Sermon Discussion Guide: 10/5/25

Sermon Recap

Title: A Lonely Servant Messiah
Text: Matthew 13:53-14:21
Big Idea: Doing good is not contingent on feeling good.

Outline:
I. The world is brutal (13:5-14:12)
II. Christ is compassionate (14:13-14)
III. We are to be the same (14:15-21)

Discussion Questions
1. How do you naturally respond to difficult circumstances? (ex. shut down, depression, anxious, controlling, etc.)

2. What about your specific context right now makes you feel the brutality of the world the most?

3. How has your own story pressed you to feel your dependency on Jesus the most?

4. How do you cultivate compassion when it is not "deserved"?

5. What specific spaces in your life are you feeling called to bring compassion? (be specific)

6. How can you partner with North Park as a church to bring compassion?

7. What ways would you like to see yourself or North Park make new inroads of compassion and mercy where have not yet?