FSBCS Audio Sermons

FSBCS Audio Sermons

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FSBCS Audio Sermons episodes

  • An Introduction to Revelation

    Questions:

    1. What stood out to you in the message?

    2. If you were a book, what genre would you be and why? Mystery? Sci-fi? Fantasy? Poetry? Adventure? Nonfiction? Other?

    3. What is a revelation? In the case of the book of Revelation, what or who is being revealed? What is the purpose of the revelation?

    4. Read Revelation 21:1-4. What does this passage say? How does it make you feel?

    5. What is the point of the parable of the 10 Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13)?

    6. Why is readiness the most important lesson to focus on in regard to our study of the end times?

    7. Why does this parable use the analogy of “lamps” that we need to keep lit? What does this tell us about our life as we wait for Jesus to come?

    Scripture Passages: Matthew 11-15

    42 min
  • Our connection points others to His redemption
    Questions:
    1. What stood out to you in the message?
    2. How do you think Mary felt when she was greeted by Elizabeth in Luke 1:41-45? How would you have felt if you were in Mary’s shoes? Why?
    3. Does the fact that Jesus came into the world through the normal process of pregnancy affect how you view pregnancy and children? How?
    4. Galatians 4, Romans 8, and many others speak about how God adopted us out of our slavery in order to become His children. Did you know you really are an orphan? How does this change your view of what God has done for you? How does this change your view of children, especially those who are less fortunate than you?
    5. Mary sings a song in Luke 1:46-55. What does Mary praise God for in this song? What does this song reveal about Mary’s outlook on God’s plan and purpose for the world?
    6. Of the attributes of God that Mary sings about, which do you appreciate or connect with most? Which one challenges you the most? Why?
    7. Pastor Chad spoke about verse 54 and the promised mercy that God provided through Jesus. How has God’s mercy affected your life? How has His mercy affected the lives of the people in your life? Who needs to hear of the mercy and hope of Jesus in your life? Scripture
    Passages: Revelation 3-7
    23 min
  • We need Jesus to live for Jesus
    Questions:
    1. What stood out to you in the message?
    2. As a child, did you say bedtime prayers? What were those prayers like?
    3. Read 1 John 5:13-15. What is the condition for prayer to be answered?
    4. How is the assurance of eternal life the key to:  (a) answered prayer, (b) forgiveness (verses 16-17), (c) deliverance from sins (verses 18-19), and (d) avoiding idols (verse 21)?
    5. What has convinced you that true life is found in Jesus? (Think about what you would say to someone who does not believe in Jesus if they asked you this question)
    6. What have you learned in this series on 1 John? What themes has John repeated throughout this book?
    Scripture Passages:
    2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation 1-2
    38 min
  • What true maturity looks like
    Questions:
    1. What stood out to you in the message?
    2. What is the biggest lesson that you learned as a child? The lesson that impacted you most as you matured?
    3. Read 1 John 2:12-14. What do you think are the distinguishing characteristics between the spiritual maturity of one like a child, and young person, and a parent/grandparent? What makes one “less or more mature” than the others?
    4. In your own spiritual maturity, do you feel more like a toddler, a child, a teenager, an adult, or an older adult? Why?
    5. How has the understanding that “your sins are forgiven for His name’s sake” (1 John 2:12) helped you grow in your relationship with Jesus?
    6. How has God shown you that “you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one”? How has this impacted your faith?
    7. How can you grow in your maturity in Jesus? (Hint: Read Hebrews 5:12-6:3 and 1 Peter 2:1-3)
    Scripture Passages:
    1 John 1-5
    31 min
  • We needed rescuing and need rescuing
    Questions:
    1. What stood out to you in the message?
    2. How do you feel when someone cuts you off in traffic or in a long line? How do you want to react? How do you actually react? Why?
    3. Pastor Chad spoke about how John (1 John 5:1-5) and Paul (Galatians 5:13-26) both connect one’s righteousness before God to the way that they love others. How does our love for others reflect our righteousness and closeness to God?
    4. Using 1 John 5:1-3, how are you doing at loving others? How does your obedience to God affect your love for others?
    5. How often are you prompted to pray for someone you see struggling with temptation and sin? Who has prayed for you in the past and how did it help you?
    6. Pastor Chad said that following God is not just following the list of “do not’s” found in Galatians 5:20-21 (and other passages), but is also following the list of “do’s” found in Galatians 5:22-26. How can you follow the list of “do not’s” more closely? How can you follow the list of “do’s” more closely?
    7. Which spiritual fruit is “blossoming” in your life? Which are still “in the bud”?
    Scripture Passages: James 4-5, 1 Peter 1-3
    31 min
  • Seriously living for Jesus
    Questions:
    1. What stood out to you in the message?
    2. How do you feel when someone cuts you off in traffic or in a long line? How do you want to react? How do you actually react? Why?
    3. Pastor Chad spoke about how John (1 John 5:1-5) and Paul (Galatians 5:13-26) both connect one’s righteousness before God to the way that they love others. How does our love for others reflect our righteousness and closeness to God?
    4. Using 1 John 5:1-3, how are you doing at loving others? How does your obedience to God affect your love for others?
    5. How often are you prompted to pray for someone you see struggling with temptation and sin? Who has prayed for you in the past and how did it help you?
    6. Pastor Chad said that following God is not just following the list of “do not’s” found in Galatians 5:20-21 (and other passages), but is also following the list of “do’s” found in Galatians 5:22-26. How can you follow the list of “do not’s” more closely? How can you follow the list of “do’s” more closely?
    7. Which spiritual fruit is “blossoming” in your life? Which are still “in the bud”?
    Scripture Passages:
    James 4-5, 1 Peter 1-3
    41 min
  • Discernment is knowing the difference between right and almost right
    Questions:
    1. What stood out to you in the message?
    2. How do you stay informed on current events? What is are the advantages and disadvantages of this way of staying informed?
    3. What does John say in 1 John 4:1? Now read 1 John 2:15-29. What else has he said about false prophets and false teachers?
    4. In 1 John 2:15-29, John warns against loving the world. How can your love for the world or love of yourself (pride and selfishness) lead you into false beliefs?
    5. In what ways does your love for the world compete with your love for God: In your use of money? Use of your time? Your priorities, passions, and ambitions? Your approach to your relationships?
    6. Pastor Chad warned about how some false teachings can sound really Christian, thus the need for discernment. What criteria can you use to distinguish between: (a) new insights into Christian truths that the Holy Spirit brings through Godly teachers, and (b) new teachings that are false and undermine the truth of Jesus? In other words, how can you know the difference?
    Scripture Passages:
    Hebrews 12-13, James 1-3
    36 min
  • Back to the Basics Part 2
    Questions:
    1.What stood out to you in the message?
    2. As a child, were you afraid of the dark? What makes darkness so scary and/or dangerous?
    3. Read 1 John 1:5 - 2:6. What false claims do you see John fighting against in verses 6 and 8?
    4. How can you "have fellowship with Him" and walk in light rather than darkness (verse 6)?
    5. How can we confess our sins (verse 9)
    6. What hope does John give when people fail to live in the light of God's love (1:9 and 2:1-2)?
    7. What characteristics of light reflect who Jesus is?
    8. Has Jesus brought light into your life? Or do you feel like you are walking in darkness?
    Scriptures Hebrews 2-6
    32 min

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