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G R AC E Ephesians 1:7

WORD: GRACE MOVIE: LES MISERABLE, 2000 CLIP: SCENE 1 VERSE: EPHESIANS 1:7 DIAGRAM: CROSS

Les Miserable Clip Summary and Set-up: Les Miserables is a film in which an ambitious police officer (Javert) is trying to capture a criminal (Jean Val jean) who in his previous life had escaped from prison but has now repented of that life (due to favor from a priest shown to him right after his escape) and has successfully started over and is

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a city leader and righteous politician. Javert is the newly appointed deputy of the city recognizes Jean Val Jean from his ealier life and tries to capture and sentence him for the criminal activites of his former life. The movie shows the subsequent chase between the justice-loving Javert and the newly redeemed Jean Val Jean. The movie

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depicts a number of scenes that show the distinction between law and grace and forgiveness versus justice motifs. Scene one depicts his jail break and his subsequent life change by the good treatment of the town priest.

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IN TR O D U CT IO N TOPIC: GRACE, MERCY E WHAT YOU DO NOT DESERV DEFINE: GRACE - GETTING !

AT YOU DO DESERVE MERCY - NOT GETTING WH

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FInd a word that communicates the subject matter most concisely, clearly, and comprehensively. Think about the needs of your audience as you select your topic and make sure that your topic is biblically accurate and gospel-centered. The basics of Christianity are the most misunderstood, yet most precious topics and one should look to start here. Usually defining what a word is and what it is not is a good way to start and will give the audience a good reference point.

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ATED JEAN VAL ABOUT HOW THE PRIEST TRE WHAT WAS SURPRISING CLIP. THE M OF MERCY AND GRACE FRO JEAN? SHOW AN EXAMPLE TRANSITION QUESTION:

DEALS WITH US? ON/CONTRAST OF HOW GOD HOW IS THIS A COMPARISI CONNECTIONS:

CHANGE? - YOU CAN SEE FOR JEAN VAL JEANS LIFE WhAT WAS RESPONSIBLE S DREAM) AND LOVE (HI WEEN HOW HIS FEAR A DISTINCT CONTRAST BET S. ION ACT JEAN VAL JEANS (THE BISHOP) MOTIVATED FIGURE • BISHOP - CHRIST IST FIGURE • CANDLESTICKS - CHR ANITY • JEAN VAL JEAN - HUM FT - OUR SIN • JEAN VAL JEANS THE

SCRIPTURE THE FORGIVENESS OF ION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, "IN HIM WE HAVE REDEMT GRACE.” ~ ING TO THE RICHES OF HIS OUR TRESPASSES ACCORD EPHESIANS 1:7 YET FORGIVENESS IS N HE WANTS TO FORGIVE. IF GOD IS GRACIOUS, THE S FOR OUR REFORE THE PRICE GOD PAY NOT FREE, BUT COSTLY. THE OD. BLO ’S EMPTION PAID BY CHRIST FORGIVENESS IS THE RED

“WITH THIS SILVER, I BOUGHT YOUR SOUL, RANSOMED YOU FROM FEAR AND HATRED AND NOW HAVE GIVEN YOU BACK TO GOD” ~BISHOP The Movie Set the Clip up with a movie context/ summary and a lead in question. It is always helpful to fill people in where the scene falls in the stage of the movie (Only give them the details that are needed to get the point you are trying to make.) Also, give your audience a lead in question. This will tell them what to look for in the clip. Finally, look to make as many connections as you can from the clip with reality - this will provide your transition to the verse. Incorporating the Bible Find a Scripture that captures the truth you are looking to communicated clearly and accurately. Try to find one that contains the word that you are focusing on for the study. This is the ground for everything we are trying to communicate up until this point and we will build the discussion questions off of it.

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1. Wrath: God’s just punishment of Humanity because of our sin 2. Mercy: God absorbing what we deserve-His wrath, by the cross of Christ.

3. Grace: God giving us what we don’t deserve - Christ righteousness

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PREPARATION! 1. HAVE A WHITE BOARD READY 2. DRAW IT CLEARLY, LEGIBLY 3. SPEAK AS YOU DRAW AND DRAW IT IN ORDER OF YOUR ARGUMENT. 4. MAKE SURE THE AUDIENCE IS CLEAR ON HOW THE DIAGRAM ANSWERS THE QUESTION OR DESCRIBES THE TOPIC. 5. ASK THEM TO IDENTIFY WITH ONE OF TWO SCENARIOS

Diagrams Diagrams are often very helpful because most people are visual learners. Anytime you can find a picture to reinforce words or biblical truth it almost always clarifies, sharpens, and clears up misunderstanding. Pictures can speak a thousand words. Look for drawings or ideas that are simple but capture a lot of meaning. A good test of simplicity is its reproducibility. Could the audience replicate this after one try? They need not be exhaustive, but are used to campture one main point.

The Cross Diagram This diagram serves to answer the question, “How does God both do away with our just punishment and give us His righteousness?” In other words, How does God use mercy to keep us from getting what we do deserve and grace to grant us what we do not deserve. The diagram starts with placing in “God” and the “man icon” apart from each other and drawing a line from God to man signifying his wrath poured out on us because of our sin. But, God absorbs that wrath by Himself through the cross of His Son and it is signified by a horizontal line drawn across the vertical line. Thus, the cross absorbs God’s wrath meant for us and shows God’s mercy to us (not giving us what we do deserve). Then, the completed horizontal line highlights the cross as God’s new way of relating to us in grace (giving us what we do not deserve) by giving us the perfection of Christ’s righteousness. Therefore, Christ gets the punishment and we get the perfection!

DISCUSSION ?’S Topic – Grace Verse – Ephesians 1:7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, according to the riches of his grace.” 1. Clarify/De3ine: Redemption, Forgiveness, Grace. 2. In your opinion, what is the main point of Eph. 1:7? 3. What is the relationship between God’s grace, God’s forgiveness, and God’s redemption? 4. What is central to God’s character that motivates his forgiveness? Does this change how you view God? 5. What did forgiveness cost God? Why? Further Study – Ephesians 2:4-9

Topic – Grace Verse – Ephesians 1:7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, according to the riches of his grace.” 1. Clarify/De3ine: Redemption, Forgiveness, Grace. 2. In your opinion, what is the main point of Eph. 1:7? 3. What is the relationship between God’s grace, God’s forgiveness, and God’s redemption? 4. What is central to God’s character that motivates his forgiveness? Does this change how you view God? 5. What did forgiveness cost God? Why? Further Study – Ephesians 2:4-9

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AD OPT IO N Galatians 4:3-7

WORD: ADOPTION MOVIE: A KNIGHT’S TALE, 2001 CLIP: SCENE #26 “SIR WILLIAM” [5:29] VERSE: GALATIANS 4:4-7

A Knight’s Tale Clip Summary and Set-up: A Knight’s Tale is the story of William (Heath Ledger) seeking to improve his lot in life through the jousting. Jousting, typically a gentleman’s sport, was reserved only for those men were from more noble origins. It was a sport to be engaged only by gentleman. William, a peasant boy from ignoble heredity

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DIAGRAM: FAMILY was completely caught up in this jousting aura and dreamed of becoming a gentleman through rising the ranks of jousting. While William did become very proficient in jousting, he did so disguising his true family origins or else forfeit his chance for participation and even sought after nobility. The movie continues until William’s true idenity is

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found out and he is arrested for a fraud. The remaining of the movie describes the events surrouding his dilemma and the source for his redemption.

