Text: Romans 12:3-21 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. In light of Romans 11 and 12, how are you doing in the areas of pride and humility? Share with your group. 
2. According to Paul, all Christians have some form of a “gift”. Have you been faithful in implementing your giftedness amongst and within the church body? Why or why not and how so?
3. Where are you doing well and where are you struggling according to Paul’s Exhortation list in verses 9-21? 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: “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:12‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rom.12.12.esv

Text: Romans 12:1-8 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What is the significance of the “Therefore” statement at the beginning of Romans Chapter 12? Discuss. 
2. What does it mean, practically, to offer up your body as a living sacrifice? Discuss. 
3. Are you currently living this way? As a living sacrifice to God? Why or why not? What, if anything, needs to change? 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: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:1-2‬ ‭NIV‬‬
http://bible.com/111/rom.12.1-2.niv

Text: Rev 13:11-18 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. In light of the sermon on Rev 13:11-18, review the questions from last week. 
2. What is the mark of the beast? How do you know? Explain and discuss. 
3. Pray for those who are experience more intense and focused persecution throughout the world.

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: “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭13:16-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.13.16-18.esv

Text: Rev 13:1-10 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. When will the beast described in Rev 13 appear? Discuss. 
2. Who or what does this beast symbolize? 
3. Where does this beast have authority? Discuss. 4. What does this beast do? Discuss.

Family Application: BC #99. 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: “If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭13:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.13.10.esv

Text: Rev 12:13-17(read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Who are the woman and dragon that are described in Rev 12? How do we know?
2. Discuss and explain the remaining symbolism in Rev 12:13-17 and it’s significance and importance. 
3. Summarize in one sentence the primary teaching and application of Rev 12:13-17.

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: “But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.12.14.esv

Text: Rev 12:7-12(read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What does Rev 12:7-12 describe as Satan’s current status on his time on earth? How did the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ impact the status of Satan? Discuss. 
2. Discuss and reflect upon the multiple benefits given to us through Christ and His accomplishments. 


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 have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!””
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12:11-12‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.12.11-12.esv

Text: Rev 11:15-19 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What is Rev 11:15-19 portraying and revealing to the reader?
2. According to verse 18, what will happen during this time being described? 
3. In verse 19, what happens with the temple of God? What does this mean for the people of God? Explain 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: “Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭11:19‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.11.19.esv

Text: Rev 11:3-14 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. List, reflect on, and discuss the three considerations listed from the sermon on Rev 11:3-14
– The job of the church is to witness
-The church ought to expect opposition from the unbelieving world.
-In the end the church will be preserved and vindicated, and the wicked will be judged.
2. Are you being faithful as a witness to the unbelieving world? 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: “But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭11:11-12‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.11.11-12.esv