Jul
10
Text: Genesis 2:1-3 (read as group)
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Test
1.Why was the sabbath created, according to Gen 2:1-3?
2. When was the sabbath instituted and why is this important?
3. How should the sabbath be observed? Take time to share with your group certain things you (and your family) do to honor this day and be obedient to the command.
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.” (Genesis 2:1–3, ESV)
Sermon Notes- https://emmausrbc.org/2018/07/08/sermon-the-sabbath-as-old-as-creation-genesis-21-3/
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Jun
25
Text: Isaiah 53:10 (read as group)
Notes: emmausrbc.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Test
1. What specific insights and applications did you gain in looking at Isaiah 52-53 in more detail?
2. How did the sermon answer the paradoxical question of “why” it pleased the Lord to “crush” the Christ?
3. Do you often ponder that which Christ endured for the sake of our sin? Why or why not? How much or how often should a believer reflect upon the concept of Christ’s atonement and why? Share.
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
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Jun
19
Text: Gen 1:26-27 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Test
1. What do we learn specifically about God and His nature in Gen 1:26-27?
2. What does it mean that man was “created in the image of God?
3. In what ways did the Fall mar God’s image in man and how does God’s image still continue to shine through man’s nature post fall?
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Sermon: Man Made In God’s Image, Not God Made In Man’s: Genesis 1:26-27
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Jan
14
Text: Rev 19:11-21 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Who is the “Rider on the White Horse” in Rev 19 and what does he represent?
2. What is the central message given in Rev 19:11-21? Briefly summarize and share.
3. What is the most comforting truth that you have learned in studying Revelation thus far? Share.
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: “Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.”
Revelation 19:11-16 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.19.11-16.esv
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Dec
31
Text: Rev 18 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What is the primary and central warning that Rev 18 offers to its readers?
2. Where are you most often tempted by “the city of Babylon” to commit idolatry and walk toward sin? Share.
3. What is the ultimate fate of Babylon? What implications can be drawn? Discuss.
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: “And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.””
Revelation 18:2-3 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.18.2-3.esv
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Dec
24
Text: Hebrews 2 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Discuss the biblical teaching, applications, and implications of Christ as our Prophet.
2. Discuss the biblical teaching, applications, and implications of Christ as our King
3. Discuss the biblical teaching, applications, and implications of Christ as our Priest.
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: “Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?”
Hebrews 2:1-3 ESV
http://bible.com/59/heb.2.1-3.esv
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Dec
10
Text: Rev 17:1-6 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermonsBegin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Who is the harlot that is described in Rev 17, what does she represent, and what is her purpose?
2. Have you been (current or past) seduced by the world (harlot) in a way that has brought you away from Christ and not toward him? Share and discuss.
3. Spend some extra time in prayer as a group (dependent upon group needs)
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: “And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.””
Revelation 17:5 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.17.5.esv
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Dec
3
Text: Rev 16 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What is the purpose and reason for the 7 bowls of Rev 16 to be so closely related and connected to the 10 plagues in the book of Exodus?
2. Make General connections and application to each of the 7 bowls described in Rev 16.
3. What is the overarching message and application of Rev 16? Share and discuss.
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: “(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)”
Revelation 16:15 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.16.15.esv
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