Everyone A Witness
A School in Norwich (2|2)
Issues
Pages 97-106
TOGETHER read the book and the scripture.
INDIVIDUALLY take notes in your journal on what stands out.
Romans 5:16-19 (NIV) Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
Ephesians 1:3-10 (NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment —to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
TOGETHER pray for one another.
INDIVIDUALLY answer the questions in your journal - process your notes and pray.
How do we ensure we continue to be stirred to witness out of personal experience?
Sadly not everyone who comes to faith in Christ continues strongly in their faith. What do you consider to be the greatest challenges facing new believers today? How can we help them?
EXTRA READING:
“What is it to be a companion of Jesus today? It is to engage, under the standard of the cross, in the crucial struggle of our time: the struggle for faith and that struggle for justice which it includes.”
- Ignacio Ellacuría (1930 - 1989)
Jesuit martyr of San Salvador