Opening
Icebreaker question: What is one challenging experienced you’ve faced or something you’ve had to learn (i.e. relocating for work, learning a new skill, etc.)?
Worship
Worship the Lord together!
Word
1 Peter 2:2-3
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Sermon Outline
Main Idea: Crave pure spiritual milk
- “Grow up in your salvation” – this analogy is about spiritual growth (i.e. freedom from power & presence of sin)
- “Crave” – like babies crave on instinct, Peter commands us to crave pure spiritual milk.
- “Pure” – like newborns, Christians can die if you feed them alternatives to spiritual milk
- “Spiritual Milk” – this represents the word, which is: (1) the written word, (2) the proclaimed word, and (3) the incarnate word
Discussion
- Spiritual milk was described as the written word, the proclaimed word, and the incarnate word – which of the three do you experience the most, and which of the three would you like to desire more of?
- Spiritual growth results from being fed pure spiritual milk – what has your experiences growing in the faith looked like?
- How has pure spiritual milk affected the way you view and interact with the power and presence of sin?
Witness
- Reminder: There will be a summer adult zone fellowship on August 25th at 12:45 – 3:00 in the multipurpose gym. Please sign up through the link: gcgcny.link/zonesignup