When Jesus is referred to as King of kings and Lord of lords...we can feel confident in our modern context that He is no less the President of presidents!
As a reminder, LifeGroup leaders must be absolutely serious about not letting group discussions become anything less than an exploration of the Kingdom of Christ, and a celebration that we, followers of Jesus, aren't stuck in politics as a way of redeeming the globe. To the extent that we argue about sides, speeches, past presidents' effectiveness and bumper sticker divisiveness- that's the extent to which we think that God's Kingdom work depends on us. More than probably ever, your job as a leader is to keep this a Spirit filled, honest, gentle, loving and wise conversation by people who know that "our hope is built on nothing less, that Jesus' blood and righteousness..."
Key Texts
- Matthew 5:1-12
- Thoughts?
- How would Jesus do running on this platform?
- What were the key points of the message for you?
- What was the "one thing" you took away?
- What surprised you?
- What bothered you? Why?
- Have you ever heard or come across a similar teaching or idea? Have you ever been taught something that was contradictory?
- What is/was already part of your thinking on this subject?
- What did I learn that was new to you?
- *About God?
- *About politics?
- *About yourself?
- *About others?
- What changes of thought are necessary in light of what you learned?
- What changes of action are needed?
- How would life be different if you/we applied this teaching fully?
- What are the hindrances, and what do we do about those?
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