Welcome to Lesson Six!
Verifying truth
Up to this point, we’ve talked a great deal about deception, but we haven’t really discussed its opposite: truth. It’s vitally important that you have a framework for understanding, recognizing, and verifying truth. That’s what Chapter 3 in your textbook and these next few lessons are about.
Let’s kick things off with a video:
If you can’t see the video on your screen, here’s a link so you can watch it on YouTube.
Let’s just dive into the entire reading: pages 84-93. I’ve picked out selected questions and copied them below with references to the page numbers in the reading. Feel free to answer questions as you read.
Check your understanding, page 102
1. Why is it important to verify truth? (see pages 84-85)
2. What does it mean to see our world through the lens of our pain? (see pages 85-86)
3. What evidence do we have from the Bible that God hurts when we hurt? (see pages 86-87)
4. Explain the fear of God. (see page 91)
Check your understanding, page 103
5. What is the purpose of deception? (page 92)
Group discussion, page 103
1. How do worldview lies throw one off balance? (see pages 84-85)
2. Can you think of any examples of someone seeing their world through the lens of their pain? (see pages 85-86)
3. Why is it important to know that God is good? (see page 86)
4. How does it feel to think God likes you? (see pages 87-88)
5. God’s anger—real or not real, a good thing or a bad thing? (see pages 88-89)
6. Does following Jesus feel restrictive to you? Explain. (see page 89-90)
7. What things in your world need “fixing”? What do you see God doing to fix those things? (see pages 90-91)
8. Is God non-optional? What does that mean to you, and why might that be important? (see pages 92-93)
Group discussion, page 104
9. Why do you think some people feel that God is irrelevant?
Here’s a video of our discussion of this question
If you can’t see the video on your screen, here’s a link so you can watch it on YouTube.
10. Explain the difference between “God is whoever you conceive Him to be” and “God is who He is.” (see page 92)
11. Explain this comment: “If Jesus is one of many ways to God, then wasn’t His death tragically unnecessary?” (see pages 92-93)
See also page 104, Journal questions 1 & 2
Answers to “Check your understanding” questions
Link to our private Facebook group
You made it! Lesson Six complete!
In Lesson Seven, we’ll discuss another important element of verifying truth—having reasons for believing what you believe.
Look forward to seeing you next time!
Dwight
Reading and other links
Chapter 3
Sections 3.1-3.3
Reading: Pages 83-93
Questions: Pages 102-105 (selected questions)
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Links to other pages in the Spiritual Self Defense textbook
Glossary & index (pages 285-289) | Answers to “Check your understanding” questions (pages 278-284) | Table of contents (pages 3-9) | About the author (page 290) | Cover page (page 1) | Copyright page (page 2) | How this book came to be (page 11) | How to get the most from this book (page 12) | Other books to explore (page 10)
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