Jesus Revealed | PART 1: INTRO TO REVELATION

Reflection Questions  

  1. As you look at the world around you, who does it seem like is in control?

  2. To what extent are you aware of an unseen, spiritual realm beyond what our eyes can see?

  3. What does it mean to your life to know that Jesus is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the Creator and the Judge of all history?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 2: A PORTRAIT OF JESUS

Reflection Questions

  1. How do you picture Jesus?

  2. What do you think you would do if you saw the risen Jesus in all his glory – with “his face like the sun shining in all its brilliance”?

  3. John saw his vision of Jesus when he was “in the Spirit.” How can you be “in the Spirit” this week?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 3: CHURCHES WITH EARS

Revelation 1:11-13, 19-20

Reflection Questions:

  1. What does the word “church” make you think of?

  2. Why is it important the church is not itself the light of Jesus but, like a beautiful candlestick, carries his light?

  3. What do you think of the image of Jesus standing amid the churches and holding their pastors in his hand?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 4: EPHESUS

Revelation 2:1-7

 Reflection Questions

  1. Have you forgotten your first love for God? How can it be restored?

  2. Is your love for God expressed in works of love for others?

  3. What is the Spirit saying to our church? What is he saying to you?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 5: Smyrna and Pergamum

From the very beginning, Christian churches have had to face pressures from without and from within. This week we’ll look at two local churches: Smyrna, that faced suffering because of persecution, and Pergamum, that faced the pressure to conform to the world around them. Join us as we see the word Jesus has for these churches and for us in light of these pressures.

Reflection Questions

  1. Does your attitude to suffering as a Christian align with Jesus’ attitude to suffering?

  2. Do you love and serve Jesus because he is useful to you, or do you love and serve Jesus because he is lovely to you?

  3. What is the “national religion” in Canada that is at odds with worship of Jesus? How do we resist it and what is the cost of doing so?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 6: Thyatira & Sardis

In Jesus’ message to a couple of churches in Revelation 2 and 3, he sees some dangers that threaten their well-being. In one (Thyatira), it was the danger of being led astray by the false idea that you can compromise on God’s standards. In the other one (Sardis), it was the danger of keeping up the appearance of spiritual vitality but being spiritually dead. This weekend we’ll look at Jesus’ messages with a view to the dangers of false teaching and hypocrisy.

Reflection Questions  

  1. Where are the areas you are pressured to compromise being a follower of Jesus?

  2. Do you resonate with the description of looking alive on the outside but being spiritually dead on the inside? How do you “wake up”?

  3. What do you make of Jesus’ promise, “To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations”?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 7: What Will We Do with the Presence of Jesus? ~ Dr Susan Wendel

Reflection Questions

  1. How aware are you of the presence of Jesus with you

  2. How can you respond to the invitation of Jesus to walk through the door he has opened into his presence and kingdom?

  3. What are you holding onto for security that may actually be keeping Jesus out? What would it look like to surrender those things and welcome his presence in?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 8: WORTHY IS THE LAMB

Revelation 4–5

Reflection Questions:

  1. In how many ways is Jesus “worthy” of our worship?

  2. What does seeing the Lamb, alive before God’s throne with the marks of his suffering, mean to you in whatever you are going through?

  3. How would imagining yourself joining the heavenly song around God’s throne change how you worship?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 9: Prayer and Witness at the End of the World

A scroll with seven seals; seven angels with seven trumpets; the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, earthquakes, thunder, and falling stars. Join Pastor Steve as he explores the bewildering vision of the book of Revelation and what role we play in God’s final victory.

Reflection Questions

  1. What do you find most compelling or perplexing about the way Jesus activates God’s final judgments on the world?

  2. Do you feel like your prayers make a difference? What do you think of this revelation that they are offered to God by the angels?

  3. What do you find intimidating or encouraging about being a witness of Jesus to others?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 10: THE FALL OF BABYLON

Reflection Questions:

  1. Where do you see “Babylon” in the world around you? Have you bought into it?

  2. What might it cost you today, or in the next few years, to resist Babylon and follow Jesus?

  3. How do you respond to the revelation that Babylon will come crashing down, and it will be sooner than you think?

JESUS REVEALED | PART 11: NEW CREATION

Reflection questions:

  1. What in life do you most grieve losing? And what or who that you have lost do you most wish you had back?

  2. How do you think about what you have suffered in life in light of the hope of heaven?

  3. How can you live more for eternity – more generously, more sacrificially – than you would if this life is all there is?