site logo
  • About Us
    • Our Staff
    • Our History
    • News
  • Contact Us
  • FREE!
    • FREE Digital Mag
    • Weekly Downloads
    • Resources
  • Print Subscriptions
  • NEW! CC Churchlink
Homepage > Bible Study Tools > Evaluation Questions > Week 43
Study Questions
October 26, 2019  |  By Leigh Mackenzie

Week 43
Study Questions

Print

Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson.

1. Have you ever been teased or mocked for your faith?

2. How would you describe what it means for you to be holy?

Read 2 Peter 3:3-9

1. Were you ever surprised when you were persecuted or mocked for your faith? There will always be those who scorn us for following Christ. What does this passage say will happen to those who mock true faith in God? 

2. Read 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12. What encouragement and hope do you receive from this passage to persevere when you have difficulties living a Christian life?

Read 2 Peter 3:10-13

3. What is the “day of the Lord?” Describe or draw it in detail. Answer the questions: Who? What? When? Where? How? Discuss what Peter says a believer’s response to end times should be. Is this normally our attitude?

4. Read 1 Peter 1:13-16. The word holy means to be set apart, and in verse 16, it conveys the idea of being separate from infirmity, impurity, and sin. Using the text, describe the practical ways Peter gives us to live holy lives. As New Testament believers, wrestle with this question: Is holiness external, internal, or both?

Read 2 Peter 3:14-18

5. The Greek word, spoudazó, means to make haste, to be eager and earnest, and is used four times in the three chapters of 2 Peter. In verse 14, what is Peter pleading with believers to make every effort to do? Discuss the urgency of the apostle’s message for us today and consider whether or not you are being as diligent to live a blameless life as you should. What needs to change?

6. How does verse 15 go hand-in-hand with verse 9? Recall a circumstance from your life when you were thankful for these spiritual truths and write a prayer of thanks for God’s patience during that time.

7. Are you at all surprised at Peter’s commentary about the apostle Paul? Why do you think Peter placed these affirming sentences about Paul here, in his final words to the church?

8. What stumbling blocks or points of sin do you have in your life—addictions, behaviors, thoughts, actions, or words? Consider what steps you can take this week to get the spiritual, emotional, and physical help you need to live a spotless and blameless life and be at peace.

Conclude your group time with prayer, using the following as a guide.

Jesus, thank you for this powerful teaching in the last words of Peter. Help us to make every effort to live holy and godly lives as we look forward to the Day of the Lord. Amen.

Previous StoryWeek 43 Mission | Whatever Happened to the Second Coming?
Next StoryWeek 43 Application |
Looking Forward

Comments: no replies

Join in: leave your comment Cancel Reply

(will not be shared)

Search

Helpful Resources

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Get the latest news, plus links to new posts at LookoutMag.com directly to your inbox every month.





Christian Standard Media

We provide true-to-the-Bible resources that inspire, educate, and motivate people to a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. For 150 years we have been serving the Christian community with products that have but one purpose: bringing the Bible to life.

Contact

16965 Pine Lane, Suite 202
Parker, CO 80134
800-543-1353
Lookout@christianstandardmedia.com

[contact-form-7 id=”24009″ title=”Subscribe for Free!_copy”]

Magazine WordPress Theme made by ThemeFuse