How is Biblical marriage defined?
What advantages does monogamy set in motion?
What is love?
What are the 2 clear allowances for divorce?
How is being single possibly advantageous?
SMALL GROUP GUIDE
Welcome
Weekly Vision Casting
Small Group Guidelines (if necessary)
Warm Up Question
Study: Head, Heart, and Hand Questions
Personal Prayer Requests
SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS
Warm Up Question: Marriage rates are in steep decline and even the very definition of marriage is being altered. Why do you think that is?
HEAD: These questions help us examine the Word.
1. How many letters did Paul write to the Corinthians? (Hint: See 1 Corinthians 5:9,
2 Corinthians 2:3–4).
2. Steve used a syllogism to define Biblical love: A) God is love (1 John 4:8) B) Jesus is God. C) Therefore, the life of Jesus personifies a life of love. What was the essence of Jesus earthly life? At its core, what was His earthly ministry about? How does this help to define love?
3. What is the Biblical definition of marriage? (Hint: See Genesis 2:20-24)
4. What are the two clear Biblical allowances for divorce? (Hint: See Mt. 19:3-8, 1 Cor. 7:10-16) Is divorce mandated in such circumstances?
HEART: These questions help us wrestle with what we believe.
5. How has divorce affected your life?
6. How do you think Paul describes “success” in life? (Hint: See verse 1 Cor. 7:19, 35)
7. How do YOU define success and are your actions consistent with your definition?
8. Paul describes both marriage and singleness as a “gift” (1 Cor. 7:6). Do you see your current situation that way?
HAND: These questions help us bring truth and beliefs into our everyday life.
9. Given Paul’s definition of success as “undivided devotion and obedience to the Lord” could there be any advantages in being married?
10. On a scale of 1-10 how well are you living the “successful life” as Paul would describe it? What’s keeping you from increasing it?
11. If you’re married: How can you invite singles (appropriately) into your life that they might experience the family of God?
12. If you’re single: How can you uniquely help the Church advance the Kingdom?