Sunday, September 14, 2025
Discussion Questions:
- How does our passage answer the following three questions: (1) What should believers be doing? (2) Where (or with whom) should they be doing it? (3) And why?
- How does thinking about the Triune God help us to gather with God’s church more intentionally?
- What does the writer of Hebrews mean when he says, “Let us consider how…” in vs. 24? Why is this important? In what way should this affect how you gather with the body on Sundays?
- What does it mean to stir up one another to love and good works?
- What does it mean to encourage one another, and why is this so important?
- What is the reason for believers encouraging one another according to our passage?
- Read 1 Thessalonians 4:3 and 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 together, and read 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 together. According to these passages, what’s the relationship between sanctification (ongoing growth in holiness) and the church?
- What effect might a church committed to doing the one-anothers together have on the world?
Application Questions
- How can we stir up one another to love and good works? How are you currently doing this? How can you grow here?
- How can we encourage fellow church members? How are you currently doing this? How can you grow here?
- How does thinking about the Lord’s Return more affect your desire to be with the church?
- What was your biggest takeaway from today’s sermon?
- How do you plan to apply what you learned from God’s word today?
- How can you prayerfully apply what you learned in today’s passage?