Benjamin Murphy
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Benjamin Murphy
Sermon Series Highlights
Sermon Series Highlights

Coming Soon!

Coming Soon: How Should I Feel About God's Judgment?

Intro / Review:

How Should I Feel? (Revelation 10)

How Should I Feel About God's Word? CONFIDENT. (Rev 10:1-7)

How Should I Feel About God's Judgment? BITTERSWEET (Rev 10:8-11)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 10

GROUP

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?

  2. Why did John even mention that there was a message in the thunders (Rev 10:4) if he wasn’t allowed to record it?

  3. Explain what was illustrated by John eating the scroll (Rev 10:10).

  4. How is judgment both sweet and bitter?

  5. When it comes to judgment, which do you “feel” more - the sweet or the bitter side? Why?

BREAKOUT

Pray for your heart to really capture the sense of bitterness that comes with judgment, and that you would mourn over, pray for, and witness to the lost in your life.

Coming Soon! Judgment, Phase 2: The Trumpets, Part 2 (Revelation 9)

Intro / Review:

THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TRUMPETS: DEMONS ATTACK! (Rev 9:1-21)

THE 5TH TRUMPET: Demons Bring Suffering! (Rev 9:1-12)

THE 6th TRUMPET: Demons Bring DEATH! (Rev 9:13-19)

THE MOST HORRIFYING PART: SIN is still preffered over GOD! (Rev 9:20-21)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 9

GROUP

1 - What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

2 - Why would someone who lived through the demon attacks still refuse to repent and turn to God (v20)? What does this say about the power and influence of sin?

3 - How do you know when someone is hard-hearted to the point of being unable to be reached with the Gospel (v20-21)? How can you suspect someone is heading there? What do you do in that case?

4 - The Greek word for sorceries (v21) is where we get the word “pharmaceuticals”. What is the connection between drugs and idolatry / evil spirits?

BREAKOUT

Pray for someone you know who is an addict, that the Lord would bring deliverance.

Coming Soon! Judgment, Phase 2: The Trumpets, Part 1

Intro / Review:

The First Four Trumpets: (Super)Natural Disasters.(Rev 8:6-13)

The 1ST Trumpet: VEGETATION burned (Rev 8:7)

The 2ND Trumpet: Water to BLOOD (Rev 8:8-9)

The 3RD Trumpet: Water to POISON (Rev 8:10-11)

The 4TH Trumpet: Lights are DIMMED (Rev 8:12-13)

God's Judgment is a Controlled Action, Not an Emotional Reaction.

  1. God's Judgment is Fueled by our PRAYERS (Rev 8:3-5)
  2. God's Judgment is DELIBERATE and PRECISE. (Rev 8:7-12)
  3. God's Judgment is Preceded by WARNING (Rev 8:13)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 8

GROUP

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message? Which trumpet stood out to you and why?

  2. What’s the significance of the judgments and “1/3”? Why didn’t God let these trumpets affect 100% of their respective regions?

  3. What does Rev 8:3-5 tell you about your prayers? How should these verses affect the way you pray?

  4. What purpose does the angel/eagle in Rev 8:13 serve? What does this tell you about God and His judgment?

BREAKOUT

Pray for unsaved family and friends. Pray specifically for an opportunity for you to invite them to HBC and/or share the Gospel with them.

Coming Soon! Saved, Sealed, and Delivered.

Intro / Review:

Who Can Stand When God's Judgment Comes Down?

  1. 144,000 ISRAELITES (Rev 7:1-8)
  2. Countless MARTYRS. (Rev 7:9-17)

    3. The Comfort in Judgment:

  1. God SAVES. (Rev 7:10-14)

    Ezekiel 18:32 - For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.

  2. God SEALS. (Rev 7:2-3)

    2 Corinthians 1:22 - ...and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

  3. God PROMISES. (Rev 7:15-17)

    Isaiah 65:17 - For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.

  4. So We WORSHIP. (Rev 7:12)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 7

GROUP

  1. What was your big take-away from Revelation 7? What stood out to you?

  2. Who are the 144,000 (Rev 7:1-8)? Who makes up the “multitude” (Rev 7:9-17)? How are you able to identify them? <Note to leaders: their identity, when drawn from other sources besides the Bible itself, leads to crazy and weird beliefs. This is not a throw-away question, this is an “interpret the Bible with the Bible” question.>

  3. Why do you think the Holy Spirit took a “break from the action” that started in chapter 6 to insert this content of Rev 7? Why this parenthetical interlude?

  4. How do these promises of heaven encourage you personally (Rev 7:15-17)? How do they motivate you to share the Gospel / invite to church? How do they affect the way you think of loved ones who have died in Christ?

BREAKOUT

Pray for each other.

Judgment, Phase 1: The Seals.

Intro / Review:

  1. The first seal: PEACE (Rev 6:1-2)
  2. The second seal: WAR. (Rev 6:3-4)
  3. The third seal: FAMINE (Rev 6:5-6)
  4. The fourth seal: DEATH. (Rev 6:7-8)
  5. The fifth seal: PRAYERS (Rev 6:9-11)
  6. The sixth seal: FEAR. (Rev 6:12-17)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 6

GROUP

  1. What was your big “takeaway” from Revelation 6?

  2. Which of the seals especially stood out to you? Why?

  3. If these lost people (Rev 6:15-17) recognize these events as being the wrath of the Almighty, why will they not repent? What does this say about hard-heartedness?

BREAKOUT

Pray for an unsaved family member / friend / coworker - BY NAME - that they would come to know the “grace of the Lamb”. How can you help share the Gospel with that person?