21 Sep
2025

What Great Love

Passage: 1 John 3:1-3 & 1 Corinthians 13:12

“When you know the truth about what happens to you after you die, and you believe it, and you are satisfied with all that God will be for you in the ages to come, that truth makes you free indeed. Free from the short, shallow, suicidal pleasures of sin, and free for the sacrifices of mission and ministry that cause people to give glory to our Father in heaven.”
—John Piper, What Happens When You Die?

SERMON OUTLINE
1. Our Present Identity
2. Our Future Reality

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 

In what areas of life is it easy for you to think “I am enough” and in what areas are you most likely to NOT think “I am enough”?

Read 1 John 3:1-3 and 1 Corinthians 13:12. What do these passages show you about God’s character and about being his follower? What challenges, encourages, or sparks questions for you in these passages?

What does the apostle John tell us to pay attention to and why? How do we pay attention as John instructs us and what impact does this focus have on us?
How does the description of a Christian as a child of God shape your understanding of being a Christian and explaining to others what it means to be a Christian?
What has the process of becoming like Jesus looked like in your life? Often, we may realize that the closer to we grow to Jesus, the more aware of how far we have yet to go. What has spiritual growth looked like in your life?
Author Rankin Wilbourne wrote, “God does not love us to the degree that we are like Christ. God loves us to the degree that we are in Christ. And that’s one hundred percent.” What physical object can you place in a visible spot that will remind you of God’s love for you?
What from this passage and this discussion is something you want to put into practice or be more aware of this week or praise God for?

 

PRAYER

Share with your group how they can be praying for you: what is weighing on you from this past week? What are you praising God for from this past week?

“He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6