Upside-Down Kingdom: Builders

Discussion Questions

1. Today we are in the fifth week of our teaching series called “Upside-Down Kingdom.” In

today’s reading Jesus teaches His followers about putting His teachings into practice by

comparing them to wise and foolish builders. Read it for yourself, Luke 6:46-49. What

stands out to you as you read?

2. “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord’ and not do what I say?” Even Jesus’ earliest followers

had a hard time putting His teachings into practice. They heard His lessons but struggled

to live them out. I think we all can relate. Can you think of a time where you finally had a

breakthrough and put one of the teachings of Jesus into practice? What was that

experience like? How did things change? 

3. Jesus spoke about two different builders, with two very different buildings. One with a

firm foundation and the other built on sand. It’s not hard to imagine what happened next.

The wind blew and the flood waters came and, in the end, only one house remained.

Retell this metaphor of Jesus in your own words? How does retelling it help give you

further insight?

4. As the old saying goes, you are either in the middle of hardship, coming out of hardship,

or soon to be entering a time of hardship. No one gets to escape the winds and the

waves. So, the question becomes one of endurance, and how you will go about

weathering the storm. Jesus’ answer is simple, listen to His teachings and put them into

practice. The longer you have walked with Jesus have you found it easier to weather the

storms of life? Why or why not?