Sermon Details:
After sometime away from Revelation, we pick our series back up again at chapter 13.
In chapter 12 we learned that Satan stands behind the oposition to the church in this age. But Satan, the serpent, does not act alone, but has allies that seek to destroy the church in
different ways. With pictures of beasts, and numbers like 666, it can be easy to get lost in the details of revelation 13, yet the call to Christians is a clear call of endurance and wisdom.
Questions for discussion:
- Why do you think pure persecution is often not as successful as religious pressure against the church?
- In what ways is the situation of the church in the first century becoming more similar to our situation?
- Do your non-Christian friends see Christians as moral or immoral people?
- John calls us to endurance, but not to take up the sword. What does this tell us about the way that the church ought to wage spiritual warfare?
- Are you willing to die for your faith? Are you willing to suffer economically? Are you willing for your children to miss out on the best this life has to offer?
- Why is it comforting to know that those who belong to Jesus have their names written in the Lambs book of life?
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