Seasons: A Time for Real Glory
John 12
Richard Dahlstrom, Senior Pastor, stepbystepjourney.com
Our desires to return to days of glory are understandable, but if we fail to align our understanding of glory with God’s understanding, we’re setting ourselves up for profound loss and sorry. Today’s text offers us both a definition of true glory, and a pathway to realize it.
The glory emerges (v9-11)
Conventional glory expected (v12-23)
Glory redefined (v24-26)
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1. Richard talked about the “glory days” of Seattle sports history. Are there glory days you look back to?
2. What were the glory days that Israel looked back to and hoped Jesus would restore?
3. Why did Richard say that excitement about what Jesus can do is insufficient?
4. How is Jesus’s view of what it means to save Israel different than Israel’s expectation?
5. Why do Jerusalem’s leaders want to kill Jesus after he raises Lazarus? What can’t they accept?
6. What happens to us and our expectations for life when we encounter Jesus?
7. We all want to live in the “glory” moments of life. What does Jesus envision as the way to “glory,” or the good times in life?
8. What is Jesus’s path to glory?
9. What is the path of discipleship for those who follow Jesus?
10. How does glory play a role in the life of disciples?
11. How does your story align with Jesus’s story now?
12. What are your hopes and expectations for glory or blessing in your life?
13. How are you trying to move toward that glory?