Hebrews - Week Nine

Hebrews 4:12-13

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 50:10-11

“God knows instantly and effortlessly all matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all being and every being, all creaturehood and all creatures, every plurality and all pluralities, all law and every law, all relations, all causes, all thoughts, all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling, all desires, every unuttered secret, all thrones and dominions, all personalities, all things visible and invisible in heaven and in earth, motion, space, time, life, death, good, evil, heaven, and hell.” - A.W. Tozer

Life Group Discussion Questions

OPENING

  1. Growing up, how did you view the Bible? How has that view changed over time?

  2. What do you usually do when you feel like God is silent or distant? How do you try to reconnect with Him?

    READ HEBREWS 4:12-13

  3. Hebrews 4:12 says God’s Word is “living.” What difference does it make to you that the Bible is not just words on a page, but the living communication of a living God?

  4. God’s Word is “active” or “powerful.” How does this give you hope to believe that God's Word is never wasted—even when it feels like people aren’t listening?

  5. The image of God's Word as a surgeon's scalpel—not a weapon of harm, but a tool for healing—is helpful. How have you experienced God cutting away something harmful in your life through his Word?

  6. Is there something in your life right now that God might be trying to remove or reveal through Scripture?

  7. How does knowing that God’s Word discerns “the thoughts and intentions of the heart” challenge you? Comfort you?

  8. How does the gospel give us hope in the face of God’s total knowledge of our lives?

    APPLICATION

  9. What are some practical ways you can be more diligent this week to “hear and believe” God’s Word?

  10. Who in your life needs the hope and truth of God’s living Word? How might God be calling you to share it with them?