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Icebreaker
- What is a movie or book you remember watching as a kid that you experienced differently as an adult?
Discussion Questions
- What stuck out to you from the message?
- Read Exodus 19:3-6. What mandate does God give the Israelites? What does it mean to be a “holy nation” and why is that important?
- If you were to summarize the Old Testament (aka the time before Jesus), what would you say? What does the Old Testament communicate about us, about God, and about our need for Jesus?
- Read Isaiah 49:5-7. What or who is being promised in this passage? Why does God need to raise up a Redeemer for Israel and what will that Redeemer do?
- Skim through Matthew 1-17. Why does Matthew open up his gospel with a genealogy? Are there any names in the genealogy that are familiar to you? If so, what significance do they hold?
- Have you heard the phrase “blessed to be a blessing?” What new meaning does that take on in light of the Old Testament? How can we live out that call today?
Prayer
- Before you close in prayer, take prayer requests and share one place where you could carry God’s blessing to this week, then pray for those things.
