A Stunning Invitation

Weekly Reading

Monday: Matthew 19
Tuesday: Exodus 25, Matthew 20
Wednesday: Exodus 26, Matthew 21
Thursday: Exodus 27
Friday: Matthew 22
Saturday: Psalm 8-13, Proverbs 4
Sunday: 1 Samuel 6-16

Discussion Questions

  1. What do you think about God?
  2. How much do you want of God?
  3. How close to God do you want to be?

Sermon Notes

Key Passage: Revelation 3:14-22

A sobering summation: v. 15-18
A shocking expulsion: v. 16
A stunning invitation: v. 20-21

John Wesley's 22 Questions:
Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?
Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?
Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence?
Can I be trusted?
Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?
Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?
Did the Bible live in me today?
Do I give it time to speak to me everyday?
Am I enjoying prayer?
When did I last speak to someone else about my faith?
Do I pray about the money I spend?
Do I get to bed on time and get up on time?
Do I disobey God in anything?
Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy?
Am I defeated in any part of my life?
Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful?
How do I spend my spare time?
Am I proud?
Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisees who despised the publican?
Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it?
Do I grumble or complain constantly?
Is Christ real to me?

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