A key aspect of an effective Discipleship Group is being able to speak the truth in love. What does “speaking the truth in love” look like?

Read Ephesians 4: 11-29.

Complete the following question in the quiz

• According to this passage, how would you define the terms “speaking the truth” and “in love”

Watch: What does it mean to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15)?

DISCUSS

• This passage mentions becoming mature and no longer being infants, what differences do you think you might notice between a person who is an ‘infant’ in the Christian faith compared with someone who is ‘mature’?
• How do you think a person can grow from being an ‘infant’ to ‘mature’ in their faith?
• Why might ‘speaking’ (and seeking!) the truth in love’ be an important factor in this growth process?

Christians grow in maturity best when they have a group of friends that they can do life with and grow in faith together. These are friends who are willing to go beyond social media updates and who truly love God and one another. That means going beyond surface-level conversations. 

Complete the following question in the quiz

From the class discussion and your own research, discuss two useful and concrete ways that you and the members of your Discipleship Group can mature in the Christian life as described in Ephesians 4:11-29.