DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What makes Herod an illegitimate king? What makes Jesus the true legitimate king? What was his expected function?
Who are the wise men/magii? What did their worship and offerings fulfill?
Do you identify with Herod? with the Wise Men? How does the gospel speak into your views?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Describe your current season of faith and life. How is your contentment in Christ?
Share a story where you were encouraged in your faith as you partnered with a fellow
Christian in the gospel
What highlights are you taking away from Philippians? What can you apply in your life
and faith?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
When did you last experience major relational conflict? How would you approach it differently in light of the passage?
What makes you anxious in your current season of life? How does the gospel help you to overcome your anxiety?
What takes up most of your headspace and energy week to week? How could the gospel bring you peace?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Which part of Paul’s “Game Plan” stood out to you most and why?
Discuss spiritual maturity. What does it look like in the Christian life?
How is your spiritual race going right now? Reflect and discuss how you can press on in light of the sermon/passage!
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What are the fleshly things with which you used to/still wrestle with?
Why is it so important to be ‘all in’ on Christ, not just bits and pieces or halfway?
Why is being lukewarm the worst of both worlds? How can we encourage each other to go all in on Jesus practically?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Describe Paul’s relationship with Timothy. Who is your ‘Paul’ and ‘Timothy’ with whom you’re partnered in the gospel?
Describe Paul’s relationship with Epaphroditus. Who is your ‘Epaphroditus’ with whom you’re partnered in the gospel?
Why is all ministry being team ministry such an important truth for us to remember as we serve?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What does it look like for you to work out your salvation with fear and trembling?
What is the difference between working out or salvation and working for your salvation?
Why is it so important that we do all things without grumbling or disputing?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Why is it so important to begin with the effective work of Christ when thinking about our sanctification?
How does the example of Christ’s humility both challenge and encourage you in your pursuit of Christ-likeness?
How does the mind of Christ provide both an example and effective power for us in loving one another?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
How does your yearning for Christ express itself in your day to day?
How much can you relate to Paul’s heart of ‘to live is Christ and to die is gain’? What does it re-
veal about your heart?
What could it look like for your manner of life to be worthy of the gospel of Christ?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Recall a situation in your life where despite the tough situation, it was clear that God
was working.
How does the truth of God working through and despite us comfort you in your
battle against sin?
How does the passage reveal where Paul’s ultimately finds his steady, unchanging
joy?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How does Paul’s mutual joy with the Philippians encourage/challenge you in your relationships with fellow Christians?
Why is it so important for the beginning and end of the mutual joy to be found in Christ alone?
What is the reason Paul wants the Philippians to grow in knowledge and all discernment?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
According to the sermon, what IS and ISN’T the core truth regarding the return of Jesus Christ
What shall we do in this life as we anticipate the return of Jesus Christ?
What should be our heart’s posture regarding the return of Jesus Christ?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Have you ever considered “what God deserves”? Is He truly worthy of our complete love, devotion and obedience? Do you believe this? What are some reasons for this from the sermon?
Describe man-centered vacillation between works-righteousness and hedonistic-despair. And how is Christian pursuit of holiness different?
What is the ultimate purpose of our life in Christ?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
What similarities can you see between living as a Christian in Philippi and in Sydney?
How do our similarities with the saints in Philippi encourage/challenge you in your faith?
Why is it so important for Christians to keep the gospel of grace central in all we do?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
What did you learn from the Scriptures about the Devil/Satan and his demonic angels? What are his goals and objective in the world?
How can you discern the external manifestation of spiritual darkness and forces of evil?
How can you guard and battle effectively against Satan and spiritual darkness? How would you make use of the “whole armour of God”?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
What is the destructive pattern of life-perspective that we are warned against in the sermon?
In what ways are you called to serve by leading?
In what ways are you called to serve by submission?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Discussion Questions:
What is the purpose of marriage according to God’s design? Why is it important to keep this at the centre of marriage?
If married, how is your marriage reflecting the mystery of the union of Christ and the Church?
If unmarried, how does the passage encourage you to remember the centrality of your union to Christ by faith?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Do you know and believe that there is a real difference between Christian thoughts & life; mind & practice? Discuss where these differences are lived out and seen in real life.
How do you make sense of your own Christian imperfection and experience of brokenness and fallenness that often resemble the lives of unbelievers?
What is the key to our “Christian contradiction”? And how is it different from “hypocrisy”?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?