Sermon Application Questions:

1. If God ultimately preserves the Christian, how can believers keep themselves in God’s love? What is the relationship between Jesus keeping us (Jude 2) and us keeping ourselves in God’s love (Jude 21)? (Phil. 2:12-13; Ps. 121:4-7.) Discuss the idea of us “keeping” or guarding ourselves while Christ keeps and guards us. 
2. What role does God’s Word play in a believer’s perseverance? (Rom. 15:4-6)
3. What does it mean to pray in the Holy Spirit? (Eph 6:18; Rom 8:15, 26-27)
4. How does longing for Christ’s return keep us fixed on following Christ? (Lam. 3:25-26; Luk 12:36-40; Matt. 24:42ff; 2 Tim. 4:8; Tit. 2:13-14; Heb. 9:28; 2 Pet. 3:12)
5. This is addressed to the collective Body of Christ. What does it mean to be a community keeping watch over ourselves? How can Christ’s Church simultaneously persecuted and mistreated yet also be safe and secure? (1 Tim. 6:14; 1 Tim. 6:20-21; 2 Tim. 1:12-14; Rev. 13:10)