Community Group Resources

Discussion Questions

1. Have someone in your group give a brief recap of Sunday’s message, highlighting the primary Scripture points and the main idea of the message. Note: This series is preached live at each campus. If members of your group attend different campuses, be sure to give a 2 minute overview of the message shared at your campus.
2. Was there anything you heard for the first time or that caught your attention, challenged, or confused you? Did you learn anything new about God or yourself this week?
3. When you hear the word "holy," what comes to mind? Be honest: does it feel inviting, intimidating, confusing, or something else?
4. Read Isaiah 6:1–7. The seraphim don't cry "Love, love, love" or "Good, good, good"; they cry "Holy, holy, holy." Why might holiness be described as God's essence rather than just one attribute among others?
5. Holiness in Scripture is tied to nearness to God's presence more than a checklist of behaviors. Where have you been tempted to define your own (or someone else's) holiness by external performance rather than closeness to Jesus?
6. Read 2 Timothy 2:20-21 and 1 Peter 1:15-16. Peter calls believers to "be holy" not to earn standing with God, but because of who they already are in Him ("holy ones" / saints). How does knowing your identity is already secure change your motivation to pursue holiness?
7. Is there an area of your life where you've been trying to "patch holes" on your own instead of staying close to Jesus and letting His presence change you? What would it look like this week to draw near instead of just trying harder?

Action Step

1. Since nearness produces likeness, spend intentional time this week with someone whose closeness to Jesus you want to be shaped by (a mentor, a mature believer, a community group member).
2. Set aside one meaningful block of time this week to rest from work/striving as an act of trust that God (not your effort) is what makes you holy.