I'll Be Home for Christmas Week Two-- Questions for Discussion and Reflection

Lesson Two in the study Gospel-Centered Life asks, “Do you picture God as disappointed? Angry? Indifferent? Does His face say, “Get your act together!” or “If only you could do a little more for me!” Consider this reply, “If you imagined God as anything but overjoyed with you, you have fallen into a performance mindset. Because the gospel truth is: In Christ, God is deeply satisfied with you.” (whm.org/gcl)

Read Luke 15:17-19. How was the prodigal son prepared to be received by his father?

Read Luke 15:20-24. How did the father receive back his son?

Compare this father’s response with Luke 15:7, and 10. What assurance does this offer the sinner who repents and turns to Christ?

Read Isaiah 59:2 and Ephesians 2:1-3. How do these scriptures describe our relation to God without Christ?

Read Colossians 1:21-22 and Ephesians 2:4-10. How does God see you in Christ?

Colossians 1:22 declares that in Christ, the Christian is presented before God as “holy, faultless, and blameless.” How should this reality affect your everyday life?