Benjamin Murphy
Small Group Questions
Benjamin Murphy
Sermon Series Highlights
Sermon Series Highlights

Coming Soon: The Great White Throne Judgment!

Introduction:

The Last Trial in History (Rev 20:11-15):

  1. The Judge. (Rev 20:11)
  2. The Trial. (Rev 20:12-13)
  3. The Sentence. (Rev 20:14-15)

    4. The more you know, the more you reject, the more you suffer.

Matt 10:15 - Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Matt 11:20, 24 - Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. "But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

Heb 10:29 - How much worse punishment,do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?

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Small Group Discussion

Read Revelation 20:11-15

GROUP

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message? What stood out to you / what was new information to you?

  2. Rev 20:11 - why was there no rainbow around the throne (see Rev 4:3)? What does this tell you about the Great White Throne Judgment?

  3. Since God knows everything, why does He have the books of deeds and the book of life (Rev 20:12-13, 15)? What is their purpose?

  4. How would you reply to someone who says, “How could a God of love cast people into the Lake of Fire?”

BREAKOUT

Pray for the lost that you know. And pray for opportunity for you to reach the lost that you know.

Coming Soon: The Reign of the King!

Introduction:

Three Things You Need to Know About the Millennium (Rev 20:1-10):

  1. Satan is Locked  Away. (Rev 20:1-3)

    Isaiah 65: 20-23, 25

  2. Believers will Reign with Christ. (Rev 20:4-6)
  3. It ends with a "Battle". (Rev 20:7-10)

    4. James 1:14 - But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

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Small Group Discussion

Read Revelation 20:1-10

GROUP

  1. What was your big "take-away" from this passage / message?

  2. Looking at Revelation straightforwardly, can you write a timeline of events from the Battle of Armageddon to the moment the devil is thrown into the Lake of Fire?

  3. If Satan is bound, how is there sin in the millennium? What does this say about the human heart?

  4. Tell of a time you've blamed your sin on someone or something else. Why do you think people are so quick to look for someone to blame? Why is it critical that we learn to take responsibility for our own sin?

BREAKOUT

Pray for one another!

Coming Soon: Armageddon!

Introduction:

Armageddon

  1. The prelude HYMN . (Rev 19:1-10)
  2. The RETURN of the King. (Rev 19:11-16)

    3. Isaiah 63:3

  3. The VICTORY of the King. (Rev 19:17-21)

    4. 2 Chronicles 20:15

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Small Group Discussion

Read Revelation 19

GROUP

  1. What was your big “take-away” from the passage / message?

  2. What was the best wedding you have ever attended? What made it so good? With that in mind, why do you think Scripture compares heaven to a wedding reception (“the marriage supper of the Lamb”)?

  3. Verse 15 - what does it mean that Jesus will rule (literally “pastor”) with a rod of iron?

  4. What battle have YOU been fighting that you need to allow the Lord to fight for you?

BREAKOUT

Pray for one another!

Coming Soon: Babylon's Funeral.

Introduction:

Coming Soon: Babylon's Funeral. (Revelation 18)

  1. The COMMENCEMENT . (Rev 18:1-3)

  2. The CALL to escape. (Rev 18:4-5)

  3. The CAUSE of death. (Rev 18:6-8)

  4. The CELEBRATION. (Rev 18:20)

  5. The CRYING. (Rev 18:9-19)

  6. The COMMITTAL. (Rev 18:21-24)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 18

GROUP

  1. What was your big “take-away” from the passage / message?

  2. Review the sins of Babylon for which she faced judgment (v7). How do you see these sins in our culture? Be specific.

  3. If God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 33:11), why is heaven rejoicing over Babylon’s destruction in verse 20?

  4. Why exactly are the people of earth crying in verses 9, 11, 15, 18, and 19? What does this tell you about those facing judgment during the Tribulation?

BREAKOUT

Pray for one another. Pray for God’s mercy on our nation.

Coming Soon: The End of Religion.

Introduction:

  1. The INTRODUCTION of the Prostitute. (Rev 17:1-6)

  2. The EXPLANATION of the Prostitute. (Rev 17:7-14)

    3. Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.

    Antichrist’s world empire.

  3. The DESTRUCTION of the Prostitute. (Rev 17:15-18)

Why did God choose to destroy Babylon this way, with the beast and the kings, instead of a direct blast with a plague?

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 17

GROUP

  1. What was your big “take-away” from the passage / sermon?

  2. Explain: the prostitute, the waters, the beast, the heads, and the horns. What do they symbolize? What is their connection?

  3. Rev 17:16-17 - Why does God put it in the 10 kings’ hearts to unite with the beast? Why does God choose to destroy Babylon THIS way, instead of with a plague?

BREAKOUT

Pray for one another to have eyes to see sin as God does. First for yourself, then for your nation.