Sermon Questions for March 28
What follows is a discussion guide to be used in a small group to facilitate group interaction and application in regards to the most recent sermon.
Essential Christianity: What Do We Believe About the Future?
Share about circumstance in life when you longed for justice.
What was the purpose of Jesus first coming? Refer to John 12:47 and John 3:17.
What is the purpose of Jesus second coming? Refer to Acts 17:29-31.
Read 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8. In what sense do we live among deceivers (false ‘saviors’) right now?
What encouragement does 1 Thessalonians 2:13-17 offer?
How do you interact with the promise of Christ’s second coming (honestly)? Do you look forward to it? To what extent and why? Do you dread it? To what extent and why?
Tom described our call to be God’s instruments of salvation. How might you be a ‘picture’ or ‘representer’ of salvation this coming week?
Close in Prayer (consider praying through John 16:33).
Focus Statement from EPC Essentials of the Faith: Jesus will come again to the earth – personally, visibly, and bodily to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” (Rev 22:20)
