Discussion Guide
This weekend in the message we talked about how our culture does not always line up with biblical principles. However, God has called believers and non-believers to live together. Let’s look at what Jesus said about this in the parable of the wheat and weeds.
What you will need: A Bible or your Bible app, a notebook, pen, and highlighter. The verses highlighted below are linked so that you can easily access them during your study time.
Jump Start
1. Share an experience you encountered with your job, kids' school, or a situation, not lining up with God’s Word? What's the biggest change in culture that you have seen?
2. Satan has a presence in the world. Read Matthew 13:24-28. Who is the enemy in this parable? Do you give the enemy too much credit at times? What do weeds and wheat represent? How can we stay alert to the enemy’s attack?
3. Believers must exist with non-believers. Read Matthew 13:29-30. What did Jesus want them to do with the wheat and weeds? How does that indicate we are to live together with everyone? Who is the judge that will take care of everything in the end?
4. Stay rooted. Read Colossians 4:5-6, John 15:5. How are we to talk and carry on conversations with others? If you stay rooted and attached to Jesus what will be the results? What fruit have you seen in your life from abiding in Jesus?
Action Step: This week make a commitment to daily abide, daily walk, daily seek, daily submit to Jesus. Keep coming back and stay rooted in Him. This is the only way we can make a difference in this world.
Deeper
5. Read 2 Corinthians 5:14-15. How did Paul live his life? Consider how Paul thought about the lost (weeds) in his time on earth?
6. Read Ephesians 3:14-21. According to this scripture, what can you see about Paul that helped him abide so closely to Christ?