MY STORY

For you, what is the “test” of a good movie, TV show, or book?

QUICK REVIEW

In this week’s message, Greg talked about The Church & Outside Voices—voices that claim to speak for God, but are false teachers.

Looking back on your notes from this week’s message, was there anything you heard that caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?

Of the tests that were mentioned (see below), which test have you seen as helpful in the past?

Test of Scripture
Does what they say line up with the Bible?

Test of Jesus’ Divine-Human Nature
Do they affirm that Jesus was both fully God and fully human?

Test of God’s Grace
Do they say anything besides God’s grace accepted by faith is needed for salvation?

Test of the Speaker’s Character
Do they have ulterior motives?

Test of Edification
Do they build people up or tear them down?

Read 1 Thessalonians 5:19-28 and focus on what it says to do and not to do.

DIGGING DEEPER

Why do you think this is how Paul ends his letter to the Thessalonian church?

1 Thessalonians 5:19 warns, “Do not quench the Spirit.”
What habits, disciplines, and experiences have you found fuel the Spirit’s work in you?

How do you intentionally and unintentionally resist or choke out the Holy Spirit’s work in you?

SERIES WRAP UP

In this verse by verse series through
1 Thessalonians we have discussed a great deal about having a biblical worldview – interpreting the world and interacting with it through a lens of what the Bible says.

This week’s message stated that the Bible is perfect, infallible, inerrant, and completely reliable.

What does that mean?

What does that mean for you?