Quotes

John 15:18, 20b: “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you…A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.”

Unknown: “Pharaoh is an Old Testament Herod; he represents the seed of the serpent, which seeks to kill the seed of the woman.”

1 Peter 5:8-11: “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Questions

Especially for the Children:
a. What is hard about your life? How could things get even harder for you?
b. How does it help to remember that Jesus is with you even when things are hard?

What was your top takeaway from this sermon?
Any experiences of circumstances in your life going from bad to worse?
It what ways did the life of Jesus display things going from bad to worse (in order to rescue us)?
What are ways the evil one attempts to divide church members from church leaders? How can we guard against this?
What do we learn about the nature of God–the one who provides redemption?
What do we learn about mankind–the one who needs redemption?
What does this passage call me to stop doing or repent of or to start doing/put on?
How does this passage point me to my need for God’s Mercy in Christ?