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BIBLIC AL PARALLELS Picking the Topic

IN TR O D U CT IO N TOPIC: ADOPTION

ILY TO ANOTHER OF STATUS FROM ONE FAM DEFINE: LEGAL TRANSFER S THAT FORMALIZE ADOPTION FINAL? (PAPER EXAMPLE: WHAT MAKES AN PTION? (TO GIVE A ADO AN OF AT IS THE POINT THE STATUS CHANGE) WH VILEGE OF A FAMILY) CHILD A HOME AND THE PRI

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IT AND HOW DOES STATUS? (WHO CHANGES WHAT CHANGES WILLIAM’S HE DO IT?) TRANSITION QUESTION:

IS THIS A WILLIAM’S STATUS? HOW WHY DID THE KING CHANGE THIS CONTRAST S DOE HOW ? ION WITH GOD CONTRAST TO OUR SITUAT COST THE CROSS) ADOPTION? (OUR ADOPTION CHANGE THE COST OF OUR CONNECTIONS:

A HUMBLE DISGUISE TO CLOTHED HIMSELF WITH JUST AS PRINCE EDWARD SAVIOR; BUT PLACED ISHMENT, SO TO DID OUR FREE WILLIAM FROM PUN AND GRANT US TO TAKE OUR PUNISHMENT HIMSELF IN THE STOCKS ADOPTION. CHRIST FIGURE • PRINCE EDWARD TY • WILLIAM - HUMANI MING PUNISHMENT • STOCKS - OUR LOO

SCRIPTURE T FORTH HIS SON, OF TIME HAD COME, GOD SEN "BUT WHEN THE FULLNESS SE WHO WERE THO EEM UNDER THE LAW, TO RED BORN OF A WOMAN, BORN SONS. AND AS ON PTI ADO E EIV WE MIGHT REC UNDER THE LAW, SO THAT INTO OUR SON HIS HAS SENT THE SPIRIT OF BECAUSE YOU ARE SONS, GOD HER!” ~ GALATIANS 4:4-6 HEARTS, CRYING “ABBA! FAT

“THIS IS MY WORD, AND AS SUCH IS BEYOND CONTESTATION” ~PRINCE EDWARD The Movie Set the Clip up with a movie context/ summary and a lead in question. It is always helpful to fill people in where the scene falls in the stage of the movie (Only give them the details that are needed to get the point you are trying to make.) Also, give your audience a lead in question. This will tell them what to look for in the clip. Finally, look to make as many connections as you can from the clip with reality - this will provide your transition to the verse. Incorporating the Bible Find a Scripture that captures the truth you are looking to communicated clearly and accurately. Try to find one that contains the word that you are focusing on for the study. This is the ground for everything we are trying to communicate up until this point and we will build the discussion questions off of it.

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Birth! ! ! !

Adoption

H OW D O YO U B E C O M E A M E M B E R O F G O D ’ S FA M I LY ?

The Family Diagram This diagram serves to answer the question, “How do you become a member of God’s family?” First, draw God at the top and ask for some suggestions. After hearing them out draw a family at the bottom and ask them to answer another question that might clarify things, “How does one become a member of a human family?” Tell them there are only 2 ways and ask them if they can name them. Write in “Birth” and “Adoption” and draw the arrows from the family to the two words. Explain that to become a member of a family a child must be born from them or adopted by them. Then draw the same two arrows proceeding from the God icon and explain that it is the same process to become a member of God’s family. Only there is one key difference: we are not born or adopted, but we are born again (John 1:12-13) and adopted (Gal. 4:5) into God’s family after we are saved.

DISCUSSION ?’S Topic – Adoption Verse – Galatians 4:4-6 “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.” 1. What event, according to the verse, makes our adoption possible? What did it cost God to adopt us? 2. What are the bene<its of our adoption? How are these similar to human family adoptions? 3. Explain what it means to be an heir of God? What do we inherit? Further Study – John 1:12-13; John 8:15-17

Topic – Adoption Verse – Galatians 4:4-6 “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.” 1. What event, according to the verse, makes our adoption possible? What did it cost God to adopt us? 2. What are the bene<its of our adoption? How are these similar to human family adoptions? 3. Explain what it means to be an heir of God? What do we inherit? Further Study – John 1:12-13; John 8:15-17

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PRODIGAL PT. 1 Luke 15:11-32

WORD: PRODIGAL PT. 1 MOVIE: BLOOD DIAMOND, 2006 CLIP: SCENE 24, (5:33), â&#x20AC;&#x153;SEARCHING FOR DIAâ&#x20AC;?

