A 5-Week Crash Course on Following Jesus in College
October 15, 2025 - Wylie Hall 115
Week 5: Living Out Your Faith In Relationships With Others
Ice Breakers
- How was has your past week been?
- How would you describe the first half of the semester so far?
- Favorite spot to walk through on campus?
Opening Prayer
Study Questions
- According to verse 11, what is “the message we have heard from the beginning”? Why do you think John emphasizes this?
- Why do you think John used Cain as example here?
- How is the world like Cain?
- Why should we not be surprised that the world hates Christians?
- How does our willingness to love reveal what is going on in our hearts?
- Why does John focus on love for other Christians? Why is brotherly love important for Christians to express to one another?
- In what sense are murder and hatred the same thing? How are they similar and different before God?
- What is the difference between love as a sentiment versus love that acts? What is Johns main concern here?