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GroTV #89: Beware the Enablers
Questions for Further Study:
1) Read the account of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda in John 5:1-9. How long had this man been paralyzed? What “storm” condition have you battled for an extended period of time?
2) Read Proverbs 12:26. How carefully do you consider the type of people you spend time with?
3) Look at Proverbs 13:20 and 1 Corinthians 15:33. How contagious is foolishness, sin and evil? How does this apply to such attitudes of negativity, gossip, materialism, stinginess, bigotry and fear? What other worldly attitudes are contagious?
4) What does 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 say about joining together with an unbeliever? What does 2 Thessalonians 3:6,14 teach about associating with Christians who chose to live in sin?
5) The flip side is that godly company can make you a better person. Read Proverbs 27:17. Who sharpens you the most?
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GroTV #88: Building the Strongest Foundation
Questions for Further Study: 1) Read the story Jesus tells in Matthew 7:24-27. What do the two builders represent? 2) Look at James 1:22-25. What does this passage say will bring a blessing to the person of faith? 3) Jesus gives some sobering words in Matthew 7:21-23. Is calling yourself a Christian enough to be
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GroTV #82: That Tough Little “S” Word (Submission)
Questions for Further Study: 1) Submission must be displayed, not demanded. Read John 5:19-20. How did Jesus display submission? All authority was given to Him, yet how did he treat his disciples? (see Mark 10:45). 2) Read Ephesians 5:21. Who is commanded here to submit to the other person? What does 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and
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GroTV #75: Are There Many Paths To God?
Questions for Further Study: 1. Read today’s key verse in John 14:6. What statement did Jesus make about the only way to come to God? Is this the kind of statement an ordinary prophet might make? Did any other prominent religious leaders in history make this kind of statement? How would other religious groups view
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GroTV #74: It is Finished
Questions for further study: 1) Read the final words of Jesus before his death in John 19:28-30. What did Jesus finish? 2) Look at Romans 5:6-8. Who did Christ die for? Are you included in this group? 3) Jesus fulfilled over 300 Old Testament prophesies. Read a few of the following … Micah 5:1-2, Isaiah
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GroTV #71: The Last Words of Jesus… “Forgive Them”
Questions for Further Study: 1. Read some of the last words of Jesus in Luke 23:32-34. What was Jesus’ argument for forgiving those who were killing him? Where the people deserving of such forgiveness? 2. Look at Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 6:12 and Luke 6:37. How does the way you forgive others correspond to God’s
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GroTV #69: The Light of the World
Questions for further study: 1) Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, read what the prophet Isaiah said about this “Great Light” in Isaiah 9:1-7. Where does he say this messiah will come from? How will He come? What will His name be called? 2) John refers to Jesus as “the Light of men” (John
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GroTV #68: Forgiveness, God’s Christmas Gift For You
Questions for further study: 1. In the nativity story, the angels said in Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” According to this, what is the meaning of peace? 2. Romans 3:9-12 says that we are all guilty of sin. What does James
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GroTV #67: What Are You Wrapped Up In?
Questions for further study: 1. Read the accounts of Jesus’ birth in Luke 2:1-20 and Matthew 2:1-12. Are there any characters in these stories that you most identify with? Where is your focus this holiday season? 2. The Magi were wrapped up in the search. Study the following verses on the subject: 2 Chronicles 15:2,
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GroTV #56: The Downward Path to Greatness
Questions for further study: 1. Study today’s key passage, Mark 10:35-45. Why did Jesus say they did not know what they were asking for? What does Jesus say about the path to true greatness? 2. Read Titus 2:14. What does it mean to “redeem” or ransom someone? What was the price Jesus paid to redeem
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