The Good Life Study: Do Not Murder

GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. What was your biggest takeaway from the video teaching time? Now that we’re past the halfway point of this study, what’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned? What are you looking forward to in these final five commandments?

2. Read Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17. Why do you think this commandment is so short? In what ways is keeping this command a simple thing to do? In what ways is it difficult? How is life God’s first (and best!) gift to us?

3. Throughout this series, we’ve talked about how the commands are lenses through which we should see the world. How would having a broad view of this command change the way we approach life? How would it change how we view our neighbors?

4. Read Matthew 5:21-24. How does Jesus deepen the sixth command? How does He make it more challenging for us to follow this command? On a personal level, how does this command challenge the ways you normally handle your anger?

5. John Calvin said that this command requires us to defend and enrich the life of our neighbors. Why should we, as Christians, want to see our neighbors have a better life? What are some practical ways we can encourage human flourishing in our communities?