Questions about the shock of your life
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Try to find a question that helps you (or your group) to think and talk about the issues that concern you.

These questions are designed to help you think through some of the biggest issues in life surrounding the central Big Question - what happens to us when we die?

Chapter 1: Horrified - the Non-Christian

1. What would happen to you if you died today?
   Has reading this chapter changed your view in any way?
2. How did you feel as you read about (a) the queue; (b) the books recording people’s lives, including your life; (c) the lake of fire?
3. How much did you know about the gospel before you read this chapter?
   Do you understand anything differently now?
4. Do you think that God is fair in sending people to hell?
5. Do you think God was unfair to punish his innocent Son?
6. What would you now want to tell people (a) in the church and (b) outside the church about the reality of hell?

Chapter 2: Gutted - the Lukewarm Christian

1. Do you think you will have anything of value to offer Jesus when you stand before him at his judgement seat?
2. How do you feel about lapsed (failed) Christians being allowed into heaven, when decent people go to hell?
3. Have you decided to live any differently since reading this chapter?
4. How hard do you find it to leave God to judge others and not worry about how they treat you?
5. Is there someone you would like to tell the gospel to as soon as possible?
6. If God decides who goes to heaven and who doesn’t, why do we have to tell people the gospel?

Chapter 3: Ecstatic - the Red-Hot Christian

1. Would you say that you were looking forward to dying and being with Jesus?
2. Do you find that people’s opposition puts you off living openly for Jesus?
3. Can you identify with Emma when she talks about the grace of God changing the way she lived? And with Andy when he talked about giving himself rules to keep away from temptation?
4. If you had your time over again, would you do anything differently?
5. Do you think it’s right to be motivated by the thought of rewards in heaven?

Chapter 4: Glorified - the Christian in Heaven

1. How did you imagine heaven before reading this chapter? Has your view changed at all?
2. Is there anyone from the past or the present day that you are particularly looking forward to meeting in heaven?
3. What are you most looking forward to leaving behind when you go to heaven?
4. Which would you regard more as the shock of your life – to go to hell, or to go to heaven?