Home Group Study Questions // Nov 8

Never Stop Growing Session 5: Never Stop Growing in Godliness

[Read 2 Peter 1:3–5 and 1 Timothy 3:16]

  1. When you think about godliness, what definitions or pictures come to your minds? How might we describe someone who is godly? What is godliness?
  2. Do a word study of “godliness” by looking up the following references and making observations about what the Bible says about godliness. 1 Timothy 3:16, 4:7–8; 2 Timothy 3:1–5; Titus 2:11–15, 2 Peter 1:3–8, 3:11–13
  3. How do your observations about “godliness” agree with or contrast the sermon’s definition of godliness as being a “God-fearer” or “God-worshipper?”
  4. What is the opposite of being godly? What does Romans 1:18–25 teach is happening in the heart and mind of ungodly?
  5. In 1682 Stephen Charnock wrote in his book, The Existence and Attributes of God, that “The reason we have such hard [negative or harsh] thoughts of God’s will is because we have such high thoughts of ourselves.”1 How does thinking too highly of ourselves in a Romans 1:18–25 way summarize what it means to be ungodly?
  6. How is normalizing, justifying, or excusing our sin an expression of ungodliness? What is wrong with, for example, saying we don’t need to respect people who disrespect us? See Luke 6:27–28. What does this attitude reflect about our view of ourselves and our view of God?
  7. What does Titus 2:11–14 and 2 Peter 1:2–8 teach about the way we grow in godliness? What/who trains us? What power transforms us? Being fruitful in the knowledge of whom?
  8. 1 Timothy 3:16 teaches that Jesus is the revelation, means, and goal godliness. How does Jesus reveal godliness? How is he the way to godliness? How is he the goal of righteousness? (See also Colossians 1:16, 19–20; Philippians 2:9–11)
  9. What are some ways you are tempted to see yourselves too highly and, as a result, diminish your view of God? Pray together for a growing knowledge of Jesus, stirring up a healthy God-fearing/worshipping in those areas. Pray for the grace of Jesus to train you in these areas to grow in godliness.