Sermon Discussion Guide 7-12-26

Sermon Discussion Guide
The Ten Commandments | How to Be Content | Exodus 20:17

Gathering Question
What is one thing from this sermon series that has stayed with you?

Gathering Prayer
Father, by Your Spirit, would You guide us into all truth. Help us to hear and be attentive to Your voice as we work through this study. In the name of Jesus, Your Son, we pray, Amen.

Opening Questions

• What stood out to you in the sermon?
• What insights did you gain?
• What questions did it raise?

Read Exodus 20:17

The Only Commandment on the Inside

• The tenth commandment is the only one that fully happens on the inside. What does this tell us about the nature of our sin problem?
• Coveting can disguise itself as ambition, drive, or just being competitive. Have you ever recognized that coveting might be hiding under one of these things in your own life?

Spiritual Fitness

• The rabbis taught that, if you keep the first nine commandments, your life will be so full and rich that you won’t want anyone else’s life. What is true and helpful about this idea?
• What are some areas in your life where you need to build some “spiritual fitness?”

Pentecost

• Compare Acts 2:1-4 with Exodus 20:18-21. What similarities do you see? What differences do you see? What do these differences teach us about the new covenant?
• Read Galatians 5:22-23. What are practical ways that you might grow in the fruit of the Spirit? 
• As this series ends, what is one thing you want to carry forward from these eleven weeks?

Closing Prayer