Transformed by Scripture and Community.ParticipantsGuide

Transformed by Scripture & Community Teaching Summary: We are transformed through the power of the Scriptures as we learn and live them out in community together. The Beginnings of the Church (Acts 1:15; 2:47; 4:4; 5:14, 28; 6:1,7; 21:20) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Foundation 1: Scriptures (2 Tim. 3:16-17) Understanding of our Faith • _____________: giving us understanding to Christian truths • _____________: convicting when we are wrong in our understanding Application of our Faith • _____________: resetting/restoring how we were originally intended to live • _____________: instructing us how we ought to live out these truths in our lives Results: we are skilled to be able to do the good works we are called to do Foundation 2: Community (Acts 2:42-47) Church Model of Community Church Model: (Acts 5:42; cf. 2:46) 1. Larger Gathering: meet in the ______________ 2. Small Groups: meet from ______________ “The Church must grow _________and ________at the __________.” Larger – through ______________ Smaller – through ______________

Early Church and Community Life: 1. They ______________together (Acts 2:42; cf. 2 Thess. 2:15; 1 Tim. 4:13) 2. They ______________ together (2:42 – “fellowship”; cf. Heb 10:25) 3. They took ___________ together (2:42 – “breaking of bread”; cf. 1 Cor. 11:23-29) 4. They __________for each other (2:42 - “prayer”; cf. Acts 1:12-14; 4:23-31; 12:5-17) 5. They helped each other __________with their gifts (Acts 2:44-45; cf. Rom. 12:3-15) 6. They ______________ (2:46; cf. 2 Cor. 11:33-34) 7. They ______________ (2:47; cf. Eph. 5:19) 8. They ____________________ (Acts 2:47; cf. Acts 5:42) Transformed by Scripture and Community 1. ___________in learning and growing together (Jam. 5:16; Rom. 12:9; 2 Cor. 8:8) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 2. __________to encourage and care for each other (1 Cor. 12:25; Rom. 1:12; 14:19) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 3. _________in times of difficulty and weakness (Gal. 6:2; Jam. 2:8; 2 Cor. 11:23-28) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 4. ________in times of failure & brokenness (2 Cor. 2:7; Gal. 6:1; Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Small Group Notes/Prayer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Application Exercise Reflecting IN: Reflect upon yourself in acknowledging your own weakness/sin/failures, possible limited/unbiblical view of God, yourself, situations, and others (Gal 6:4) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Praying IN: Commit what you have learned to praying for change in the areas ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Sharing OUT: Share/confess your situation to someone (Jam. 5:16) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Living OUT: Redefining who you know the Scriptures says you are, who God is, and your own journey in Christ—this what Christ has called me to live and to be ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________