The Bible 20/20 - Week 9: "Choose Life"

As Moses neared the end of his life, he challenged the people of Israel to look ahead to their time in the promised land and to look up by trusting God and the promises He made to them. Moses began His adventure with God crippled by fear, but as his life came to an end, we can see how his trust in God had changed his outlook on life completely. Moses chose to take on the life that God offered him and, in the end, declared to his people that their God was worth knowing and fully trusting. Key verses: Deut. 30:11-20, Romans 10:5-10, Deut. 34:4-6, 10-12, Luke 9:18-25, 28-31 Sermon Questions: 1. What did Moses’ attitude look like when God first spoke to him in the burning bush? 2. How did his outlook change from then to the end of his life? Why did he have such a drastic change of heart? 3. What is Moses saying about God in Deut. 30-12-14? Do you agree with the idea that God doesn’t require us to go to the ends of the earth to follow him? Why or why not? 3. Paul quotes this verse in Romans 10:5-10 but makes it even more attainable through Christ. How is our journey through life similar to the Israelites journey? How has Jesus delivered you from slavery? How has he guided you through the wilderness? 4. Do you agree with the statement that the choice to follow Christ is one that must be made daily? Why or why not? How do you choose to follow Christ daily? What could you change in your life to choose Him in more ways? 5. Moses’ life ended without him entering the promised land, but he chose to trust God anyway. Have you seen someone go through their whole life and not enter their version of the promised land? How did that make you feel? Why do you think Moses was still choosing to trust in God even without that? Bible Reading questions/discussion prompts: 1. Have a member of the group summarize one key story from the reading until you have covered them all for the week: who are the main characters, where does the story take place, what are they doing, and why. 2. What does this week’s reading teach you about God? 3. What does it teach you about mankind? 4. How does this reading point to Jesus or our need for Him? 5. What did you learn this week about God or about the Bible that you didn’t know before? 6. What did you learn from the sermon that you maybe missed or didn’t know from the reading? 7. What lessons can you take from this reading and apply to your own life today? 8. What remaining questions do you have about this passage?