Relationships
2 Where did it all go wrong?

1. Paradise was lost because Adam and Eve were tempted to disobey. According to Genesis chapter 3 what do you feel they were expecting to happen when they partook of the fruit? What actually happened to them?

2. Do you think that people have too high an expectation of life and are sometimes not prepared to struggle with problems or do without things?

3. Have people who have never really been in a bad relationship, any right to tell people who have suffered for many years what to do? Can we learn from each other and teach each other by sharing our experiences and bearing one another's burdens?

4. Read Romans 5.17-18. In what way did Jesus fully accomplish all that God had intended for man? What did he achieve by his life and death? How can we use his example to help us to obey God's voice?

5. Read 2 Corinthians 4.16-18. Living for God may seem to be "pie in the sky" to many people. Do you feel listening to God and following his ways is worth the cost and how could following him affect our relationships with
a) other Christians?
b) non-Christian friends and family?