Creekside Community Church

A.The Lost Sheep (vs. 3-7)

B.The Lost Coin (vs. 8-10)

C.The Lost Sons (vs. 11-32)

For further thought and discussion:

Getting Started


1. What was helpful to you in this week’s sermon? What didn’t you understand?
2. Are more of your friends believers or unbelievers? Why? What is healthy about your relationships with those who don’t yet believe in Jesus? What is unhealthy?

Going Deeper



3. Please read Luke 15 and answer the following questions:
a. What’s differences do you see between Jesus and the Pharisees and scribes? Why do you think these differences existed? Who are you more like – Jesus or the Pharisees?
b. What do the first two stories have in common? How does each answer the Pharisees’ criticism of Jesus?
c. What does the third story have in common with the first two? What additional information do you find?
d. Do you identify more with the younger or with the older brother? Why?
e. What does Jesus reveal about God in this story?
f. How should these stories change the way we view lost people?

Application:

What is one thing you will apply from this passage this week? What will you do?