Life group questions & notes

If your right eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. It is better to lose an eye than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:27–30

Questions for Life Groups

1. Read Matthew 5:1-12 (blessings) and then read Matthew 5:27–30, and this week’s Circuit Rider article titled Adultery.
2. This week, let’s try slowing our gaze and let the glass clear. The next time you find yourself making a snap judgment, ask yourself, “What am I assuming? What story do I not know? What image of God might be standing in front of me?”
3. Second, name the treasure. When you are tempted to reduce someone to a function, silently name what is sacred about them. Image-bearer. Breathing. Beloved. Someone’s child. Someone Jesus died for. You cannot easily use what you have named as treasure.
4. How can your group members help you be more receptive to hearing and understanding the Word of God this week? Pray for one another to be blessed by the Holy Spirit with greater courage.