BIG IDEA

In Jesus, we can be 100% love and 100% truth.

KEY VERSES

John 1:14 ESV

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 3:16 ESV

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 13:34-35 ESV

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

Ephesians 4:15 ESV

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

J HIGH GROUP QUESTIONS

1. Do you have a favorite riddle that you’d like to share? If not, which riddle that Matt asked was your favorite?

2. When was a time when you were faced with a paradox (a problem that made two things seem contradictory but ended up that they weren’t)

3. What makes paradoxes so difficult to deal with?

4. Matt said in his message that, “We live in a day and age where love and truth are sometimes set up as things that both can’t be true.” What are your thoughts on that statement?

5. Read John 1:14. What can we learn from this passage and how can we live that out in our own lives?

HIGH SCHOOL GROUP QUESTIONS

1. When was a time when you were faced with a paradox (a problem that made two things seem contradictory but ended up that they weren’t)

2. What makes paradoxes so difficult to deal with?

3. Matt said in his message that, “We live in a day and age where love and truth are sometimes set up as things that both can’t be true.” What are your thoughts on that statement?

4. Read John 1:14. What can we learn about Jesus from this passage?

5. Read Ephesians 4:15. What does it look like to “grow up” in Christ?