Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read Colossians 1:15-23. How can we tell if Christ is most important in our lives or if something else sits on the throne of our hearts? How do we keep Jesus front and
center?
3. What are some of the false gospels we face today? Why are they dangerous? How can we prepare ourselves to confront their false message?
4. What does it mean that Jesus is “the image of the invisible God?” Why is knowing this vital to our Christian walk?
5. What does it mean that Christ is the “firstborn over all creation?” What is the apostle trying to communicate to us with this teaching?
6. How does Jesus hold all things together? Why is this important? How should we respond to this truth?
7. What is the role of the head? Who is the leader of the church? How might we lose our connection to Christ? How do we recover it?
8. What is “the fullness of God?” What does it mean “in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell?” Why is knowing this important when we face trials?
9. Why do we need to be reconciled? What is God’s purpose for our reconciliation? How do we finish the race the Lord has set before us?
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read Colossians 1:15-23. How can we tell if Christ is most important in our lives or if something else sits on the throne of our hearts? How do we keep Jesus front and
center?
3. What are some of the false gospels we face today? Why are they dangerous? How can we prepare ourselves to confront their false message?
4. What does it mean that Jesus is “the image of the invisible God?” Why is knowing this vital to our Christian walk?
5. What does it mean that Christ is the “firstborn over all creation?” What is the apostle trying to communicate to us with this teaching?
6. How does Jesus hold all things together? Why is this important? How should we respond to this truth?
7. What is the role of the head? Who is the leader of the church? How might we lose our connection to Christ? How do we recover it?
8. What is “the fullness of God?” What does it mean “in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell?” Why is knowing this important when we face trials?
9. Why do we need to be reconciled? What is God’s purpose for our reconciliation? How do we finish the race the Lord has set before us?
Date: December 8, 2024
Text: Luke 1:57-80
Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read Numbers 23:19; 1 Kings 8:56; Titus 1:1-2; John 17:17. What do we learn about God from these verses? Why is knowing this information important? How should we respond to this knowledge?
3. Read Luke 1:57-66. Why were Elizabeth and Zechariah adamant about the name to be given their son? What does this name mean? What was the first thing the priest did upon receiving his voice again?
4. How did his neighbors respond to Zechariah’s restoration? Why is that an appropriate reaction to what they had seen and heard? How might we demonstrate more reverence and awe in our lives?
5. Read Luke 1:67-80. How does Zechariah respond to the expected fulfillment of the promise given to David? How is God bringing the redemption of His people to pass? What does an animal’s horn symbolize?
6. How do we see God’s power on display in this passage? What are the two aspects of biblical prophecy? How did Zechariah use both here?
7. How did sin enter the world? What is one reason why God allowed this to take place? What does Zechariah say was the result of the tender mercy of God?
8. Who is the Sunrise from on high? What was the purpose of His visit? How should we respond to this knowledge?
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read Numbers 23:19; 1 Kings 8:56; Titus 1:1-2; John 17:17. What do we learn about God from these verses? Why is knowing this information important? How should we respond to this knowledge?
3. Read Luke 1:57-66. Why were Elizabeth and Zechariah adamant about the name to be given their son? What does this name mean? What was the first thing the priest did upon receiving his voice again?
4. How did his neighbors respond to Zechariah’s restoration? Why is that an appropriate reaction to what they had seen and heard? How might we demonstrate more reverence and awe in our lives?
5. Read Luke 1:67-80. How does Zechariah respond to the expected fulfillment of the promise given to David? How is God bringing the redemption of His people to pass? What does an animal’s horn symbolize?
6. How do we see God’s power on display in this passage? What are the two aspects of biblical prophecy? How did Zechariah use both here?
7. How did sin enter the world? What is one reason why God allowed this to take place? What does Zechariah say was the result of the tender mercy of God?
8. Who is the Sunrise from on high? What was the purpose of His visit? How should we respond to this knowledge?