Welcome to Sunday Fuel! This series of questions is designed to assist your personal reflection and fellowship with others about the sermon from this past Sunday.

Go to This Sunday’s Sermon (start at 13:44)

1. What is wrong in your life today that you wish could be made right? What is it that you desire to make better? What are some ways you have pursued to right these wrongs? How have they helped provide momentary relief? 

2. Pastor Kim points out there is a difference between pursuing the blessings of God (including good things like success, having nice things, good health, loving relationships) and pursuing God Himself, the source of these blessings. How does this describe you? In what ways have you settled for these blessings instead of pursuing the Giver of these blessings? What impact does this have on your spiritual vitality and growth? 

3. Reflect on the symbolism that baptism pictures, starting with the serious judgment and punishment we all deserve for our sin and rebellion—including the ways we subtly substitute God’s good blessings for God Himself. Ponder that this in itself is an act of treason against our Creator who made us to worship Him alone. Take time to articulate specifically the foolishness of chasing the shadows of life and building your life and hope on them. Will you confess, agreeing with the Lord that this deserves death? 

4. Baptism doesn’t only picture death to sin but resurrection into a new, better life under the guidance and protection of the good shepherd of our souls. He alone leads us to abundant life (John 10:10-11). Bring what is wrong in your life today to Him, your desire for things to be better in your situation. Ask Him to help you discern the voices of the false shepherds and their lies that lead to death from His voice of truth. Pray for His help to identify points of temptation, lies you have believed, and show you how to replace it with truth and new ways of living to demonstrate your faith. 

5. Celebrate and rejoice in God’s good gift of our salvation! Consider reflecting on the song we sang during the service, “Jesus is Better.”