VERSE: LUKE 15:11-32

Blood Diamond Clip Summary and Set-up: Blood Diamond seeks to inform the viewer of the all potential atrocities that are happening as a result of the diamond craze in the western parts of the world. The movie is set in Sierra Leone which is shown to be a major diamond producer in Africa that is run over with guerilla warfare. The guerillas are

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DIAGRAM: TWO THIEVES

looking for ways to overthrow their national government but cannot do it apart from weapons received from their corrupt diamond industry. So, the guerillas mine diamonds in exchange for weapon purchases from western markets and the weapons are manned by child armies. The scene can be set up by stating that the boy (Dia

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Vandy) has been stolen away from his family and childhood and the following clip is how the father (Solomon) reunites himself with his child after being taken hostage for some years. The boy has been brainwashed into a kiling machine and his father has to work through a very hostile interaction to try to redeem the lost relationship.

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BIBLIC AL PARALLELS Picking the Topic

LEAD-IN QUESTION:

TRANSITION QUESTION:

“KILL HIM, KILL HIM, KILL HIM” ~DIA

IN TR O D U CT IO N TOPIC: PRODIGAL AGANT DEFINE: RECKLESSLY EXTRAV

DIGAL? MON PERCPETION OF A PRO EXAMPLE: WHAT IS THE COM

CL IP SOLOMON SO TO HIS FATHER? WHY IS WHAT IS DIA’S REACTION ? DOES NOT KNOW HIM SURPRISED THAT HIS SON

THE MOVIE TERS (SOLOMON & DIA) IN HOW DO THE TWO CHARAC E COMPARISONS. TY IN REAL LIFE? MAKE SOM REPRESENT GOD AND HUMANI CONNECTIONS:

ASHED HE CANNOT FATHER AND IS SO BRAINW DIA HAS DISREGARDED HIS HING TO DO WITH TS HIM DEAD. HE WANTS NOT RECOGNIZE HIM AND WAN HIM. HIS FATHER. HE HAS LEFT GOD (ROM. 5:10) HUMANITY’S HOSTILITY TO • DIA’S SCREAMS EVEN IN OUR SIN FORTH - GOD PURSUING US • SOLOMON COMING (ROMANS 5:8) .

SCRIPTURE “FATHER, GIVE ME M SAID TO THIS FATHER, " “AND THE YOUNGER OF THE LUKE 15:12 TY THAT IS COMING TO ME.” THE SHARE OF THE PROPER LUKE 15:28 RY AND REFUSED TO GO IN.” • “BUT HE WAS ANG H LEFT, BUT ONLY ONE UP BEING PRODIGALS. BOT • BOTH SONS ENDED FROM GOD: YOUR YOU KEEP TO E LIKELY RETURNED. WHAT IS MOR ? SIN OR YOUR GOOD WORKS

The Movie Set the Clip up with a movie context/ summary and a lead in question. It is always helpful to fill people in where the scene falls in the stage of the movie (Only give them the details that are needed to get the point you are trying to make.) Also, give your audience a lead in question. This will tell them what to look for in the clip. Finally, look to make as many connections as you can from the clip with reality - this will provide your transition to the verse. Incorporating the Bible Find a Scripture that captures the truth you are looking to communicated clearly and accurately. Try to find one that contains the word that you are focusing on for the study. This is the ground for everything we are trying to communicate up until this point and we will build the discussion questions off of it.

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“Irreleigious” (Rebellion) Relativism

Just as Christ was crucified by two thieves, so this doctrine of Justification is ever crucified between opposite ~ Tertullian errors.”

