15th Nov Sermon Discussion - “There’s No Plan B, There’s a B Plan”

Ice-breakers – “People to People”

1. Pair the people up. Cell leader to shout instructions for the pairs to “connect”. Examples – “nose to finger”, “feet to feet” etc (Note: No indecent body parts or instructions allowed).
2. Whenever you shout “people to people”, they must change partners.
3. Do a few rounds. Transition: “Today we are going to talk about body life (cell life)…”

Key Scripture – John 13:31-38

31When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him. 32If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.
33"My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
34"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

Discussion Questions

1. Pastor Eugene shared at the start of the sermon, how many times Jesus gave us the Great Commission (reaching others, making disciples)? Who can tell me where these verses are?
Answer: Five times and found in Matt 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, Luke 14:47-49, John 20:21 & Acts 1:8.

2. If God wants us all to be messengers of His love, what should be our response?
Answers:
i. See it as our great privilege.
ii. Have a sense of urgency to tell our friends about Jesus.
iii. Show God that He can depend on us.

3. What is God’s “B” plan? Go round and allow the teens to share with their own words.
Keywords:
i. To love one another.
ii. B stands for body.
iii. Relation evangelism.
iv. Not a single fishing rod, but a net.
v. Returning and staying in community.

4. How do we be part of God B Plans?

i. Step Out in Obedience to Love – Follow His Commands. (vs 34 “a new command I give you”).

a. Ask the teens, “What does this mean for us as a cell group”?
Answers:
• Grow in love for one another.
• Doing it together as a body.
• It is a command from God. We need God’s help.
• It requires obedience and discipline to follow.

ii. Sacrificially Serve One Another – Follow His Way. (vs 34 “as I have loved you”).

a. When Jesus sacrificed His life for us on the cross, what did He reconcile (joined back or bring together again)?
Answers:
• He demonstrated grace by bringing Man to God.
• He reconciled Man to Man. Since we are all sinners saved by grace, we can forgive those who wronged us.

b. Ask the teens, “What are some suggestions you can share how we could serve one another in this cell group”?

iii. Stay In Community – Follow His Love. (vs 35 “by this all men will know that you are my disciples”).

Read also 1 John 4:7-12 - 7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son[a] into the world that we might live through him. 10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for[b] our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

a. These verses help explain what Jesus spoke to His disciples about in John 13. What are some key points you can remember from Ps Eugene’s sharing on this?

Answers:
• Stay in community, don’t run away.
• Don’t hop from church to church.
• No loyalty, no stick-ability = no community for the world to see.
• If we want to know God, we must love another. If we love another, we will know God.
• Can only experience love in a community (cell).
• To grow in love, God may send the unlovely into our lives e.g. people we can’t stand.

Remember the decisions we make are not just life and death. They concern eternal life and eternal death.

b. What is the best test to check if our cell groups Is vibrant and exciting?
Answers:
• Will we invite our friends here???
This cell belongs to ALL of us. Let’s share some ideas how we can make our cell attractive to our friends….Remember next year is Project X – Cell Multiplication. Experience It!

Works
1. Remind teens to sign up for Transformers Camp and also to invite their friends.
2. Lead them in a time of prayer for their friends they hope to bring for the camp and also Christmas Stomp on 24 Dec.