Gospel Fluency

1/5/2020

Looking back over the sermon this week, discuss at least one or two of the following questions with your Life Group. As you discuss, remember your commitment to be honest, and to help each other “grow up in Christ” by “speaking truth in love” with each other (Eph. 4:1-16).

What concepts were new, or especially stood out, from this week’s sermon? What was difficult from the sermon? What questions arose for you after thinking it over?
As a group, how would we together define the concepts: “unbelief,” and “gospel fluency”?

A key concept is this: “Language fluency requires immersion into a community of people who speak the language constantly. Gospel fluency requires immersion into a community of people so saturated with the gospel of Jesus Christ that they just can’t stop speaking the truths of Jesus wherever they go and in whatever situations they find themselves.”

In what ways does our group reflect this picture of community?
In what ways don’t we, and why (what barriers, temptations, and lies might exist)? Or, in what areas of your own life is it the most difficult for you to speak the gospel into, or to trust the truth of the power of the gospel message? Some examples of probing questions to help illuminate these areas are (feel free to add your own):

What do you get the most frustrated or angry with?
What does you Google search history look like?
Do you have things which could be considered ‘coping mechanisms’?

Are there any commitments we can make together in light of this, as we pursue “gospel immersion” together?
Apply the gospel, even to this conversation: in what ways do we need the truth and power of God the Father (seen most clearly in the life, death, and resurrection of God the Son, and empowered in us by God the Spirit) to help make us a community that overcomes barriers, talks about Jesus, speaks truth in love to each other, and grows together in Christ?