Walking in God’s Grace Facilitator Instructions: The words in italic are possible answers you are looking for as you lead the discussion. Give a number of people time to answer the questions before you try to answer the question. Also, always have group members look up the Scriptures in their Bibles while one group member reads. As you lead the discussion, be open to the Holy Spirit and what He is doing during the meeting. You may never get beyond one or two questions if they are provoking a great discussion. It may also be that someone in the group needs important ministry because of what the discussion opened in their heart. Take the time to allow the Holy Spirit to minister the person through your group members. Ice Breaker: What is one of the most frightening things that ever happened to you? Bible Study Discussion: Walking in God’s Grace. Ephesians 2:4-10 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Opening Questions: What stands out to you or means the most to you from the passage in Ephesians 2:4-10?
God is rich in mercy. He has a great love towards us He has made us alive together with Christ By grace we have been saved through faith. In ages to come we will be shown the exceeding riches of His grace. Salvation is not of ourselves, nor is it of works. We are His workmanship.
What does it mean to you to walk in God’s Grace? Facilitator: Share the following and then ask the questions. Even though we understand that we were saved by grace, many people fail to continue to walk in grace. We fail to walk in the fullness of God's grace and often revert back to walking in a spirit of condemnation and guilt, which leads to a performance based walk, because we fail to understand reality of a continuous walk in God's grace. The apostle Paul addressed this issue to the church in Galatia. 67
