Sermon Discussion Questions
- Can you think of a time that being told the truth was difficult or uncomfortable? On this side of that experience, are you glad to have received the truth? Why do you suppose that for God, receiving truth and our maturity are so interconnected?
- Do you think of Satan as roaming about (Job 1), prowling around to devour who he may (1 Peter 5)? In other words, do you think (as CS Lewis said) of where you live as "enemy occupied territory"? How does or should knowing this truth change the way we engage this world? Who or what is our fight against?
- In this letter to Pergamum, he commends them on the one hand but also holds some things against them. What does he hold against them? What can it look like for you/us to fall into this trap?
- While we may not know exactly what the "hidden manna" or "white stone" actually signifies, what hope do they appear to provide? What does it mean to you to know that you are marked out, belonging to God? How does this truth change the way we live in the here and now?
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