What are some examples of what people think the spirit world is like?
Prompts if no response: Guardian angels helping kids win sports games, popular shows and movies about the demonic realm, shows with angel characters, shows with an angel on one shoulder and demon on the other, etc.
Discussion Question 1:
What are angels, and what is God’s purpose for them?
Prompts if no response: Created spirit beings of all different kinds who don’t marry each other, ministering spirits to help God and us and to protect and support us through life, etc.
Discussion Question 2:
What are demons, and what are they trying to do?
Prompts if no response: The one-third of angels who rebelled with Lucifer, also known as Satan, twisted by his wrong thinking and leadership, and together they work to confuse us, divide us, and keep us out of God’s family.
Discussion Question 3:
What are some ways Satan and the demons try to mess with people?
Prompts if no response: Pretend to be ghosts so people will believe in an immortal soul, pretend to be aliens so people will doubt God’s existence, build interest in alchemyand magic so people don’t look to God’s power, try to exert great influence on people’s lives, get people to do the wrong thing with hints and bad thoughts sent out like airwaves or Wi-FI, pretending to be good to trick us into doing wrong.
Hypothetical 1:
What would you think or say if you heard this: “When you die, if you are good, you become an angel in heaven, and if you are bad, you become a demon in hell.”
Prompts if no response: That’s not what the Bible says, but many people believe this; I don’t believe we go to heaven or an ever-burning hell when we die; the Bible talks about resurrections, not going to heaven or hell; etc.
Hypothetical 2:
What would you think or say if you were told: “Let’s watch this movie about demons.”
Prompts if no response: I don’t want to think about that stuff; there are so many other movies to watch.
Closer
What are some helpful and unhelpful things to do regarding the spirit world?
Prompts if no response: Helpful – Thank God for angels and ask for their presence or protection in our lives; Unhelpful – Allow dark or demonic thoughts or media (games, TV, music, books) in our lives.
Are God's Laws done away with? Is there more to God's Law than just the letter of the Law? Discover more about God's Laws with these guided discussion questions.
Read More >
