Judgment is coming, but God will save the faithful

Outline:

Who are the faithful?

What will happen to the faithful?

Where are the faithful delivered?

Questions for Personal Reflection:

1. Share a time where you felt like the only one who believes God. How did it affect your faith?

2. Read James 4:4. Put this verse in your own words. What are some of the ways we are prone to divide our allegiance to God with being in friendship with the world?

3. Is the Bible’s concern with not compromising with the world in conflict with the call to love the world and share Christ with it?

4. How does being saved by grace make it possible for believers to warn about judgment without being judgmental?

5. Noah was saved from the flood because he found grace and because he obeyed God and built the ark. How do you relate Noah’s good works to his salvation by grace? Consider Ephesians 2:8-10 as you discuss.

6. How can we use the horror of God’s judgment to strengthen us against the temptation to compromise our faith?

7. How can we use the hope of the new creation to motivate our faithfulness?