OUTRAGE - Week 3

Icebreaker: What's one of the most embarrassing moment of your life?

READ John 8:3-5

1- Imagine Jesus catches you red-handed in the middle of sin. What do you think He would say? Why?

2- If Jesus caught you, what would you say? Why?

READ John 8:6

3- We might be quick to roll our eyes at the religious teachers for testing Jesus. But we can be guilty of the same thing. Can you think of ways that you might try and test Jesus' grace? 

4- The religious teachers had malicious intent in questioning Jesus. Have you ever experienced someone questioning Christianity out of anger rather than genuine curiosity? What was your response? 

READ John 8:7-9

5- According to Jesus' standard, who has the most reason to throw a stone in this crowd? 

6- Even though Jesus had the authority to throw the stones, He did not. How did Jesus respond to this situation? What do you think this response means?

READ John 8:10-11

7- Put yourself in the woman's shoes. What do you think she is thinking at this point?

8- What was Jesus' response to the woman's sin? How could this help inform our response to sin?

READ John 1:14

9- The story in John 8 is a great example of grace and truth coexisting in a person. How can we as Jesus followers attempt to model this in our current world?