1. Matthew 7:13-14. Luke 13:22-30; John 10:1-9. Describe in your own words what you understand is involved in choosing the way to life Jesus taught.

2. Romans 6:23; Galatians 3:10-14. Why do we need to be redeemed? What are we redeemed from?

3. Isaiah 59:20; 60:16; 63:1-16; Galatians 3:16, 26-29. What was the cost for our redemption? Why do you think God was willing to pay that cost?

4. 1 John 2:16. What do you think is so wrong with our sinful nature that we need to be rescued from it?

5. Revelation 5:9-10; 7:14 Matthew 24:13. What do you think ought to motivate us to make right choices since it involves suffering? (See also: Matthew 10:34-39.)