Old Testament Complimentary Passage:
Deuteronomy 7:6-11
Sermon Outline:
- In love, God chose you to be holy
- Put on God’s heart toward sinners
- Put on God’s forgiveness of sinners
- Love completes the outfit
Family Discussion Questions:
- Does God pick people who are better than others?
- Does God love Christians because we are better than others?
- What does it mean to be holy?
- How is God patient with us? How should that make us treat others?
- How should we feel about people who are suffering?
- How should we feel about people who are having a hard time obeying God?
- Does a Christian have to forgive people?
- What does compassion look like from God’s perspective and how does it differ from the different views we see in the world?
- We are told to forgive “as the Lord has forgiven” us. What does that mean? How can people distort that teaching?
- What is love from God’s definition? How is that a necessary foundation for all the other commands in this passage?
- What does it mean to be holy as God is holy?
- How does the phrase, “chosen to be holy” correct both legalists and antinomians (permissive)?
- How do these commands differ from the manmade religious commands which Paul said earlier to reject?