(Note: For remote participants and BFG leaders, these questions are meant to be used in conjunction with the pastor’s sermon. Attempting to use these questions absent the sermon’s teaching could lead to unbiblical or unhelpful conclusions.)

For Kids: 

• Even as a child or teen, you need to begin now to pay close attention to this teaching from 1 Timothy and do whatever you can to make sure you understand. If there is something in here that you get stuck on, make yourself a little note, it could be just a word or two, so you can ask your parents, grandparents, SS teachers, or one of the elders or pastors about it. It’s important that you give your attention to the right people in this world so that you will not be led astray.  
• Have you ever believed something you were told only to find out that it wasn’t true? 
• Why is it important to know the difference between a truth and a lie? 
• What can happen if we go on believing things that aren’t true? 
• What are some simple steps we can take to know if a teaching in the church is true or false? 

For Discussion: 

• Why is it important to understand that we have been living in the last times since the first coming of Christ? What are the implications?  
• Why is it important not to buy into the latest trends in end-time prophecy?  
• What is the ultimate source of all false teaching?  
• Why is it right and good for intelligent people to believe in demonic activity?  
• While demons may be responsible for initiating and perpetuating false teaching, what role do humans play, and why are they held accountable?  
• Paul talks about false teaching concerning marriage and abstinence from certain foods. How do these two topics expose man’s desire to be led astray?  
• Consider James 1:13–15. Who is ultimately to blame for unbelief?  
• We believe in the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, so we don’t think true Christians can ever fall away from God. What, then, is the purpose of warnings against false teachers?  
• How does Paul’s description of a Christian’s attitude toward marriage and food typify the heart of a true believer? In what ways do his words help provide assurance of salvation?  

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