Discussion Questions:

• What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
• What does Psalm 22 reveal about the suffering that Jesus went through?
• Most religions in the world balk at the idea of their supreme god suffering. Why is this idea a stumbling block? Why is it important for Christians?
• Can you explain the atonement in your own words? Why is it important to understand the atonement?
• When do you feel lonely? During the holidays? When you are tired?
• What do I do with those lonely feelings? Take them to God? Complain? Further isolate from community? Seek out other ways to numb the feelings, like the internet, entertainment, pornagraphy?
• The Man of sorrows lived, died and rose again that you could become a child of God, adopted in His forever family. How does the Gospel give your suffering or loneliness meaning?
• What would change if I was confident if I knew for certain that, in Christ, I was never alone?