Love Like Jesus Week 4

Sunday July 26, 2020

  1. In the sermon on Sunday, Jason mentioned how often we feel permission to say whatever we want as long as we think it’s true. What are some of the crazier/goofier things you’ve ever heard precede or follow statements like “I’m just being honest!”, “I’m just sayin’”, or “No offense, but…”?

  2. Re-read the passage from Sunday - Mark 10:17-22

  3. The big challenge from Sunday was to speak the truth in love. The first point was that you must know the truth before you can speak it. What defines and filters truth for the follower of Jesus? What defines and filters truth for unbelievers? 

    • How do you pursue truth? Specifically, how are you ensuring that you’re being built up in truth and not just influenced by whatever popular thought is out there in our world? 

  4. The second point of the sermon was that we must love the person. How does the Bible define love? How does our world tend to define love? 

  5. In this passage (Mark 10:17-22), how do we know that Jesus loved this person? How is Jesus displaying His “agape” love? 

  6. Have you had experience with a person that knew a lot of truth but failed to pair it with love? Or what about a person who wanted so badly to be loving, but didn’t know what was right or wrong? What impact did that person have on you? 

    • Why is it so important for truth and love to be so closely paired together? 

  7. We are often fearful to actually speak up. What makes us so reluctant to speak the truth in love? 

    • What truths are we forgetting when we refuse to speak? 

  8. Read Ephesians 4:14-16. What is the benefit of speaking the truth in love? 

  9. As we learn from the man in the Mark 10 passage, we can’t always control the responses when we speak the truth in love. How should we respond if the person we’ve spoken to with truth & love doesn’t react the way we hoped? 

  10. At the end of the sermon, Jason gave 4 clear directions for speaking the truth in love:

    • Ensure your concerns align with God’s Word, not your own standards

    • Think like a saved-sinner to a saved-sinner, not a superior to an inferior

    • Talk directly to the person, not indirectly about the person

    • Trust that you’re developing a long-term relationship, not fulfilling a one-time obligation

Which of these is hardest for you? Or, perhaps, which stuck out to you the most when you heard it? 

  • Remember, our goal here is to love people the way that Jesus has loved us. So how have you seen the love of Jesus this week? How can you show that same love to others?

John Buedel