Exiles: Week Twenty-One

1 Peter 5:12-14

Signs We Are Drifting from the True Grace of God

  1. A neglect of God’s Word

  2. A growing love for worldly things

  3. A lukewarm prayer life

  4. Accountability and community are forsaken

  5. Our sin goes unchecked/unchallenged

  6. We rely on external religious practice

“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.” - Richard Baxter

LIFE GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. What has 1 Peter taught you about the “true grace of God”? In what specific ways are you seeing that true grace more clearly, or experiencing it more fully?

  2. How should the knowledge that other believers around the world worship the same God and follow the same Lord as us encourage us to “stand firm in true grace”?

  3. The message described six signs we are drifting from the true grace of God:

    1. A neglect of God’s Word

    2. A growing love for worldly things

    3. A lukewarm prayer life

    4. Accountability and community are forsaken

    5. Our sin goes unchecked/unchallenged

    6. We rely on external religious practice

What would you add to this list? Which of these signs do you discern in yourself most often? Which of these signs do you discern in yourself right now?

4. How can our community in a local church help us to stand firm in true grace? What are some specific ways we can help one another stand firm as a Life Group?