Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Isaiah 11:1-10
2. How long was the prophet’s ministry to the people of Judah? What happened to the Northern Kingdom during this period? Why were the Lord’s people facing judgment?
3. Who were the Messiah’s relatives? What does Isaiah say will happen to this dynasty? What will be left after God acts?
4. What resources had the Lord provided His servant? What is the Spirit’s three-fold gift to the Messiah? Why does Christ need this gift to carry out His calling?
5. What is the foundation of our Christian living? Who gives us the strength to change? What parts of our lives still need God’s sanctifying grace?
6. What is fear of the Lord? How do we demonstrate we have this? How is the Messiah going to govern His people? How will this be possible?
7. What will characterize the Messiah’s realm? Why do we not see this behavior exhibited in the world around us all the time?
8. Read Ezekiel 34:25-27. What does the prophet tell us life will be like after Christ’s second advent? Are you looking forward to this time? Why/why not?
9. How is the root of Jesse God’s Christmas present to His people? Who might we share the message of Christmas with this week?
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
Read Isaiah 11:1-10
2. How long was the prophet’s ministry to the people of Judah? What happened to the Northern Kingdom during this period? Why were the Lord’s people facing judgment?
3. Who were the Messiah’s relatives? What does Isaiah say will happen to this dynasty? What will be left after God acts?
4. What resources had the Lord provided His servant? What is the Spirit’s three-fold gift to the Messiah? Why does Christ need this gift to carry out His calling?
5. What is the foundation of our Christian living? Who gives us the strength to change? What parts of our lives still need God’s sanctifying grace?
6. What is fear of the Lord? How do we demonstrate we have this? How is the Messiah going to govern His people? How will this be possible?
7. What will characterize the Messiah’s realm? Why do we not see this behavior exhibited in the world around us all the time?
8. Read Ezekiel 34:25-27. What does the prophet tell us life will be like after Christ’s second advent? Are you looking forward to this time? Why/why not?
9. How is the root of Jesse God’s Christmas present to His people? Who might we share the message of Christmas with this week?
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?