Groups Discussion Guide

Faking It

BIG IDEA:
We defeat deception in relationships by telling the truth.
TEACHING POINTS:
  1. Conspiring to look like something we are not, is a path to all kinds of pain.
  2. Hard truths help us avoid pain and healing.
  3. Learn to ask the right question, and then be quiet and listen.

Acts 2:42-47, 32-37; Acts 5:1-10; Ephesians 4:14-16, 29

OPENING QUESTIONS:
  1. What is a white lie that you have told? Why did you tell it?
  2. Share about a time when someone lied to you about something small or big. How did it make you feel?
IN THE WORD:
  1. Read or summarize Acts 2:42-47 and Acts 4:32-37. Pastor Hutchison mentioned that Jesus liked to compare His relationships with the body of Christ to how a marriage should be and referenced these passages. How do we see unity in the scriptures? What does unity in a marriage look like?
  2. How do we see selflessness in those scriptures? What does selflessness in a marriage look like?
  3. Read or summarize Acts 5:1-5. How were they conspiring to look like something they were not?
  4. Read Ephesians 4:14-16. What benefits are there in speaking the truth in love (verse 15)?
  5. Read Ephesians 4:29. What filters should we have before we speak to others?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
  1. In marriage/relationships, how do people conspire to look like something that they are not?
  2. What truths do people hold back in marriage/relationships that are damaging? How are they damaging?

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