Revelation, week of 12/5/05 to 12'9/05

Questions for #13—Idolatry & Immorality

1. What is Rev. 2:12-28 about?
2. What is Deut. 5:1-22 about?
3. What are the two great sins (they summarize disobedience)?
4. Who are they rooted in?
5. What are the two great commandments (they summarize Christian duty)?
6. Who are they rooted in?
7. What are three symbols for idolatry & immorality in Rev. 2?
8. What are some other references in scripture that link idolatry & immorality?

9. What are the two greatest commandments and what can they be summarized as?
10. Anything else in message that you would like to discuss?
11. What is your application?
12. What Psalm did they end with & why?
FURTHER DISCUSSION (think about—nothing to write):
1. Is great joy in pleasing those who love us. A refrain repeated throughout Psalms is “Teach me your ways” If I don’t pray I can’t know how the word of God applies to my particular circumstance because only God has authority to tell me what to do. (It must be in conjunction with his word.)
2. Just like in math Greek letters have specific values (e.g. pi=3.14....), in Rev. symbols have assigned values. E.g. Balaam =several chapters in scripture. Rev. is like one long mathematical formula.
3. service follows worship
immorality follows idolatry