“Gospel” (Resting) Love

“Religious” (Righteousness) Moralism

2 WAYS T HAT RO B T HE G OS P E L OF ITS P OW ER

Diagrams Diagrams are often very helpful because most people are visual learners. Anytime you can find a picture to reinforce words or biblical truth it almost always clarifies, sharpens, and clears up misunderstandings. Pictures often speak a thousand words. Look for drawings or ideas that are simple but capture a lot of meaning. A good test of simplicity is its reproducibility. Could the audience replicate this after one try? They need not be exhaustive, but are used to campture one main point.

Two Thieves This diagram serves to answer the question, “What are the two opponents of the gospel?” First draw a line under the cross and ask your audience what are lifestyles that keep people from looking to a Savior. In other words, what are the two thieves (two ways of living) that rob or steal the gospel way from us (represented by two false crosses). One is simple: a sinful life. It can be characterized as an irreligious or rebellios lifestyle in which the person is concerned with only themselves and getting by on their own moral code. In their eyes they are not that bad. Postmodern reletavism is the authority for this world-view. The second way to live is a religious life. But this too is not a gospel-centered way to live. This person is concerend with meeting moral codes scripted from religous handbooks and deserves treatment from God based on their good acts. People usually fall out on one of two sides. Ask them which side they fall out on. Each side has a descriptor for “identity label” (actions) and authority.

DISCUSSION ?’S Topic – Prodigal Verse – Luke 15:11-32 Tertullian said, "Just as Christ was crucified between two thieves, so this doctrine of justification is ever crucified between two opposite errors." (Legalism = older brother; Liberalism = younger brother) 1. Describe the differences/similarities in the sons? 2. Which realization does the younger son make that leads him back home? 3. What does the older son fail to realize that keeps him from coming home? 4. How do both sons really leave their Father? Why do they leave Him? 5. Which one do you identify with most? Why? Further study: Titus 3:3-7 Topic – Prodigal Verse – Luke 15:11-32 Tertullian said, "Just as Christ was crucified between two thieves, so this doctrine of justification is ever crucified between two opposite errors." (Legalism = older brother; Liberalism = younger brother) 1. Describe the differences/similarities in the sons? 2. Which realization does the younger son make that leads him back home? 3. What does the older son fail to realize that keeps him from coming home? 4. How do both sons really leave their Father? Why do they leave Him? 5. Which one do you identify with most? Why? Further study: Titus 3:3-7 Topic – Prodigal Verse – Luke 15:11-32 Tertullian said, "Just as Christ was crucified between two thieves, so this doctrine of justification is ever crucified between two opposite errors." (Legalism = older brother; Liberalism = younger brother) 1. Describe the differences/similarities in the sons? 2. Which realization does the younger son make that leads him back home? 3. What does the older son fail to realize that keeps him from coming home? 4. How do both sons really leave their Father? Why do they leave Him? 5. Which one do you identify with most? Why? Further study: Titus 3:3-7

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PRODIGAL PT. 2 Luke 15:1-2

WORD: PRODIGAL PT. 2 MOVIE: BLOOD DIAMOND, 2006 CLIP: SCENE 28, (2:56), â&#x20AC;&#x153;I AM

YOUR FATHERâ&#x20AC;?

VERSE: LUKE 15:1-2

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DIAGRAM: ARROWS

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BIBLIC AL PARALLELS Picking the Topic

IN TR O D U CT IO N TOPIC: PRODIGAL AGANT DEFINE: RECKLESSLY EXTRAV

OF BOTH SONS CE OF THE EXTRAVAGANCE EXAMPLE: REMIND AUDIEN L FOCUS ON THE WIL WE NOW WORKS) AND (REBELLION AND RIGHTEOUS HER EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE FAT

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LEAD-IN QUESTION:

ATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REUNION OF THE REL WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FATHER AND SON? TRANSITION QUESTION:

THE MOVIE TERS (SOLOMON & DIA) IN HOW DO THE TWO CHARAC E COMPARISONS. SOM E MAK E? TY IN REAL LIF REPRESENT GOD AND HUMANI CONNECTIONS:

