For Goodness Sake
About This Series
Most people, whether religious or not, have the desire to be good. The problem is that our idea of goodness is fuzzy and our approach to goodness unworkable. God alone is truly good and he has revealed to us how we can be good like him. It’s not what you think.
SERMONS IN THIS SERIES
November 5, 2017
Accurate Diagnosis?
Part 1 of For Goodness Sake
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 1. What do you want to see ultimately in your life? At the end of it, when you look back, what would you consider a life well-lived and without regrets?
- 2. In what ways can you identify with the conflict in Romans 7 between the good you want ultimately and what you do naturally?
- 3. What must be the state of your heart before God can give you victory over sin? How are you using blaming and balancing tactics to avoid confronting your sinful condition?
November 12, 2017
Heart Transplant
Part 2 of For Goodness Sake
BY Senior Pastor Wang Tiak Kweng
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 1. Think about your specific struggles with sin. What are the needs that you are really trying to meet through your sin? How has Christ addressed those needs?
- 2. How did God seek to win us rather than force us? How much has this reality sunk in for you, and how has it shaped the way you live?
- 3. Why did the preacher say that true holiness is not primarily a matter of will power and discipline? What then is it? How is it primarily for you?
November 19, 2017
Healthy Lifestyle
Part 3 of For Goodness Sake
BY Senior Pastor Wang Tiak Kweng
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 1. How regularly are you setting aside time to cultivate your spiritual life by meditating on the bible and prayer? What has God been saying to you about heavenly things versus earthly things?
- 2. What are some temptations you need to be especially mindful of? What are you doing to resist or flee from them?
- 3. To what extent is this cell group helping members to cultivate a holy lifestyle? How can you do even better?
November 26, 2017
Effective Recovery
Part 4 of For Goodness Sake
BY Senior Pastor Wang Tiak Kweng
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 1. Share about a time when you did something wrong, and then made the problem even worse, by trying to find an expedient way out of it. What did you learn from it?
- 2. What are some reasons that make it difficult for us to embrace the grace of God when we have failed?
- 3. What are the two kinds of causes that we must tackle to get out of sinful habits and patterns? How can you apply this to your own situation?