1. Describe your best example of giving radical obedience to Jesus Christ.

2. "The gospel of faith in Jesus, once possessed, inspires radical obedience." What is "the gospel of faith in Jesus"? What is the difference between a "profession" of faith and a "possession" of faith?

3. Read Galatians 5:7. What happens when a man disobeys God? So why would any man ever disobey? Psalm 106:7, 14, 19, 24, 35, 45 offers several reasons. Which one of these reasons do you find most nettlesome?

4. Jesus said, "So no one can become my disciple without giving up everything for me" (Luke 14:33). In Genesis 22, Abraham was willing to obey God by giving up the one thing he most wanted to keep. What is the one thing you most want to keep? Could you do what Abraham did to your "one thing", and why or why not?

5. APPLICATIONS: Bonhoeffer said, "You can only learn what obedience is by obeying." Do ONE of the following personal applications within the next 72 hours:

• Pray through Psalm 19:12-13 and 139:23-24. Ask God to show you any area in which you are not living in radical obedience, confess it, and ask him to fill you with faith to obey by His Spirit.
• Ask your wife or best friend, "Is there anything about me that suggests I am not committed to radical obedience?" Do not respond or defend yourself, just listen. Prayerfully meditate on their answer.
• Pray, "Jesus, I will do anything you want me to do." Write it down and look at it every day for a month or so. Review yesterday, relate it to today.