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WEEK 1 - CREATING EDEN

WEEK 2 - THE PROMISE

WEEK 3 - THE PEOPLE OF GOD

WEEK 4 - THE EXILE

WEEK 5 - JESUS

WEEK 6 - THE RESURRECTION

WEEK 7 - THE NEW PEOPLE OF GOD

WEEK 8 - RESTORING EDEN

DISCUSSION OF WEEK 7 - THE NEW PEOPLE OF GOD

INTRODUCTION
We’re going through a study called “Cover to Cover: A 50-Day Flyover of the Bible.” By reading approximately 1-2 chapters a day and watching a few 5-8 minute videos from the Bible Project each week, we’ll discover the answers to some of life's biggest questions and come to a better, more helpful understanding of the Christian faith and the beauty of its promise for the world.  

This week, we’re discussing the readings, videos, and message from Week 7 titled “The New People of God.”

REVIEW & DISCUSS

1. Did you complete all readings? All the videos?
2. What stood out to you from last week’s readings and videos? Any favorites or most interesting?
3. What strikes you the most about God’s desire for us to flourish by restoring his Edenic vision as the people of God?
4. Watch “The Royal Priest Series” from the Bible Project together. It’ll take you 31 minutes to watch the 6 episodes plus any discussion time between. If everyone has already watched it, simply remind each other what it was about.
5. What does it mean that we are, as Peter says in 1 Peter 2:9, “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession.”
6. Think of the moral law in the OT, the commands of Christ, and one-anothers of the NT. What characterizes the people of God?
7. Reflect on the gift and role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. How does the Holy Spirit empower us to live as the people of God?

TAKEAWAY

1. What is one command or “one-another” you’re aware of in your life that is needing development with the Spirit’s help? 
   
2. In what activities are you or would you like to be involved in helping to restore Eden on Earth? How clear is your sense that God has called you to be a part of this work?
   
3. Have you considered ways that you, as a group, together can take on some aspect of Christ’s calling to love and serve others?

PRAYER
First, take some time to ask people to identify prayer needs related to the discussion. Second, take some time to ask for additional prayer requests. Then close your time together in prayer.
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