BUILDING BLOCKS OF A CHURCH: Kingdom People

The following questions are to be used as a study aid for the sermon by Rev. Tommy Dove, at the Grace Place on Sunday, August 17, 2014. To get the most from these questions, go to http://www.graceplace.us and click on “Streaming.”  From there you can watch or listen to the service first.

These questions can be used in your private Bible study during the week or as the topic for a small group study. For more information on hosting or leading a small group study, click on "GP Small Groups" under "GP Ministries" at www.graceplace.us.

Fellowship: (Break bread with your community, share life from last week, announcements for next week)

Icebreaker: (Get to know your fellow believers a little bit better using this week’s topic)

If you could be king or queen for a day, what would you decree?

What is your king or queen name?

(King or Queen your first name, the your birth order, of street where you grew up.

Example:  Queen Wanda the 2^nd of Hessey or King Jerry the 3^rd of Fillers Mill.)

What is the name of your castle?

(Name of street where you currently live Palace.  Example:  Greenbriar Palace. )

Scripture: (Read the word together – use different readers, different versions, just read it

John 18:28-40

Lesson: (Delve deeper into the Word and into the sermon using open-ended questions)

Americans are fascinated by royalty perhaps because we don’t have any.  The wildly popular, adult fantasy, “Game of Thrones,” is a TV show about small fictional kingdoms whose kings are fighting each other to see who will sit on the all-powerful Iron Throne.  To prove that Americans have a strong desire for their daughters to grow up to be queens, the Social Security Administration’s list of baby names shows that the drama inspired 1,135 Aryas, 241 Khaleesis and 67 Deaneryses in 2013.  As believers, we don’t have to have a fictional queen’s name to be a child of the ONE TRUE KING.

What do earthly kingdoms have to do to remain strong?

Where in the world is this happening now?

What happens when kingdoms are unsuccessful?

How do you get into the Kingdom of God?  (John 3:3)

Where is the Kingdom of God?  (1 Corinthians 15:50)

When do we join the Kingdom of God?  (Colossians 1:13)

When will the Kingdom of God end?  (Luke 1:33)

Who is sitting on forever, powerful Golden Throne?

Over whom does He rule?  (Matthew 28:18)

Prayer: (Share each other’s burdens, become a community of believers)