Freedom in Christ Course
Discussion questions for Session 3 The world's view of truth 

Pause for thought or breakout room 1 

1. In what ways has the world tried to make you feel insignificant, insecure, and unloved?
   
   
2. In what ways has the world promised you significance, security, and acceptance?
   Do you recognize these "false formulas"?:
            Performance + accomplishments = significance
   Status + recognition = security
   Appearance + admiration = acceptance
   
   
3. How can you counteract "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" (1 John 2:15-17)?
   
   

Pause for thought or breakout room 2 

1. How different would your worldview be if you had grown up in another part of the world or at a different time?
   
   
2. I what ways do you identify with one of the worldviews (western, non-western, post-modern, biblical) discussed here?
   
   
3. When we talk to people about Jesus' claim to be the only way to God, how can we not come across as arrogant?
   
   

Reflection 

1. Spend some time in prayer throwing out your old worldview and choosing to see the world as God says it actually is.
   
   
2. You might find it helpful to say: I renounce the lie of [my old false belief] and I announce the truth [from God's Word], for example:
   • I renounce the lie that the unseen spiritual world is not real and I announce the truth that it is just as real as the physical world that we can see 
   • I renounce the lie that financial success brings real security and I announce the truth that I am already perfectly secure because no one can snatch me out of God's hand (John 10:28) 
   • I renounce the lie that I should be worried that someone may have cursed me and I announce the truth that I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms far above all other spiritual powers (Ephesians 2:6)