been and call understanding your kinsman; made known. But we know that when he appears, we 5 they will keep you from the adulteress, shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 Everyone from the wayward wife with her seductive words. who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. Matt. 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 1John 3:4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so Psalms. 24:3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6 Who may stand in his holy place? No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, continues to sin has either seen him or known him. who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. Prov. 20:9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; 5 He will receive blessing from the LORD I am clean and without sin”? and vindication from God his Savior. 1 LISTEN AND WATCH
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Discussion Group Questions
September 4, 2016
Community Group Questions: 1. Read Proverbs 7:1-5 as a group. Ask your group to share how they believe this passage applies to their life? 2. What does it mean to “guard my teachings as the apple of your eye… bind them on your fingers… write them on the tablet of your heart?” How do we do that? 3. What is godly purity? How do we get godly purity? Why does it matter if we have godly purity? 4. Read Matthew 5:8. What do you think it means that “they will see God?” 5. Why is taking time for reflection and confession such an important part of our purity? 6. Read 1 John 3:1-4. Have someone share a time in their life when they were struggling with sin? What was its impact on their life? How did God help them overcome it? How does that experience impact their life towards obedience to Christ or allowing sin to creep in? 7. Spend time in prayer for one another asking God to purify us from our sins and help us desire pure lives that only live for Him.
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