City Group Questions | March 3rd-9th
Revelation 2:18-29

City Group Core Values

  1. Engagement: Each person will get out of their city group what they put into the group. Make sure everyone in the group gets a chance to engage. If you tend to talk more than others be sensitive to how much you may dominate the conversation. If you tend to talk less make sure you work to speak up in your group. Your voice is valuable to others in your group and community; growth can’t happen without engagement.

  2. Confidentiality: We long for our groups to be places of authentic community. The only way this happens is through vulnerable conversations in which we share personal parts of our lives and confess our sin together. Anything and everything that is shared in the group must stay in the group.

  3. Speech: We must fight against gossip, grumbling, and complaining. Our speech should build up our group not burden our group (Eph 4:29). We also must keep our conversation focused when our group meets. City groups gather to study the word and connect together please avoid personal rabbit trails or off topic subjects.

  4. It takes more than one day and one person: City groups are about relationships. True relationships are not built by one person on one day a week. Step up to help your leader - they can’t do it all alone. Everyone in the group should be serving the group - volunteer to host, volunteer to bring a side or main dish, volunteer to give them a week off. Follow up and engage the members of your group during the week: one day a week does not build authentic community.

Preparing for City Group

Pray | Take time out of your week before your City Group to pray over the members of your group and for this week’s discussion.

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Read: Revelation 2:18-29

18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

19 “‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, 23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works. 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden. 25 Only hold fast what you have until I come. 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Starting Discussion Recommendations:

Pray | Start small group time by praying and asking the Holy Spirit to bless your time together diving into scripture and the sermon.
Watch |Revelation - Part 1

Big Idea | The book of Revelation reveals to us who Jesus is, and how we are to walk as a faithful witness to Him in the midst of a sinful world.

  1. Have a member of your City Group read Revelation 2:18-29 for the rest of the group.

  2. Observe Scripture: Take a moment to observe this scripture passage. What stands out to you the most in these passages? Did you notice anything new that you haven’t before? Is there anything here that is confusing or that you have questions about? Spend a few minutes discussing your observations about the passage. Does this specific passage bring any other verses to mind?

  3. Recall the Sermon: What stood out to you from this week’s sermon if you were able to attend the Sunday gathering? What do you know about this particular portion of Revelation? What questions do you have about it?

  4. Chapter 2 begins the messages to the specific churches in 1st Century Asia Minor. Why is it important to look back at the victories and sins of the churches of the past? What can we learn from them and Church history in general?

  5. How did Jesus encourage the Church in Thyatira? What does that mean for us? How can that encourage us?

  6. There were 2 things that the Church in Thyatira tolerated. The false teachings of a false prophets and the sin that resulted. How do we as a church fight against false teachings and unchristlike character in the Church? How do we ensure we do this in a biblical, honoring, and Christlike way?

  7. We live in the age of information - in which we are constantly inondated with information to consume. In what ways can we ensure that our information diet draws us nearer to Jesus instead of farther away?

  8. What idols do you tend to struggle with? How are you tempted to be pulled away from Jesus? How do you fight those temptations? In what areas of your life do you need to grow in?

  9. Each letter begins with a truth of who Jesus is. How would these truths impact the church in Thyatira? What truths about God do you need to believe in your life right now?

  10. How does the good news of the Gospel give us strength to continue to fight sin in our lives?

The primary goal of the Bible is to show us who God is and point us to Jesus. For that reason, these three questions are necessary and foundational in how we interpret, understand, and read scripture. So as we read and process each passage of scripture on a week to week basis, end City Group with discussing how it points us to God and Jesus. Then reflect on how the Holy Spirit might be asking you to apply these specific truths to your life.

  1. What aspect of God’s character has this week’s passage of scripture shown you more clearly?

  2. Fill in the following statement:

    • Knowing that God is _______________________________________ shows me that I am __________________________________________________________________________________.

    • What one step can you take this week to better live in light of this truth?

  3. How does this week’s passage point us to Jesus? What aspects of Jesus life, death, burial, resurrection, and coming return are in view here?

  4. Has the Holy Spirit taught, led, challenged, encouraged, our guided you personally this week? How will you respond to Him?

What Did You Hear: Is there anything you felt God showed you or told you through today’s discussion or this weekend’s sermon?