Joash The kid in youth group
1. When I ask people, "Are you a Christian?", the two most popular answers (remember, I live in the Bible belt) are #1) I go to such and such church 2) My grandpa's a preacher. True story! How would you answer that question or better, what do you think is the best way to answer that question?
2. Joash's life illustrated those 2 wrong answers in question 1. Let's look at the second response first. According to 2Chron. 22:10-12 and 23:16-21, who raised this orphan boy and what kind of people were they?
Look at 2 Chron.24:2. What worries you or what foreboding do you get from this verse?
How do you see this play out in 2Chron. 24:17-25?
Look at these 2 passages from the New Testament - John 8:34-44 and Matt 25:1-13. What do these tell us about claiming other's faith to get in?
3. Looking at wrong answer 1 in question 1, read 2 Chron. 24:4-14. Was Joash zealous for the "church"?
Read Matt. 13:24-30. This is the famous wheat and tares (weeds) parable told by Jesus. Imagine this is a parable about your church. What principles could you come up with from this parable?
Read Matthew 7:21-23. What do you picture Joash saying when he stands before the Lord?
4. 70% of church youth group kids leave the faith when they go to college. I see them as little Joashes. How do we decrease that number in your opinion?
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