Community Group Resources

Discussion Questions

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. Note: This series is preached live at each campus. If members of your group attend different campuses, be sure to give a 2 minute overview of the message shared at your campus.
2. If you had to describe Jesus to someone using only what you personally know and have experienced of Him, what would you say? What would you leave out?
3. Read Revelation 19:11-16 together. List every name and description given to this rider: Faithful and True, blazing eyes, many crowns, the unknown name, the Word of God, robe dipped in blood, King of kings and Lord of lords. Which of these images feels most familiar to you? Which feels most unfamiliar or even unsettling?
4. Jesus is called "Faithful and True." Where in your life have you experienced His faithfulness firsthand? Has there been a season where you were tempted to doubt it?
5. Verse 12 says He has "a name written on him that no one knows but he himself." Have you ever let familiarity with Jesus (knowing the stories, the language, the routines of faith) quietly shrink your sense of awe toward Him? What would it look like to be freshly astonished by Him again, the way the disciples were when He calmed the storm (Matthew 8:27)?
6. Do you know a version of Jesus that you've flattened or made "safe" and manageable, or are you continuing to pursue the fuller, more astonishing reality of who He is?
7. What would it look like this week to live with active hope and readiness for His return, 
8. rather than treating it as a distant or abstract idea?

Action Step

1. This week, read a familiar passage about Jesus slowly, asking God to help you see something you've overlooked or grown numb to, rather than skimming for information you already "know."
2. Identify one thing (a person, position, platform, or plan) you've been tempted to put ultimate hope or security in. Take one specific step this week to redirect that trust to Christ instead.