Go: Disciples Making Disciples – Week 4

Key Points

Grace not only forgives us, but grace also redirects us.

1. 01 Jesus confronts the sinner: grace stops Saul on the Damascus road while he is still in rebellion, because from God's perspective no one is too lost to be found.
2. 02 Grace doesn't say "try harder" or "move faster"; it says you're going the wrong direction, because effort can never make a wrong direction right.
3. 03 Jesus humbles and redirects the sinner: conversion is not adding Jesus to the life you already have, it is surrendering to Him as Lord.
4. 04 Like Ananias, God isn't interested in your "someday" but in your obedience today, and willing, available people get to share in His plan.
5. 05 Jesus sends the sinner out as a witness: if He has saved you, you already know enough to say "I was lost, and now I'm found."

Discussion Questions

1. 01 Jason said Saul was sincere and zealous yet heading the wrong way, like running up a down escalator. Where in your own life might you be working hard, even religiously, yet moving in a direction only grace, not more effort, can correct?
2. 02 On the road Jesus asked, "Saul, why are you persecuting me?" identifying Himself with His suffering people. How does it change the way you see the church to know that Jesus takes what is done to His people personally?
3. 03 Jason distinguished wanting Christ as Savior from surrendering to Him as Lord, saying conversion is not adding Jesus to the life you already have. Are there areas where you want forgiveness without surrender, and what would genuine surrender look like there?
4. 04 Ananias feared Saul's reputation but obeyed and called his enemy "Brother Saul." Who is someone you have quietly written off as too far gone, and what would it look like to believe that no one is beyond Christ's reach?
5. 05 Saul began proclaiming Jesus "immediately," before he knew everything, simply because he was convinced. What is your own simple testimony of what Jesus has done, and who could you share it with this week?