Small Group Notes for 1st March 2026
N.B. Sermon can be heard via our website and YouTube channel and the Paper Service version is on our website: https://parishofmedsteadandfourmarks.co.uk/online-church/paper-services/
Read and Reflect: Revelation 17-19:10
Questions:
- What do we see as we look down from above upon our current worldly empires – both literally geographic nations as well as ‘empires’ of social media, fashion, finance, etc?
- How do we avoid being ‘seduced’ and remain faithful to God?
- Justice is ultimately served. There is always a spiritual side to life’s events, and Revelation tries to help us see that though there are straightforward human answers to an empires demise, that God is in control.
- Where do we see that in history, and how can this reassure us about the current possibles futures for the nations and businesses of the world?
- That justice will come, is terrifying but also a great relief and a cause for rejoicing – see Revelation 18:20. How do we respond to God’s justice?
- We do not belong to this world, we are called to be separate, Revelation 14:4-5, what does this mean for us and our investment of emotion, energy, and gifts? See also, Philippians 3:20, Hebrews 11:13-16 and 1 Peter 2:9-12.
- Whilst we are here we are encouraged to pray for the prosperity of our earthly home – see Jeremiah 29:7. And Paul encourages us to pray for those in authority – see 1 Timothy 2:1-2. How should we pray and act for good, seeking God’s Kingdom to come and his will to be done on Earth?
- The final verses of this section capture the hope and future for God’s people (19:7-8). How do we celebrate this, and how do we share this with others?