Before We Get Started

For our discussion today we will be using the sermon series discussion guides. If you would like to follow along you can access this discussion guide on the website at mosaicchurchaustin.com and then select “community group resources” in the menu options.

Prayer

Because the main goal of our time together is to establish relationships and learn how to walk with one another in all that God has called us to be and do, we’d like to begin by praying for one another. So, does anyone have anything you’d like us to pray for, or  anything to share regarding how you’ve seen God moving in your life that we can celebrate together.

This Week’s Topic

Today, we continue our new series titled, Reversal. We will be taking some time to walk through the Gospel account of Luke. Luke was an historian who set out to document the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and the impact it had on the world of his day. What we see in Luke’s account is that when Jesus gets involved in the life of a person, things get turned upside-down and inside-out. Jesus brings about a reversal of everything we thought we knew.

Today’s Topic

Tilting

Discussion Questions

Who is your favorite leader throughout history, other than Jesus?

What is the common denominator amongst those leaders?

N.T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is

“When God wants to sort out the world, as the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount make clear, he doesn’t send in the tanks. He sends in the meek, the broken, the justice hungry, the peacemakers, the pure-hearted and so on.” 

Why do you think power is so abused and misused in our world?

What would you say is the motivator behind that misuse of power?

How does a Kingdom of God perspective on power differ from the world’s perspective?

Luke 2:8-11

“And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”

Have you ever had a moment where you felt weak, or not in control, in your life that, now, looking back, you realize God was doing something to make you strong?

Why is it so difficult to trust God in those situations? 

Yet, how can we know that God is absolutely trustworthy in those moments?

Romans 1:21-23

“For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.”

What do people in our culture tend to reach for when they feel weak or insecure? 

What do you tend to reach for in the moments you feel weak or insecure? 

Why do you think created things can never ultimately bring us the peace, security, or strength we think they will? 

Closing Thought

How does the Gospel of Jesus empower and enable us to maintain Kingdom strength even when we may be experiencing weakness in our lives?