The Red and The Blue. Week 4: Full of Grace and Truth Study Guide
Main Idea: Grace and truth together, give us what we need and not what we deserve.
Key Scripture: John 1:1-5, 14
Key Principles:
- We should live with grace and truth.
- The true expression of love is found in the tension between grace and truth.
- We follow the model of Jesus.
Discussion Questions:
- Rules were made to be broken. True or False? Explain.
- Do you consider the culture you live in to hold Christian values? What makes you think this?
- Read John 1:1-5,14 and John 14:6. How does seeing Jesus as truth embodied alter your perspective of what it means to speak the truth?
- Do you think it’s possible to overextend grace? If so, how?
- Do you tend to lean more toward grace or truth? What does it look like to lean all the way in either direction?
- Have you ever shared the truth with someone and unintentionally hurt them as a result? Has someone done this to you? What went wrong?
- Which areas of your life do you need to accept God’s grace for? Where do you need His truth to set you free?
- What are some specific ways you can live with both grace and truth to influence the culture around you?
Next Steps: Commit to a step and live it out this week.
- Who needs your grace right now? Reach out to them. Call, text, re-friend, and extend grace
Start praying. Be bold, and pray with power.
- Jesus, You crossed the line to love people on the other side. You are grace and truth lived out. We need your grace just to live, but will you give us extra for others? Will you show us how to love with grace and truth? Thank you for making grace possible. Amen.