Faithful are the Wounds from Jesus

Complementary New Testament Passage:
Matthew 23:13-36

Sermon Title:
Faithful are the Wounds from Jesus

Sermon Outline:

• Fear of Man is like a raging oven
• Mixing with the world makes the church like an unevenly cooked cake
• Running to other saviours makes the church like a silly dove
• Worldly sorrow makes the church like a sabotaged bow

Family Discussion Questions:

1. Should we care more about what people think or what God thinks?
2. Why should Christians only have romance with Christians?
3. Why should we always ask Jesus for help?
4. When you do something wrong, do you sometimes only feel bad about the punishment, but not about the sin?
5. Why is Jesus the only rescuer from your sin?
6. What are some current examples of the fear of man?
7. There are two bad sides to the fear of man. What are they, and how does the fear of God cure them?
8. The Bible tells us that we are to be in the world but not of it. What are ways in which we might be “of the world”?
9. What are good ways to partner with unbelievers, and what are bad ways to partner with unbelievers?
10. What are false saviours we sometimes go to? Does God require us to only ask God for help?
11. Why is false sorrow over sin like shooting yourself in the foot?
12. How does each of the four sections reveal that Christ is the only possible saviour for our sin?
13. This passage is filled with insulting illustrations. How do we know that even this is for our good?