Phil Colgan speaks on 'The Slaughtered Lion' (Revelation 5) at the Shaping Our Future Together weekend in February 2017.

Outline:

• A good king these days is hard to find
• The scroll sealed with seven seals (v1-4)
• The lion who is a lamb (v5-7)
  • Slaughtered
  • Seven horns
  • Seven eyes
• Gold bowls in heaven (v8)
  • The power of prayer
• The glory of the slaughtered lamb (v9-14)
  • Redemption from sin
  • A new identity: Kings and priests
  • 1 Corinthians 2:2 - I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
• How do we glorify God
  • Proclaim Christ crucified
  • In our weakness

Phil Colgan speaks on 'The Throne Room of God' (Revelation 4) at the Shaping Our Future Together weekend in February 2017.

Outline:

• The wonderful but scary book of Revelation
• A vision of the throne room of God (v1-5)
  • The one seated on the throne
  • 24 thrones and elders
  • Thunder and lightning
  • Seven fiery torches
  • A sea of glass
• The four beasts glorify God for who he is (v6-8)
  • God is holy
  • God is the almighty
    • Sovereign
    • Omnipotent
    • Omniscient
  • God is eternal
    • Unchanging
    • Malachi 3:6 - I, the Lord, do not change.
    • James 1:17 - He does not change like shifting shadows.
• The 24 elders glorify God for what he has done (v9-11)
  • God is the creator and sustainer
  • Psalm 19:1 - The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims the work of his hands.
• Giving God the glory