“Your Witness Will Make You Wanted…”
John 12:9-11
I. When Your Life as a Messenger Becomes a Liability
II. When Your Work With the Gospel Angers the Wicked
III. Because the Seeds of the Kingdom are Planted in Enemy Soil
Growth Talk
Read John 12:9-11
I. When Your Life as a Messenger Becomes a Liability
1. What is the real “Lazarus Effect”?
2. What stories have you heard recently about God’s work in this world? In our church?
3. What story do you have to tell right now about God’s work in your life?
II. When Your Work With the Gospel Angers the Wicked
4. What does the world do to deny that God is at work in people’s lives?
5. Have you experienced opposition to your work for the Gospel? How?
III. Because the Seeds of the Kingdom are Planted in Enemy Soil
6. What does it mean if you haven’t?
7. What are some of the wrong reasons to be hated or dismissed as a Christian?
8. Discuss the environment that we are planted in as Christians. Some examples are:
Atheistic, Humanistic, Idolatrous, and Indifferent
Which of these do you find most challenging?
9. What is most difficult for you about being unashamed of the Gospel and what Jesus has done
in your life? What do you do to avoid persecution that you need to confess to the Lord and
repent of?
Prayer Requests: