Complementary Old Testament Passage:
Habakkuk 2:18-20
Sermon Outline:
Beware of Bible teachers poisoning minds against the Word of God’s grace
Forgiven men walk by faith in Christ
Satan attempts to capitalize on God’s good work
Turn from vain things to a living God
Family Discussion Questions:
1. When Paul preached in Iconium to a group of people who studied the Old Testament, what was
the reaction?
2. In Lystra, Paul found a man who had never been able to walk. What happened to that man?
3. How does this remind us of what Jesus did?
4. What false gods did the people of Lystra worship? Who did they think Paul and Barnabas were?
5. In the Old Testament, most countries did not have people worshipping the true God. What is
different in the New Testament?
6. When people are worshipping false gods, is God happy that at least they are worshipping
something?
7. Does every person whose every lived have evidence that there is a true God?
8. What does it mean to turn from vain things?
9. What does it mean that God has not left himself without witness?
10. What is syncretism, and how does it show up in our own Canadian culture? Other cultures?
11. How are the patterns and differences in the miracles in the Bible both necessary to pay attention
to in order to properly learn from them?
12. Is failing to be healed clearly evidence of a lack of faith?
13. We are right to think that Christ’s death paid for our forgiveness; why should we also see it as
Good News that he paid for our freedom from sin as well?
