Key Ideas
Faith Fact
We can learn and grow together.
Faith Verse
Ephesians 4:3 (NLT)
Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.
Question of the Day: What happens when we study the Scriptures together?
Read about It
Read: Acts 17:10–15
Have you ever played a game of Telephone? The game begins when someone whispers a sentence to someone else. That person passes on what they heard to the next person and so on. Usually by the end of the game, no one knows what the first sentence was because it was repeated so many times.
To know the truth, you would need to ask the source of the message, the first person. The people of Berea in today’s Scripture heard the message that Paul passed to them. Rather than just accepting it, they went to the Source—God’s Word—to see if what Paul told them was right.
The Bereans read the Scriptures to find the truth and test what they heard. If Christians today want to grow in their faith, like the Bereans, they should study the Scriptures together so that they can also know the truth. If we study the Scriptures together, we can become a community of friends who learns and grows together in the things of God.
Talk about It
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Question 1. How did the Bereans respond to Paul’s message? Answer 1. They listened eagerly to what he was saying. (Acts 17:11)
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| Question 2. How often did the Bereans study the Scriptures to test Paul’s message?
Answer 2. They searched the Scriptures day after day. (Acts 17:11)
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Question 3. What would happen if you simply believed everything you heard and never studied God’s Word for yourself to see if what you had heard was true? Answer 3. Answers will vary. |
| Question 4. How can studying God’s Word together help our faith grow stronger?
Answer 4. We can become a community of friends who grows together in the things of God. |
| Question 5. What happens when we study the Scriptures together?
Answer 5. We learn and grow together in the things of God. |
Pray about It
Dear God, help us to want to study Your Word every day. As we spend time together growing in our relationship with You, help us to grow in our friendship with each other too. Amen.