CHAPTER 2 - QUESTIONS FOR STUDY
1. What did Paul mean when he said in Colossians 3:14 that love is the perfect bond of unity? What does that mean for the local church (i.e., Mountain Home Baptist Church) today?
2. What is the best path to take if someone brings gossip to you in your church? What does the bible say about gossip?
3. How is forgiveness related to the unity of the local church? What does the Bible say about forgiving one another?
4. Look at Matthew 6:14-15. Relate those words to being a church member. What does it mean if one church member does not forgive another?
5. Read all of 1 Corinthian 13. Paul wrote the "love chapter" to the church at Corinth where problems with unity were pervasive (all over the place). What does this chapter mean for church members today? Explain as you go through each.
Applicable Bible verses on being unifier within the church:
1. Perfect Bond of Unity-"...above all these things, love..."
- Col. 3:13-14
- Eph. 1:15-16
- Eph. 4:1-3
2. Gossip and Negative Talk-"...they are whisperers..."
- Ps. 34:13
- Prov. 16:28
- Prov. 26:20
- Rom. 1:29-31
- Eph. 4:29
- 1 Tim. 5:13
- James 3:5-12
3. Forgiveness and Unity-"...as Christ forgave you, so you must also do."
- Matt. 6:14-15
- Matt. 18:21-22
- Col 3:13
- Eph. 4:32
