Study
Questions for September 2, 2012
Sermon:
“We Believe in Life Everlasting”
by: Bob Korljan
Series: What We
Believe - Preaching through the Apostle's Creed
Sermon Video: http://vimeo.com/48770201
QUESTIONS
1. Do you personally expect and look forward to everlasting life with Jesus and his people? Why or why not? What do you think your answer indicates? Be honest and talk it out …
1. Do you personally expect and look forward to everlasting life with Jesus and his people? Why or why not? What do you think your answer indicates? Be honest and talk it out …
2. Ask volunteers to take
turns reading through Revelation 21 (the whole chapter) out loud. What are 2-3
‘big ideas’ we should draw out of this passage? Why are these ideas important?
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Also, how does this passage square with stereotypical notions of ‘heaven’? What are the differences and why do they matter?
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Also, how does this passage square with stereotypical notions of ‘heaven’? What are the differences and why do they matter?
GROUP DISCUSSION
Last Sunday was the last sermon in the Apostles’ Creed series. Take some time to reflect on what you have learned and how you think the Holy Spirit has used this series to either challenge or change you. Go around the room and have everyone share their thoughts on this. Please be detailed and not vague!
Last Sunday was the last sermon in the Apostles’ Creed series. Take some time to reflect on what you have learned and how you think the Holy Spirit has used this series to either challenge or change you. Go around the room and have everyone share their thoughts on this. Please be detailed and not vague!
REFLECTION QUOTE
Read the following excerpt from J.I. Packer’s book, Growing in Christ:
Read the following excerpt from J.I. Packer’s book, Growing in Christ:
“Being
with Jesus is the essence of heaven; it is what the life everlasting is all
about. ‘I have formerly lived by hearsay
and faith,’ said Bunyan’s Mr. Stand-fast, ‘but now I go where I shall live by sight, and shall be with him, in
whose company I delight myself.’ What shall we do in heaven? Not lounge
around!—but worship, work, think, and communicate, enjoying activity, beauty,
people, and God. First and foremost, however, we shall see and love Jesus, our
Savior, Master, and Friend.”
Please think about and discuss
the following points from this quote:
-What will we ‘do’ in the eternal state? What are the temporal and eternal implications of this?
-What does it mean –for this life and the next- that Jesus is the main attraction?
-What will we ‘do’ in the eternal state? What are the temporal and eternal implications of this?
-What does it mean –for this life and the next- that Jesus is the main attraction?
The Apostles’
Creed
I believe
in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth.
And in
Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born
of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and
buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven; and
sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come
to judge the quick and the dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins; the
resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
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