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Philippians 2:5-11

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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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John 1:1-3

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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.