Home Group Study Questions // Oct 25

Never Stop Growing Session 3: Never Stop Growing in Self-Control

 

2 Peter 1:5 — “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control.”

[Read 2 Peter 1:3-8]

  1. Do you take any dietary supplements? Why are supplements helpful for health and growth?
  2. We cannot earn our salvation. By faith, it is a free gift from God. However, the Apostle Peter reminds us that there is a recipe for growing in our faith in Christ. According to verse 5, what are we to grow in? Why is this important?
  3. How does faith grow according to verse 3? Who is at work in us? How? What does this mean?
  4. According to verse 4, what is God at work doing in our lives? What are we becoming? What are we escaping? Why?
  5. Following virtue and knowledge, what does Peter encourage the church to grow in?
  6. What is self-control? What does this mean for the Christian?
  7. According to a worldly standard, what is self-control? According to the Scriptures, what is self-control? What is the difference between the two?
  8. What does Galatians 5:22-25 say about self-control? Where does self-control come from? Why? Why is self-control not a self-effort?
  9. So how do we apply this to our lives?
  10. What does Galatians 5:16-18 say? How does this help us grow in our faith?