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March 12: Great Love (Ephesians 2:1-10)

By March 8, 2017Teacher Tips

To engage the learners in a study of the Scripture text:

Read Ephesians 2:1-10 and discuss the following questions with your group.

  1. How does Paul depict the “before” and “after” realities of a Christian’s life . . .
  • in terms of heart condition?
  • in terms of example and influence?
  • in terms of driving force and motivation?
  • in terms of future destiny?
  1. What is God’s role in this process?
  2. What is our role in this process?
  3. How do good works fit in?
  4. What do we learn in this passage about our adversary, the devil?
  5. What do you think it means that “God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus” (v. 6)?
  6. In light of the fact that God’s love is the theme of this quarter, what does this passage add to your understanding and appreciation of that love?

 

To encourage personal application:

Decide whether to stay together or divide into small groups to discuss the following questions.

  1. How has your life changed since you became a Christian?
  2. How does it make you feel to hear that “we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (v. 10)?
  3. What good works do you think God has planned for you to do?

Encourage participants to close with prayers based on this passage. For example: Praise God for his great love, mercy, and grace—by which God delivered us both from our sins and from his just judgment. Thank God for his gift of salvation and commit yourselves to respond with a lifestyle of good works.

 

 

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