Life Together
1. How would you define the difference between attending a church and belonging to a church?

2. Which of these responsibilities sound the most challenging? Why?

3. What would it look like if every church member were to take these responsibilities seriously?

4. How can we encourage one another in these areas?

Exodus 19-20:2
5. Why do you think God reminded Israel in Exodus 19:4 of what He had already done even though the events had occurred only a few weeks before? What does that teach us about our own tendency to forget God’s faithfulness?

6. God set boundaries around the mountain to show His holiness (Exodus 19:12-13). How does this help us to understand the seriousness of approaching God? How does Jesus make a way for us to draw near today (John 14:6)?

7. In Exodus 19:5-6 God calls His people His “treasured possession” and a “kingdom of priests”. What did that mean for the people of Israel then and how do we live that out as the church today (1 Peter 2:9)?

8. The people quickly said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do” (Exodus 19:8). Why do you think it is easier to promise obedience than to live it out? How does Christ’s obedience on our behalf give us hope when we fall?