FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

John 1:9-13

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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.

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

John 1:4-8

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The Light — Lonnie Bell
2nd Sermon of Advent
John 1:4-8
9 December 2018
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DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. To use the words of Leon Morris, how is Christ the “life-bringer and light bearer”?
2. How is Christ’s coming both at Christmas and in conversion like what we read in Genesis 1:2-3?
3. What does it mean to say that Christmas is a season of power and victory?
4. How does the fact that “darkness has not overcome” the light give us encouragement in the Christian life?
5. How does the text lead us to compare Jesus and John the Baptist, and how would you describe John’s role?
6. What does it look like to be a credible witness of Jesus in our daily lives?

References: Colossians 2:3; Hebrews 12:2; 2 Corinthians 3:8; John 5:26; 8:12; 11:25; 12:46; 14:6; 17:3; Genesis 1:2-3; 2 Corinthians 4:6; John 12:35; Genesis 3:15; Ephesians 6:12; 1 John 3:8; Matthew 13:43; 11:11; John 20:31; 1:23.