Next Level Guide 07.31.22

Summer Life Sunday

Discuss

What was one rule that you had growing up that was tough for you to follow?

What was your favorite Summer Life Event?

Study

Read John 6:60-71
Why were some of the disciples having trouble with Jesus’s statements
(Read John 6:37, 39, 44; 10:25-27)?

Why does Jesus turn away from the crowd and address His disciples? What was their reaction to this hard teaching? Why did they decide to stay with Jesus?

Peter declares his belief in verses 68-69. Is seeing believing to Peter? What does Peter realize? Who enables Peter to declare his faith in Jesus?

What’s Next

What does it mean that Jesus’s words are spirit and life?

Why have you decided to follow Jesus despite the “hard teachings?” What are some of the hard teachings of Jesus you have had to accept?

Are people still refusing to follow Jesus because His teachings are too hard?
Should we “soften” these teachings to get them into the Kingdom? (Did Jesus?)