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FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission
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Love In Five Directions — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Philippians 2:5-11
Sermon Series: Advent 2019, Christmas Eve
December 24, 2019
FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission
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The Son Goes Up — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Philippians 2:9-11
Sermon Series: Advent 2019, Week 4
December 22, 2019
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What are your expectations for this life? In what ways do you find it hard to embrace humiliation before exaltation?
2. How is the Christian life future-oriented?
3. What events are involved in Christ’s exaltation? How is it past, present, and future?
4. How does the lordship of Christ practically play out in the Christian life?
5. How does the Father’s glory shine bright through the exaltation of Christ as Lord?
References: Matthew 23:12; James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:6; Hebrews 12:2; Ephesians 1:21-22; Acts 5:30; Luke 24:51; Ephesians 1:20; Acts 2:33; Romans 8:34; 10:9; Isaiah 45:22-23.
FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission
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The Son Comes Down, Part 2 — Pastor Trey Russell
Philippians 2:8
Sermon Series: Advent 2019, Week 3
December 15, 2019
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What two words stick out in verse 8 which highlight the Son’s submission? How do these words connote submission?
2. How does the humility of Jesus point back to Paul’s exhortation in verses 1-4? What interests of ours did Jesus have in mind?
3. Discuss Jesus’ wills prior to and after the incarnation. How does this work in conjunction with the obedience of Jesus? How does Gethsemane illustrate this concept?
4. How do we see the descent of Jesus in 2:5-11? What is meant to say that the depth of Jesus’ descent is infinite?
5. What is the purpose of Jesus’ descent and how does the Incarnation lead us to Good Friday?
FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission
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The Son Comes Down, Part 1 — Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Philippians 2:6-7
Sermon Series: Advent 2019, Week 2
December 8, 2019
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. How are you feasting on the doctrine of Christ this Christmas?
2. What does this passage teach us about Christ’s pre-incarnate existence? How does this correct or strengthen your theology?
3. To use the language of 2:4, how did Christ not look to “his own interests”?
4. How does Christ’s example guide us away from thoughts without actions?
5. What does it mean that Christ “emptied himself,” and how can this be misunderstood?
6. Summarize and discuss the four sub-points regarding Christ’s Incarnation: he adds our nature, veils his glory, enters our world, and serves our needs. Which of these strikes you the most?
References: John 1:1; Hebrews 1:3; 1 John 3:17-18; James 2:15-16; 2 Corinthians 8:9; John 1:14; 5:18, 23; Colossians 1:15, 19; Hebrews 4:15; John 13:1-20; 2 Corinthians 3:18.
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The Practicality of Christmas — Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Philippians 2:5-11
Sermon Series: Advent 2019, Week 1
December 1, 2019
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What do you plan to do at home with your family to celebrate Advent throughout the month of December?
2. What are some of the rich “Christmas words” that you have heard tossed around without meaning in your interactions with people?
3. How does Christmas in particular remind us of the importance of having a deep and robust theology?
4. How does this passage taken in context show us that Christmas is “ethical in nature”?
5. Why can’t a person merely hold Jesus up as an example to be imitated? How does the Spirit give us the mind of Christ?
6. How should Christmas impact the way we see ourselves and the way we treat our fellow believers?
References: Genesis 3:15; 5:29; 22:17-18; 49:10; John 1:1, 14; Philippians 1:5; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Philippians 2:1-4; 1:27.
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The Word In The World, Parts 1 and 2 — Lonnie Bell
4th Sermon of Advent and Christmas Eve sermon
John 1:14-18
23 December (part 1) and 24 December 2018 (part 2)
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. Why does the world try to change Christmas, and in what ways do we see this happening around us?
2. What is the Incarnation? Have you given much thought to this doctrine?
3. How does the language “dwelt among us” push us back into the Old Testament?
4. How do “glory,” “grace,” and “truth” relate to one another in v. 14? How does this impact the way we see and approach Jesus?
5. Discuss some of the doctrinal errors we should avoid when thinking about the Word becoming flesh?
6. In what ways does this passage push us to our knees?
References: John 3:19; Matthew 10:34-36; Hebrews 1:2-3; Exodus 40:34-35; Psalm 29:9; Exodus 33:18-19; 34:6-7; Romans 1:3; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 John 7; Hebrews 2:14; 4:15; Philippians 2:9-10.
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Response To The Light — Lonnie Bell
3rd Sermon of Advent
John 1:9-13
16 December 2018
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DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What does it mean that Jesus is the “true light, which gives light to everyone”?
2. What is the “world” and how does it relate to Christ’s “own people”?
3. Why do people reject Christ?
4. What does it mean to believe “in his name”?
5. How do divine sovereignty and human responsibility come together in vv. 12-13?
6. What are the main truths from these verses that we can explicitly celebrate with our families this Christmas?
References: John 14:30; 1 John 2:16; Isaiah 1:2-3; 65:2-3; Acts 2:22-23; John 3:19; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Acts 13:48; John 3:6; Ephesians 1:3.
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The Word — Lonnie Bell
1st Sermon of Advent
John 1:1-3
2 December 2018
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DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What does it mean to say that Christ is both predicted and present in the Old Testament?
2. Discuss encounters that you have had with people who do not accept Christ as God. In addition to this passage, what are some other major biblical texts that support Christ’s eternality and deity?
3. What does it mean to say that any view of Christ that does not see him as fully God steals his glory and refashions him into an idol?
4. Why does John refer to Christ as the “Word,” and how would you explain what this means from Scripture?
5. How does this text show that God is a plurality of persons? How would you characterize the relationship between God and his Word?
6. How does understanding the deity and creative agency of the Word affect our worship and our love for God and one another?
References: Luke 24:44; John 5:46; 8:56; 12:41; 1 Corinthians 10:4; Matthew 1:18; John 17:5; 8:58; Isaiah 9:6; John 20:28; Romans 9:5; Colossians 1:15, 19; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:1; Genesis 1; 15:1; John 17:26; Psalm 33:6; Hebrews 1:2; Colossians 1:16.