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84<br />
THY KINGDOM COME<br />
session 7 85<br />
WATCH THE DVD FOR THIS SESSION AND<br />
CAPTURE THOUGHTS YOU WANT TO REMEM-<br />
BER ABOUT THIS WEEK’S TEACHING.<br />
GROWING<br />
TOGETHER<br />
We like our lives, and our faith, to be nice and<br />
tidy. If we do this, God will do this. If I behave<br />
this way, this good thing will happen. If this,<br />
then that, cause and effect, everything easy to<br />
understand and making perfect sense.<br />
However, Jesus consistently turns that upside<br />
down. From the very beginning of his ministry<br />
He not only talked about the kingdom of God,<br />
but he gave confusing explanations of how<br />
things worked there. He says we must lose our<br />
life in order to find it, that we will find more<br />
joy in giving than in receiving, and that we are<br />
strong when we are weak.<br />
These paradoxes challenge our assumptions<br />
about the way life works, and they disrupt our<br />
tidy lives. But understanding these “upside<br />
down” statements is key to understanding how<br />
we are called to follow Jesus. This week we’ll<br />
dive deeper into some of these challenging<br />
ideas, and what they mean for us as citizens of<br />
the kingdom.<br />
AFTER WATCHING THE DVD, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING:<br />
How are the customs or the behavior of a group reflective of their values?<br />
Did Dirk Willens make a good decision or a bad decision? What would you have done?<br />
Cal mentioned that giving yourself away is the most common custom of the kingdom.<br />
Why do you think Cal believes this? Do you agree? What do you do to give yourself<br />
away?
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