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Ekklesia Newsletter
Growth Group Questions
based on the Sermon from Sunday, March 15, 2026
based on John 9
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Getting to Know Me
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When was a time in your life when you felt “truly seen” by someone, the way the preacher describes when his mother “climbed into the back seat and wrapped her arms around me”?
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What helps you feel safe enough to be vulnerable, instead of “putting on a strong front” the way the sermon describes?
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The preacher shares how people sometimes fail to see his son for who he is: “you don’t know him as a Down’s kid… you know him as Sam.” Have you ever felt mislabeled or misunderstood in a similar way?
Into the Bible (John 9) -
In John 9, people saw the man only as “the Blind man… the Beggar… the sinner.” What labels do you notice in the story that kept people from seeing him as a person?
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Jesus says the man was born “so that God’s work might be revealed in him.” How does this reshape the disciples’ assumptions about suffering and disability?
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The Pharisees “launch an investigation” because the healing doesn’t fit their categories. What do you notice about the contrast between how Jesus sees the man and how the Pharisees see him?
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The sermon notes that the man’s healing wasn’t complete until he recognized Jesus: “Now he is healed… because he believes in Jesus.” What does this suggest about the relationship between physical sight and spiritual sight in John 9?
Application
8. The preacher says, “Faith starts not by us seeing God but by God seeing us.” How might your life look different if you lived as someone who is already fully seen and loved by God?
9. The sermon challenges us to let God “scrutinize that part of us” that resists seeing His work outside our expectations. Where might you need to let go of assumptions so you can better recognize God at work?
10. Jesus sees people “through the lens of love.” What would it look like this week to intentionally see someone in your life with that same lens—beyond labels, roles, or appearances?