Benjamin Murphy
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Benjamin Murphy
Sermon Series Highlights
Sermon Series Highlights

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Coming Soon! Judgment, Phase 2: The Trumpets, Part 1

Intro / Review:

The First Four Trumpets: (Super)Natural Disasters.(Rev 8:6-13)

The 1ST Trumpet: VEGETATION burned (Rev 8:7)

The 2ND Trumpet: Water to BLOOD (Rev 8:8-9)

The 3RD Trumpet: Water to POISON (Rev 8:10-11)

The 4TH Trumpet: Lights are DIMMED (Rev 8:12-13)

God's Judgment is a Controlled Action, Not an Emotional Reaction.

  1. God's Judgment is Fueled by our PRAYERS (Rev 8:3-5)
  2. God's Judgment is DELIBERATE and PRECISE. (Rev 8:7-12)
  3. God's Judgment is Preceded by WARNING (Rev 8:13)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 8

GROUP

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message? Which trumpet stood out to you and why?

  2. What’s the significance of the judgments and “1/3”? Why didn’t God let these trumpets affect 100% of their respective regions?

  3. What does Rev 8:3-5 tell you about your prayers? How should these verses affect the way you pray?

  4. What purpose does the angel/eagle in Rev 8:13 serve? What does this tell you about God and His judgment?

BREAKOUT

Pray for unsaved family and friends. Pray specifically for an opportunity for you to invite them to HBC and/or share the Gospel with them.

Coming Soon! Saved, Sealed, and Delivered.

Intro / Review:

Who Can Stand When God's Judgment Comes Down?

  1. 144,000 ISRAELITES (Rev 7:1-8)
  2. Countless MARTYRS. (Rev 7:9-17)

    3. The Comfort in Judgment:

  1. God SAVES. (Rev 7:10-14)

    Ezekiel 18:32 - For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.

  2. God SEALS. (Rev 7:2-3)

    2 Corinthians 1:22 - ...and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

  3. God PROMISES. (Rev 7:15-17)

    Isaiah 65:17 - For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.

  4. So We WORSHIP. (Rev 7:12)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 7

GROUP

  1. What was your big take-away from Revelation 7? What stood out to you?

  2. Who are the 144,000 (Rev 7:1-8)? Who makes up the “multitude” (Rev 7:9-17)? How are you able to identify them? <Note to leaders: their identity, when drawn from other sources besides the Bible itself, leads to crazy and weird beliefs. This is not a throw-away question, this is an “interpret the Bible with the Bible” question.>

  3. Why do you think the Holy Spirit took a “break from the action” that started in chapter 6 to insert this content of Rev 7? Why this parenthetical interlude?

  4. How do these promises of heaven encourage you personally (Rev 7:15-17)? How do they motivate you to share the Gospel / invite to church? How do they affect the way you think of loved ones who have died in Christ?

BREAKOUT

Pray for each other.

Judgment, Phase 1: The Seals.

Intro / Review:

  1. The first seal: PEACE (Rev 6:1-2)
  2. The second seal: WAR. (Rev 6:3-4)
  3. The third seal: FAMINE (Rev 6:5-6)
  4. The fourth seal: DEATH. (Rev 6:7-8)
  5. The fifth seal: PRAYERS (Rev 6:9-11)
  6. The sixth seal: FEAR. (Rev 6:12-17)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 6

GROUP

  1. What was your big “takeaway” from Revelation 6?

  2. Which of the seals especially stood out to you? Why?

  3. If these lost people (Rev 6:15-17) recognize these events as being the wrath of the Almighty, why will they not repent? What does this say about hard-heartedness?

BREAKOUT

Pray for an unsaved family member / friend / coworker - BY NAME - that they would come to know the “grace of the Lamb”. How can you help share the Gospel with that person?

In Heaven: The Worthy One

Intro / Review:

Who is Worthy?

  1. The Worthy One is Sought one. (Rev 5:2-4)

    2. 1 John 5:19 - We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

    2 Corinthians 4:4 – In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

  1. The Worthy One is Found. (Rev 5:5-7)
  2. The Worthy One is Worshipped. (Rev 5:8-14)

    3. Review: Ps 148:7-10 | Ps 150:6 | Psalm 68:1-4

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 5

GROUP

  1. Explain why John wept (Rev 5:4). Specifically, what evils on earth are YOU wanting to see eliminated?

  2. Why do you think God the Father (on the throne) didn’t just open the scroll? Why did it have to be the Lamb (Jesus)?

  3. What as-of-yet-unanswered prayer of yours will you see - for sure - answered in heaven?

BREAKOUT

Pray for one another!

In Heaven: The Worshiped One

Intro / Review:

The Throne and the Worship.

  1. On the Throne: The Worshiped one. (Rev 4:2-3)
  2. Around the Throne: The Worshipers. (Rev 4:4-7)
    1. 24 elders
    2. 4 living creatures
  1. Torwards the Throne: The Worship. (Rev 4:8-11)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 4

GROUP

  1. Of this description of heaven, what surprised you or stuck out to you the most?

  2. How would you respond to someone who says, “I really don’t care for the music part of church, I just come for the sermon.”?

    Don’t give a “Sunday School answer - what would you really say to such a person?

  3. List the reasons God is praised from verses 8-11. Which one of these fires you up the most? Why?

  4. Why is “creation” a subject included in worship in heaven? What does that say about how we should view the doctrine of creation?

BREAKOUT

Pray for one another to grow as worshipers - on earth as it is in heaven!