25. The purpose of life – Ephesians 2:1-10
A.S.K. - 25
Read Ephesians 2:1-10 and pages 107-110 of A.S.K.
Questions from the Bible reading
1. What does Paul mean by the word “transgressions”? (v1-2)
2. Why are all human beings “objects of wrath”? (v3)
3. What has God shown to people and why? (v4)
4. Paul says Christians are “saved by grace” – what does that phrase mean? (v5)
5. Where is Jesus today and in what sense are Christians already there with him? (v6)
6. Give details about the kindness which God has shown to his people through Jesus Christ. (v7)
7. What is God’s gift to Christians and what does it lead them to do? (v8 & v10)
8. Draw a picture, or write a description, of what is meant when Paul says we should not boast in our works (v9)
Questions from the book
1. What are examples of wrong answers to the question “Why did God create us?”
2. What guided God in making us and what purpose did he have for us?
3. Explain how our ability to live up to God’s purpose for us has been spoiled.
4. When God saves a person through faith in Jesus, what should the purpose of their life then be?
5. Explain Eric Liddell’s answer to his sister Jenny about running in the Olympics.
6. Write a prayer in which someone asks the Lord to show them why they’ve been made and how they can live up to it.
Questions to do at home
1. Ask a Christian you know to tell you what they see as their first duty in life.
2. Think about your reply to a friend who says to you, “It’s obvious that we have no purpose for being alive, it’s just chance that we’re here”.
3. What might go wrong if a Christian tried to copy Eric Liddell today by becoming a top athlete?