Apr
9
Text: Rev 6:12-17 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What is the six seal and/or what does it represent? Discuss.
2. How does the judgement described in Rev 6:12-17 apply to christians, if at all? Explain.
3. What is the most important application that you gleaned from this portion of scripture and it’s preaching?
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 the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,”
Revelation 6:13-16 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.6.13-16.esv
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Apr
2
Text: Rev 6:9-11 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Why should Christians take comfort in the fact (revealed in Rev 6) that there will be Martyrs in this age?
2. What are the practical implications of the fact that God will avenge the blood of the Martyrs?
3. What is the most encouraging truth that you glean from Rev 6:9-11?
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: “When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.”
Revelation 6:9-11 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.6.9-11.esv
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Mar
26
“O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.”
Psalms 15:1-5 ESV
http://bible.com/59/psa.15.1-5.esv
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Mar
19
Text: Rev 6:1-8 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Discuss the relationship between Gods decrees/Gods sovereignty and Rev 6:1-8.
2. What do the horsemen in Rev 6 represent and what OT text refers to them? (Note: there is much disagreement over the identity of the horsemen. Thus discussion will be about the various views and which views have the most support)
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: “Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.”
Revelation 6:1-2 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.6.1-2.esv
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Mar
12
Text: Matt 18:15-20 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. How and why is “Self Discipline” a part of the process of Church Discipline and Excommunication?
2. What is Mutual Discipline, how is it practically acted out, and what role does it play in the process of Church Discipline and Excommunication?
3. Review and discuss the listed implications of Excommunication that were given in this week’s Sermon.
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: “Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 18:18 ESV
http://bible.com/59/mat.18.18.esv
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Mar
5
Text: Rev 6;8:1-5 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. List each of the “Seven General Observations Concerning the Seal Cycle” given in the Sermon and specifically discuss the meaning, purpose, and implications of each. (See sermon notes for the list)
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: “When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.”
Revelation 8:1-4 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.8.1-4.esv
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Feb
26
Text: Rev 5 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Discuss the relationship between the book of Daniel and Revelation and its implications.
2. What is significant about Christ’s unique ability to open the scroll? Discuss the meaning and implications.
3. Why is Christ alone the only one worthy to receive power, wisdom, wealth, might, honor, and blessing? 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 they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.””
Revelation 5:9-10 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.5.9-10.esv
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Feb
19
Text: Rev 4:1-11 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Briefly compare and contrast General Revelation with Special Revelation and discuss how the two apply to Rev 4.
2. Discuss the 4 primary uses of the word “Heaven” and specifically focus on which definition is most closely connected to Rev 4.
3. Who are the 24 Elders mentioned in Rev 4 and what is their significance?
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 the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!””
Revelation 4:8 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.4.8.esv
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