Pot Luck Bridal
Luncheon honoring Mary Whitworth and Joel Dyer following worship. Mary
has requested recipes for her shower - Lisa Sandlin has recipe cards. Brisket and
sausage will be provided, please bring a side dish or dessert to share.
Scriptures for Sunday
Philippians 2:1-11
(ESV)
1 So if there is any
encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit,
any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having
the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish
ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than
yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to
the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in
Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality
with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a
servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he
humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a
cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that
is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in
heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Matthew 22:22-33 (ESV)
22 When they heard it,
they marveled. And they left him and went away. 23 The same day Sadducees came
to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother
must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were
seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring
left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the
seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore,
of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.” 29 But Jesus
answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the
power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in
marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the
dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 ‘I am the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead,
but of the living.” 33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his
teaching.
Questions for
Reflection
Imitating Christ's Humility - Philippians
2:1-11
Open It
1. When was the last time you had a squabble with a family member?
2. *How much of a peacemaker are you?
Explore It
1. *What four qualities mark unity with Christ? (2:1)
2. How can Christians show their unity in Christ in practical ways? (2:2)
3. *What did Paul say about self-centeredness? (2:3-4)
4. What did Paul exhort believers to have? (2:5)
5. What did Christ set aside when He became a man? (2:6-8)
6. How did Jesus limit Himself? (2:6-8)
7. How was Christ fully God and fully man at the same time? (2:6-8)
8. *How is Christ the best example of humility and unselfishness for us? (2:6-8)
9. Why did Christ take on the limitations of being human even though He was of the same nature as God? (2:7)
10. How did God exalt Jesus? (2:9)
11. How did Christ win sovereignty over all people and over everything? (2:10)
12. What confession will every person make? (2:11)
Get It
1. How does your life show that you count on Christ?
2. How do petty quarrels hold you back in your Christian walk?
3. *How can Christ help you keep peace with others?
4. What hinders unity in your church?
5. What kind of disposition does Christ want us to have?
6. *How does Christ’s example of humility challenge our natural self-centeredness?
Apply It
1. *What practical steps can you take this week to demonstrate humility in your relationships?
2. For the sake of unity in Christ, what petty squabbles should you clear up right away? How?
Open It
1. When was the last time you had a squabble with a family member?
2. *How much of a peacemaker are you?
Explore It
1. *What four qualities mark unity with Christ? (2:1)
2. How can Christians show their unity in Christ in practical ways? (2:2)
3. *What did Paul say about self-centeredness? (2:3-4)
4. What did Paul exhort believers to have? (2:5)
5. What did Christ set aside when He became a man? (2:6-8)
6. How did Jesus limit Himself? (2:6-8)
7. How was Christ fully God and fully man at the same time? (2:6-8)
8. *How is Christ the best example of humility and unselfishness for us? (2:6-8)
9. Why did Christ take on the limitations of being human even though He was of the same nature as God? (2:7)
10. How did God exalt Jesus? (2:9)
11. How did Christ win sovereignty over all people and over everything? (2:10)
12. What confession will every person make? (2:11)
Get It
1. How does your life show that you count on Christ?
2. How do petty quarrels hold you back in your Christian walk?
3. *How can Christ help you keep peace with others?
4. What hinders unity in your church?
5. What kind of disposition does Christ want us to have?
6. *How does Christ’s example of humility challenge our natural self-centeredness?
Apply It
1. *What practical steps can you take this week to demonstrate humility in your relationships?
2. For the sake of unity in Christ, what petty squabbles should you clear up right away? How?
Adult Questions for LESSONMaker.
