Study Questions
for
The Church is the People of God
1 Peter 2:1-10
Pastor Scott Klooster
June 1, 2025
What does this passage tell us about Jesus combining the temple and the priesthood?
How are we, as a followers of Jesus, both a temple and priests?
Describe some of the components of the church you grew up in. Name anything. What was the culture, what songs did you sing, how did you dress, etc.
Now read 1 Peter 2:9.
Did those components accomplish God’s desire to “proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light?”
If yes, did you proclaim those praises to primarily God, other believers or those who have “not received mercy” 1 Peter 2:10?
List the ways the global church (all followers of Jesus) is the same as the local church (GBC).
List the ways they are different.
Which of the similarities is the greatest difference. Should it be? If not, what can we do to challenge that and change it?
What boundaries should a local church put in place to help maintain it’s “otherness” from the world?
What can we do to reengage with people who have left the church because they didn’t see the mercy of God in our beliefs or practices?
How can you use the new podcast to help hold back the darkness of people you know?
How are we, as a followers of Jesus, both a temple and priests?
Describe some of the components of the church you grew up in. Name anything. What was the culture, what songs did you sing, how did you dress, etc.
Now read 1 Peter 2:9.
Did those components accomplish God’s desire to “proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light?”
If yes, did you proclaim those praises to primarily God, other believers or those who have “not received mercy” 1 Peter 2:10?
List the ways the global church (all followers of Jesus) is the same as the local church (GBC).
List the ways they are different.
Which of the similarities is the greatest difference. Should it be? If not, what can we do to challenge that and change it?
What boundaries should a local church put in place to help maintain it’s “otherness” from the world?
What can we do to reengage with people who have left the church because they didn’t see the mercy of God in our beliefs or practices?
How can you use the new podcast to help hold back the darkness of people you know?