Nov
13
Text: Rev 2:1-7 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. What are the three primary marks of a healthy church according to Rev 2:1-7? Carefully list and discuss each.
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: “I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.”
Revelation 2:3-5 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.2.3-5.esv
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Nov
6
Text: Revelation 2-3 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What is the purpose of the 7 letters to the 7 churches in Revelation 2-3?
2. What does Revelation 2-3 reveal about Churches in today’s age?
3. What seems to be the most prominent message given to the 7 churches? Explain.
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 stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’””
Revelation 3:20-22 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.3.20-22.esv
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Oct
23
“The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.”
Revelation 1:14-16 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.1.14-16.esv
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Oct
16
Text: Rev 1:9-20 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. The title of this Sermon is “We are not alone”. Discuss the specifics and particular verses that display this truth and why these verses assure Gods people that they are not alone.
2. Discuss and explain the purpose and meaning behind any of the symbols found in Rev 1:9-20.
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 I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”
Revelation 1:17-18 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.1.17-18.esv
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Oct
9
Text: Rev 1:4-8 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. What do the first several verses in Revelation tell the reader is the purpose for the book? Explain and discuss.
2. List and discuss the 3 main sermon points, how the apply to revelation, and how they apply to the life of the believer.
3. Spend a few extra minutes in prayer with your group.
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, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.””
Revelation 1:7-8 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.1.7-8.esv
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Oct
2
Text: Rev. 11:15-12:6 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. List and discuss the 7 observations concerning the structure of Revelation and their importance in the interpretation and application of revelation. (See sermon notes)
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 twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.”
Revelation 11:16-17 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.11.16-17.esv
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Sep
25
Text: Rev. 22:1-21 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. List and discuss the additional four given principles for interpreting the book of Revelation (see sermon notes) Make specific note of how these points contribute to the proper interpretation of The Book of Revelation.
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 soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.””
Revelation 22:12-13 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.22.12-13.esv
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Sep
18
Text: Revelation 1:1-8 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. List and discuss the three principles for interpreting the book of Revelation.
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: “”I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.””
Revelation 1:8 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.1.8.esv
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