Week of 10/1/15

LIFE GROUP

Week 2

10/1/15

CREATION – GOD’S GLORY IN DISPLAY

THEME: God putting his holiness on display

“Earth is crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God’s glory; But only he who has eyes to see, takes off his shoes, the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”

– Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1857)

READING FOR PREPERATION:

• The Creation Story: Genesis 1-2
• Psalm 8 – “You have set your glory above the heavens” (vs. 1)
• Matthew 21:12-17 – Out of insignificant mouths, God reveals his majesty.
•  Hebrews 1:1-3 - The glory of God put on display in his Son, Jesus Christ
• Hebrews 2:1-20 

Song for meditation & worship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoyttwTgQ30

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. In reading the creation story of Genesis 1-2 & thinking specifically about God’s glory being put on display, what comes to mind & what affections are stirred within you?
2. In reading Genesis 2:18-25 and thinking about the purpose of man & women united together for a specific purpose, how does the original purpose translate into your marriage right now?
3. In reading Psalm 8, specifically verses 1-2, what do you see as God’s primary plan to reveal his majesty & glory?
4. In reading the passages in Hebrews 1 & 2, what is Jesus’s role in displaying God’s glory?  And what is our role?

FINAL DISCUSSION QUESTION:

1. Where are you specifically seeing the glory of God on display right now?
2. What is our role in displaying the glory of God?  What does that mean for our marriage, family, work?