9 - Rise (Luke 5:17-32)

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Discipleship is about learning to lay your life down that Christ might raise you up to something new.

  1. Death and Resurrection (vv. 17-32)

    The Paralytic (vv. 17-21)
    Lying Down and Rising Up (vv. 8, 12, 22-26, 28)
    Levi (vv. 27-32)

  2. Discipleship

    The Call to Discipleship (vv. 16, 21-24; cf. 1 Corinthians 15:45)
    The Pattern of Discipleship
    The Context of Discipleship
    The Meal of Discipleship (1 Corinthians 10:16-17)

Discussion Starters

  1. Monday—What are some terms that Christians often use, but struggle to define? Are there some terms that you’d like to understand better? What are they?

  2. Tuesday—What are some surprising elements about the story of Jesus healing the paralytic? (Luke 5:17-26)

  3. Wednesday—In the previous passage (Luke 5:1-16), both Simon and the leper “fall” before Jesus. In our passage (Luke 5:17-32), both the paralytic and Levi “rise.” Why is this important?

  4. Thursday—What is discipleship? (Luke 6:40) How do the callings of Simon and Levi teach us about discipleship?

  5. Friday—The stories of the paralytic and Levi both mention friends. Why is this important for understanding the context in which discipleship takes place? Can you become more like Jesus apart from the community of the church?