Who Rules

1. Have someone in your group give a brief recap of Sunday’s message, highlighting the primary Scripture points and the main idea of the message.

2. How did this message strengthen and/or correct your previous ideas about the sovereignty of Jesus? Was there anything you heard for the first time or that caught your attention, challenged, or confused you? Did you learn anything new about God or yourself this week?

3. Think about this phrase again: “Jesus is sovereign over creation and worthy of all worship.” How should this statement shape the way that we live, especially during this election season?

4. Read Revelation 5:1-4. Do you grieve the state that our world is in? What specifically grieves you about the state of our world? 

5. Read Revelation 5:5. How does this verse give us such hope even in grief? Why is it important that disciples grieve with hope?  

6. Jesus is the Lamb who was slain but also the Lion who conquers death. How does this truth help us better grasp that Jesus is the only one worthy of ruling over creation? 

7. Interact with this idea again: “When Jesus is exalted, God is glorified.” How can Revelation 4 and 5 deepen your worship and exaltation of Jesus? What does it mean to live a life of deep worship and adoration to the lamb of God? 

8. Does Jesus have our full allegiance? Have there been any subtle shifts in our hearts that have caused us to look to earthly rulers for salvation rather than look to Christ? 

9. What action step do you need to take in response to this week’s message? How can your group hold you accountable to this step?

Action Step

Take some time to pray with our pastoral leadership team as we kick off this new series. This special time of prayer will be exclusively online on Sunday, October 20th at 7pm. This will be streamed on The Chapel’s Youtube page. If you missed this online prayer event, you can go back and watch this here.