| Open the Scriptures 1. Read Colossians 3:1-17 slowly. What do you notice? 2. Read Ephesians 2:8–10. What do these verses teach us about the relationship between grace, faith, and good works? 3. Read Galatians 1:6–7. What are some ways people can subtly distort the gospel today? Open your Lives 1. Which of the “What would Paul write to the American church?” statements hit you most personally, and why? 2. Where are you most tempted to find your identity or security outside of Jesus—achievement, politics, comfort, money, technology, approval, or something else? 3. What is one area where God may be calling you not just to believe the gospel more deeply, but to visibly live it out through repentance, endurance, forgiveness, holiness, or love for others this week? |
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