ATIONSHIP? HE IS KING TO REUNITE THE REL DO YOU SEE THE FATHER LOO NITE ONE THAT REU ELY A NEW ONE, BUT MER NOT LOOKING TO ESTABLISH T EXISTS BUT HAS BEEN LOS GOD (ROM. 5:10) HUMANITY’S HOSTILITY TO • DIA WITH GUN EVEN IN OUR SIN FORTH - GOD PURSUING US • SOLOMON COMING CE. BULLET IN OUR PLA (ROMANS 5:8) HE TAKES THE

WHO HE IS. HE IS ALSO G - HE IS REMINDING DIA • SOLOMON TALKIN LITY CLEAR TO US. IS. THE GOSPEL MAKES REA REMINDING DIA WHO DIA

SCRIPTURE DRAWING NEAR TO S AND SINNERS WERE ALL " NOW THE TAX COLLECTOR SAYING, “THIS ED, MBL AND THE SCRIBES GRU HIM. AND THE PHARISEES 15:1-2 E LUK M.” THE EATS WITH MAN RECEIVES SINNERS AND S ACCUSATION FROM THE PARABLE ANSWERS THI • DO YOU SEE HOW THE PHARISEES?

“I AM YOUR FATHER, WHO LOVES YOU AND YOU WILL COME HOME WITH ME AND BE MY SON AGAIN” ~SOLOMON The Movie Set the Clip up with a movie context/ summary and a lead in question. It is always helpful to fill people in where the scene falls in the stage of the movie (Only give them the details that are needed to get the point you are trying to make.) Also, give your audience a lead in question. This will tell them what to look for in the clip. Finally, look to make as many connections as you can from the clip with reality - this will provide your transition to the verse. Incorporating the Bible Find a Scripture that captures the truth you are looking to communicated clearly and accurately. Try to find one that contains the word that you are focusing on for the study. This is the ground for everything we are trying to communicate up until this point and we will build the discussion questions off of it.

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Done Receive

Give

Good Works

Grace

H OW D O YO U AT T E M P T TO R E AC H G O D ?

Diagrams Diagrams are often very helpful because most people are visual learners. Anytime you can find a picture to reinforce words or biblical truth it almost always clarifies, sharpens, and clears up misunderstandings. Pictures often speak a thousand words. Look for drawings or ideas that are simple but capture a lot of meaning. A good test of simplicity is its reproducibility. Could the audience replicate this after one try? They need not be exhaustive, but are used to campture one main point.

The Arrows Diagram This diagram serves to answer the question, “How do you attempt to reach God.” The leader can start by drawign two sets of the human icon (stick figure) and the written word, “God” across from them. The entire diagram gives two ways in which people can answer the question depending upon which way the arrows face. Is it man’s attempt to reach God which results in a “doing, giving, and working” lifestyle? Or is Christianity best described in God’s attempt to reach man which results in a “Resting, Receiving, and Grace-filled” lifestyle. Those categories at the end of the two scenarios may grant greater clarity. This is a good reinforcement of the parables in Luke 15 because the aim of the parables is to teach that God pursues the wayward sinner and saves them, not the other way around.

DISCUSSION ?’S Topic – Prodigal Verse – Luke 15:1-2 “Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 1. What is the accusation of the Pharisees in the verse above? What are they implying by their comment? 2. Read all of Luke 15. In each parable, which Eigure represents God the Father? What does each Eigure have in common? 3. What is the main point of the three parables? What is Christ’s response to them? 4. How does this view of God change your understanding of grace and your salvation?

Further Study: Ephesians 2:1-5

Topic – Prodigal Verse – Luke 15:1-2 “Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 1. What is the accusation of the Pharisees in the verse above? What are they implying by their comment? 2. Read all of Luke 15. In each parable, which Eigure represents God the Father? What does each Eigure have in common? 3. What is the main point of the three parables? What is Christ’s response to them? 4. How does this view of God change your understanding of grace and your salvation?

Further Study: Ephesians 2:1-5