Raised To Love – Fork Christian Church

How We Love His Church

April 24, 2022

Dig In Questions

In light of this week’s message, we encourage you to consider these questions and dig in a little deeper with your personal study, with your family, or with your small group.

1) Have the failures of the church ever tempted you to discount it, disrespect it, or disregard it? Does knowing that Jesus died for her (the church) cause you to see her differently?

2) How would you respond to someone who says they love Jesus but want nothing to do with his church?

3) How does recognizing that Christians are supposed to be an assembly of believers and not just a building full of believers change the way we should impact our schools, workplaces, and our communities?

4) Read Acts 4:32-35. How does the church that you are a part of today look like this description of the early church? What are some things it can improve on?

5) At Fork Christian we often say that we are just a bunch of imperfect people chasing after a perfect God. Does knowing that the early church was full of imperfections encourage you in your pursuit of Jesus or discourage you? Why?

6) Regarding relationships, there are 59 commands of how to treat “One another” in the New Testament. In the teaching, we were encouraged to “Out one another one another”. How would our relationships with friends, family, co-workers, and fellow Christians be changed if we would do that?

How We Love the World

April 17, 2022

Dig In Questions

In light of this week’s message, we encourage you to consider these questions and dig in a little deeper with your personal study, with your family, or with your small group.

1) Why was the fact that Jesus led a perfect life important for our salvation?

2) Have you ever gotten in trouble or punished for something someone else did? What was that like? How does it feel knowing that this is what Jesus did for you on the cross?

3) Read Matthew 28:1-10. Does the love demonstrated by the resurrection compel you to love the world? If so, how?

4) In the teaching we were told “Jesus did not expect those who had not encountered his love to behave like those who had encountered his love.” Are you ever guilty of expecting non Christians (or new Christians) to act like Jesus? How did Jesus respond to the woman caught in the act of adultery? (See John 8:1-11). What lessons can we learn from that?

5) In the teaching we learned that “Jesus did not expect people to change their life before they experienced his love.” Have you ever thought that someone else was not good enough to become a Christian? Did you ever feel like you needed to get “cleaned up” before coming to Jesus?

6) Read Luke 23:26-34. In the teaching we were told that “Jesus loved the world even when there was no love for him in return.” How does knowing that this is how Jesus loves you help you to love others who don’t love you back? What are some practical ways we can do that?

How We Love Our Families

April 10, 2022

Dig In Questions

In light of this week’s message, we encourage you to consider these questions and dig in a little deeper with your personal study, with your family, or with your small group.

1) Why is the death, burial and resurrection the most significant event in all of human history?

2) How does Jesus’ act of love change how we love? How does it change how we love our family?

3) In the teaching it was stated, “Jesus has not called us to model our families based off of the imperfect examples we see, rather he has called us to love our families based off of his perfect love for us.” How do those words impact, influence or affect how you see your role in loving your family?

4) Read 1 Corinthians 13:1-7. What are some ways that your family would say that you are doing well in loving them? What are some areas where there is room for improvement?

5) How well do your family’s priorities align with God’s priorities? If yes, what does that look like? Have they always? If they don’t, what are some steps you can take to change them?

6) How do you show your family that they matter? How would you like them to show you that you matter?