The Word of God, Topical

New Sermon Series: The Word Of God

This week we begin a new series together as a church called The Word of God. How should we think of this book, the bible?

The Sermon Series

The sermons are laid out as follows and these should align with your Growth Group discussions:

  1. Inspiration – 2 Timothy 3
  2. Inerrancy – Matthew 5
  3. Sufficiency – Psalm 119:105-112
  4. Authority – Psalm 95:1-11
  5. Usefulness – 2 Timothy 3

(http://growthgroups.campbelltownanglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Sermon-Passages-for-2014.pdf)

How to go about this study

I have created a 6 page document based on a chapter from “The Bible” by Matthias Media and a tiny addition of my own.

http://growthgroups.campbelltownanglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/WoG-Inspired.pdf

A very different pace, I imagine, for your groups to go through but I suggest the following format:

  1. Introduce the sermon series by reading the Introduction of the paper.
  2. Discuss together what they think the bible is and how people use the bible in their daily lives.
  3. Read 2 Timothy 3 together – draw everyone’s attention to verse 16 and ask for comments/observations.
  4. Ask one person to pray about this 5 week series.
  5. Read the remaining 5 pages of the handout.
  6. If there’s time, read Psalm 19.
  7. Pray together.

In preparation for the night, please read through the six pages and highlight important parts. If you feel that time is getting on, you can skip bits that you don’t think are needed right now and suggest everyone read them later on their own.

For the following weeks, similar material is being worked on and I hope to have them to you in a timely manner.

I hope that you and the group enjoy this series together. I will be praying for a good finish to the year in all of the groups.

Prayer for the week:

Dear God, thank you for your inspired word that you have freely given to us. Help us to understand the bible and to make use of it as much as we can. Thank you for your Spirit who has brought the word to us and who enlightens our minds as we read it. Thank you for your Son who is whispered throughout the pages of the whole book. Amen.