| 1. “I
know…that your latter works exceed the first” (2:19). What does this
mean? 2. Who was Jezebel (2:20)? What
comes to mind when you hear that name, and why? 3. Revelation 2:20-23 is an intense
statement of judgment. In your own words, what is being communicated? 4. Is there any sense in which the warning
applies to Christians today? If so, in what way? 5. Practically speaking, what would it mean
to “hold fast what you have until I come” (3:25)? 6. Revelation 2:26-28 is an intriguing
promise from the Son of God. What should we make of it? 7. To Sardis: “You have the reputation of
being alive, but you are dead” (3:1). Why would Jesus diagnose a church in
this way? How does a church get to such a point? Perhaps most importantly of
all, how can we successfully avoid a similar diagnosis? 8. Revelation 3:2-3 contains the
prescription for what was ailing the church in Sardis. How would you
summarize what “the Great Physician” is telling his saints to do? 9. “Yet you have still a few names in
Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me
in white, for they are worthy” (3:4). What do we learn from this statement? 10. Revelation 3:5 contains a wonderful
promise. What does it mean? |
