Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby & Claude King
Week 10: Chapter 9 — God's Will and the Church
Read Chapter 9 of Experiencing God. Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12:12–27; Acts 2:42–47.
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Blackaby insists that experiencing God is never purely an individual project — it is fundamentally communal. The body of Christ, the local church, is the primary context in which God reveals His will and does His work. This chapter may challenge some very individualistic assumptions about the Christian life.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Blackaby argues that God's will for the individual is almost always confirmed and clarified through the body of Christ — that you rarely experience God's full intention for your life apart from community. Does your current relationship with a local church support or undermine that claim?
2.The chapter uses the picture of the body in 1 Corinthians 12 to show that every member is necessary and that God works through the whole body, not just the prominent parts. Where do you see yourself in that body — and are you actually functioning in that role?
3.Blackaby describes the early church in Acts 2 as a community that prayed together, shared together, and watched together for God's activity. How close is your own church community to that picture? What would need to change to move closer to it?
a.What barriers — cultural, practical, or personal — make that kind of community difficult?
b.What is one step your group could take to move in that direction?
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