Opening Question: Do you want to live forever? Why or why not?
Read the following verses from the Bible:
Deuteronomy 33:27 - God lives forever! You can run to Him for safety. His powerful arms are always there to carry you.
Psalm 90:2 - Before You created the world and the mountains were made, from the beginning to the end You are God.
Jeremiah 31:3 - The Lord appeared to us in the past. He said, "I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. I have kept on loving you with faithful love."
Daniel 12:2 - Huge numbers of people who lie dead in their graves will wake up. Some will rise up to life that will never end. Others will rise up to shame that will never end.
Matthew 7:13,14 - Enter God's kingdom through the narrow gate. The gate is large and the road is wide that lead to death and hell. Many people go that way. But the gate is small and the road is narrow that lead to life. Only a few people find it.
John 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
John 3:16 - God loved the world so much that he gave His one and only Son. Anyone who believes in Him will not die but will have eternal life.
Discuss the following questions:
1) What do the verses above tell us about who God is and what He is like?
2) Do you have a question about any of these verses?
3) Which verse do you like the most, and why?
4) Which verse makes you feel uncomfortable, and why?
5) According to these verses, how can we live forever?
6) Do you believe you will live forever? Please explain.
Friday, January 30, 2009
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