Discussion Questions for Small Groups Or Personal Study

John 14:12-31 November 8, 2015

Jesus ______was the ______thing that ever ______to us.

GREATER WORKS... John 14:12-14; John 3:5-8; John 11:25,26; Acts 1:8,15; 2:41

______doesn’t always mean ______.

...THAT HE DOES IN US... John 14:15-24; Ezekiel 36:26,27; Philippians 2:12,13; Romans 8:9

Jesus was ______his disciples; the Holy Spirit is ______Jesus’ followers.

Doing ______God ______is its own ______.

...EVEN IF WE DON’T UNDERSTAND IT John 14:25-31; Acts 5:41

When we ______to the ______we have, the Holy Spirit ______more.

Prayer of Permission: Lord, help me to ______what you ______for me. Discussion Questions for Small Groups or personal study John 14:12-31 Week of Nov. 8, 2015 (week 9 of 10)

1. Do you usually embrace change, or do you prefer that things stay the way they are? Give an example.

2. Read John 14:12-14. How do you think the disciples may have responded to the idea that they would do greater works than Jesus had done?

Read John 3:5-7. How might the “work” described here be considered greater than Jesus’ miracles?

3. Read Acts 1:8 & 15 and 2:41. How does the number of believers from Jesus’ direct ministry compared to the number who believed after Peter’s first message represent a “greater work”?

Read 2 Corinthians 5:20. How is our ministry to others a “greater work”? 4. What “limitation” is placed on the promise of answered prayer in How might the “Prayer of Permission” mentioned in Sunday’s vv. 13 & 14? message (Lord, help me to want what you want for me” help us when we feel Paul’s struggle?

What does it mean to pray “in Jesus’ name” (see also James 4:2 and 1 John 5:14 & 15)? 7. Read John 14:25-31. If Jesus is God (as he repeatedly claimed to be), in what way is the Father greater than he is (v. 28) – see also Philippians 2: 6-8?

5. Read John 14:15-24. Sunday’s message suggested that Jesus’ statement in v. 15 was intended as an affirmation and encourage- ment for the disciples rather than a demand. Do you agree? Why How does the teaching of this passage give the kind of peace or why not? Jesus talks about in v. 27?

As your group prays, thank God for the ministry of the Holy Spirit and Read Ezekiel 36:26,27 and Philippians 2:12,13. What do these ask him to reveal more of his truth to you. passages say about the relationship between the Holy Spirit and obedience in the believer’s life? Requests:

6. Read Romans 7:14-25. How does Paul’s experience fit with what Jesus said about the work of the Holy Spirit and the importance of obedience?

How does Paul’s experience compare with your own? And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth. Messages and expanded Discussion Sheets are online at: LivingHope.like.to