Small group questions.
Use these with your small group or on your own this week.
Connection
- What do you remember most from last week’s sermon?
- How did you hear God’s voice or sense His presence this past week?
- What are you looking forward to most this week?
Reflection
- Summarize this week’s sermon in one to three sentences. What was the main point of the message?
- What did the message say about you, God’s people or the world?
Application
- Read John 1:1–5, 14 and Colossians 1:15–17. What do these passages teach us about who Jesus is? Why does it matter that Jesus isn’t simply a messenger from God, but is Himself God? How should that change the way we trust, worship, and obey Him?
- Pastor Ryan talked about how easily worry, possessions, hobbies, politics, relationships, or other concerns can occupy more of our hearts and minds than Jesus. What tends to compete with Jesus for your attention? How can you tell when something good, or even a legitimate concern, has started taking a place in your life that belongs to Jesus?
- Read 1 Corinthians 12:12–27 and Colossians 1:18–19. Paul calls Jesus the head and the church His body. What does that tell us about both Jesus’ authority and our relationship with one another? What would look different in a church that genuinely believed, “This church belongs to Jesus, not us”?
- Read Romans 5:6–11 and Colossians 1:20. Paul says that God reconciled us to Himself through Christ. According to these passages, what was our condition, what did God do about it, and what is our response? Why is reconciliation something we receive rather than something we achieve?
- Pastor Ryan ends with three truths: Jesus created it, Jesus leads it, and Jesus redeemed it. Of those three truths, which one do you most need to live like you actually believe this week? What is one concrete action you could take because Jesus really is supreme over that area of your life?
