Week Two: Problem
This Week’s Video
Bottom Lines
Jesus raised the behavioral standard so high that no one could make a passing grade.
God is on an endless pursuit to restore his relationship with sinners.
Jesus never minimized the seriousness of sin, but he did not condemn sinners.
Leader Notes
Weekly Win
The win for week two is for participants to realize they are more than "mistakers," that they are, in fact, "sinners" according to the biblical definition; that sin is the "problem" that must be resolved if we are to have the relationship with God we were intended to have.
Additional Resources
Johns 8:1-11
Luke 23:32–43
Romans 3:23
Colossians 3:23
Psalm 19:12–14
Mark 2:1–12
Genesis 1:26–27
Read: What is Sin? by Norton Herbst
Read: Ask It by Andy Stanley
Read: The Magicians Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Watch: A Poverty of Love (2 minutes)
Watch: Reading the Bible by Andy Stanley (7 minutes)
Watch: Free by Andy Stanley