Jesus Rewrote The Rules | Who Was Jesus Really Week 3
Share a story of when you should have gotten in trouble but skated by. How did that impact you?
Most of us have felt like an outsider before, Or, if we’ve been on the inside, we do everything we can to prove we belong there. What’s the one place in your life that’s hardest to be “in”? Maybe you feel completely disconnected, that you’re not enough, or you’re on the outside. Share what that typically looks like with the group.
If we don’t feel like we have a place, we often lean on certain behaviors to overcome those feelings. We can seek approval, power, control, or indulge in an appetite to medicate the pain of feeling disconnected. What’s your default? (Don’t worry, we all have one.)
Read Romans 2:4. Jesus created a space for us at the table that we just receive by turning to him. What’s one way you can practice receiving his love this week in place of your typical response? If you aren’t sure, brainstorm as a group, and pick one that most resonates with you.
Read Colossians 2:6, then close your time praying for one another. Or say this one over the group, “Jesus we thank you for rewriting the rules for us to have a seat at the table. We ask that you show us how to have the posture of receiving your invitation. Everything that needed to be proven you proved for us, everything that needed to be earned you accomplished for us. Thank you for your love, your surprises, and things yet to be discovered by being in relationship with you. Amen.”
“I don’t belong.” No matter who you are or where you come from, we’ve all felt like an outsider. However this is a critical part of Jesus' story—how he consistently pushed against the powers and rules keeping us separated from the hope God wants for us. Today Kyle talks about how Jesus rewrote those rules so that outsiders like you and me could have a seat at the table