Text: Rev 3:14-22  (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. What is meant by Christ being called “The Amen”? Discuss. 
2. Discuss the meaning and implications of Christ being referred to as the “beginning of Gods creation”? 
3. Discuss the meaning and implications of Christ being referred to as the “faithful and true witness”?

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 to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.3.14.esv

Text: Rev 2:18-29 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. What was good about the Church of Thyatira?
2. What was bad and ungodly about the Church of Thyatira? 
3. Discuss the steps and reasons behind the process of Church discipline as discussed by the 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: “The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2:26-27‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.2.26-27.esv

Text: Rev 2:12-17 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. Compare and contrast our (The Church) sojourning with Israel’s based on the sermon connections with the Old Testament Stories and Paul’s description of the Church. 
2. What did Pergamum do to compromise itself internally? Do you see any similarities to some of the Churches today? 
3. What would be a modern application equivalent of those who hold to the teachings of Balaam and Balak within the Church?

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 repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2:16‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.2.16.esv

Text:  Phil4:10-13 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
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1. According to Paul, define aspects of true biblical contentment. 
2. Discuss ways that Phil 4:13 has been used out of context and discuss the ramifications of doing so. 
3. Are you content according to Paul’s teaching of biblical contentment? Discuss and share. Give ways your group can pray for you.

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 how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4:12-13‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/php.4.12-13.esv

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

Text: Revelation 2-3  (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
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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

“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

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