Righteousness vs Legalism
What is Biblical Righteousness?
Being made right with God through faith in Jesus Christ.
Why do we pray?
Prayer is our direct line to God. We are supposed to go to God with joy, problems, worship, strength, and wisdom.
What is the only source of ultimate truth?
The Bible & God
What is the Church?
The Church is more than the building. It is the community of people inside coming together to worship God.
The Church is incredibly personal, as it is people with a common purpose coming together with the same goal.
What was the first miracle that Jesus performed?
Turned water into wine.
What is Legalism?
Trying to earn God's favor or righteousness through our own actions or works.
How do we pray
We are called to pray in private so it doesn't become a point of pride. We are also called to pray without ceasing.
Why is it important to make God a priority?
We have to be intentional with building our relationship with God. It is far too easy to let prayer, reading our Bible, spending time with God, etc. just slip through the cracks if we get busy.
If you make God a priority in your life, the benefits will trickle down throughout your life as you make steps to grow and improve in your faith.
We all have different gifts and abilities. When we come together as a Church body, we all use our different gifts and abilities to work together as one body.
Who interpreted dreams for Pharaoh in Egypt?
Joseph
Why is it important to know the difference between righteousness and legalism?
We are saved through faiths, and not through works. Legalism is a product of pride.
What prayer did Jesus give us on The Sermon on the Mount?
The Lord's Prayer.
Why is the phrase "Live Your Truth" so dangerous?
Because there is only one truth. By saying, "Live Your Truth", it is turning people away from God, because God is truth.
Why doe some modern believers struggle to commit to being a part of the Church community?
Pride, not wanting to admit we need help.
Shame over the thing we need help with.
Not knowing where to start if you haven't been to Church before.
What disciple doubted Jesus' resurrection until he saw Jesus' wounds?
Thomas
What is the group of people that Jesus talks to that focused on legalism?
Pharisees
What are the different "types" of prayer that we can have throughout the day? Why are they important?
We have our little prayers that is just us talking to God throughout the day. This is our "pray without ceasing".
We also have our intentional prayer where we make God a priority in our lives, and set aside time to pray and spend time with God without distractions.
Why is it important for us to focus on our identity as "A Child of God", instead of other identities?
Other identities, athlete, student, friend, bookworm, musician, etc. are all temporary. These things that we spend all of our time doing and being good at can be positive, but they can also be taken away from us.
Our identity as a Child of God is eternal, and the only thing that can't be taken away from us through our faith and relationship with God.
What is the difference between righteous correction and judgement?
Judgement is done out of a sense of superiority or trying to put yourself above someone else.
Righteous correction is when we go to someone out of love to call attention to their sin, or that they are drifting away from Jesus.
Stephen
How does Righteousness vs Legalism affect how we act in our relationship with God?
In Legalism, you do things out of a sense of pride, and out of necessity as you try to earn salvation.
In Righteousness, you do things out of love for God. Not because you have to, but because you want to.
What is the ACTS method of praying?
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication
What is a placebo? How do placebos affect our lives today?
Placebo is something that tricks our brain into believing something is happening, or something is true, when it isn't. Notably a sugar pill that we are told is actual medicine.
This is similar to Social Media influencers that spread information to influence the people that follow them into believing things, buying things, or acting certain ways.
Why does God form us into a community instead of individual believers?
We all have gifts that form one strong body when we work together.
We are also able to help each other, share each other's burdens, build each other up, have fellowship together, etc.
What is the significance of "Give us this day our daily bread" that Jesus says in the Lord's prayer?
It is referencing the time that the Jews were in the wilderness and God made mana fall from heaven. They were told to only take what they needed each day. This showed faith that they knew God would provide day after day.