Week 8 Questions - Berean Baptist Church
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Week 8 Questions - Berean Baptist Church
What is a Healthy Church? By Mark Dever Chapter Twelve Week 8 (June 2nd & June 4th) An Important Mark of a Healthy Church: Biblical Discipleship and Growth 1. The Need for Discipleship Read Philippians 3:12-21 What does this passage teach us about The basis and motivation for our growth as Christians? The kind of effort we should spend on growing as Christians (vv. 13 & 14)? How we are to grow as Christians (v. 17)? How do you respond when a fellow believer corrects or rebukes you? What does this reveal about how you see yourself? What is one practical way you can seek to grow as a disciple of Jesus Christ this week? 2. The Definition of Discipleship Read Matthew 4:18-20, Matthew 16:24 & 25, and John 12:25 & 26 Based on these passages, what does it mean to follow Jesus? Read Matthew 28:18-20 What do these verses teach us about following Jesus? What’s one area of your life in which you struggle to follow Jesus? 3. The Motivations of Discipleship Look at Colossians 3:1-13 What motivations for discipleship can you identify in this passage? What are some ways you can use the truths in this passage to spur on your own and others’ growth in godliness? How can you practically reshape your heart’s motivations? What impact have these truths already had on your discipleship? 4. The Means of Discipleship: Following Godly Examples Look at 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1 Why do you think Paul tells the Corinthians to imitate his conduct, in addition to giving them instructions in writing? Why is imitating others’ good examples an important aspect of discipleship? If learning by imitation is a large part of discipleship, why is being involved in a healthy church crucial for the Christian life? As a Christian, you have the responsibility—and the joyful opportunity—to set a godly example for others to follow. How should that impact the way you live your day-to-day life? What are some practical steps you can take to personally model godliness for others? 5. The Means of Discipleship: Teaching One Another Read Ephesians 4:11-16 According to verse 15, by what means are we to grow up into Christ? What are some practical ways you can begin speaking the truth in love into other believers’ lives? Read verse 16. In this verse Paul teaches that the body of Christ grows as every single part “is working properly.” What are some practical ways that you can help to ensure that other church members are contributing to the body’s growth? How would you describe your role and responsibilities as a church member in light of this passage? What should you be consistently striving to do in the church? 6. The End of Discipleship Read Colossians 1:27-29 What does this passage teach us about what discipleship demands of us, both as we seek to grow in Christ and as we seek to help others grow in Christ? Read 1 John 3:1-3 In light of this passage and the prior one, how would you respond to someone who said, “If God is going to purify us from sin in the end, why do we need to bother about that now? Can’t we just keep on living however we want, since God is going to perfect us in the end?” What are some specific ways you can grow as a disciple, and help others grow as disciples, by bringing the hope of glory to bear on the stuff of our daily lives?