Sermon Application Questions:

1. Why is the persevering faith and steadfast hope of Christians in persecution up-close-and-personal living proof of God’s righteous judgment?
2. What is it about just/fair, eternal/forever, sovereignly decreed/faithful punishment that makes us recoil and resists it so much?
3. Why is the eternal heavenly hope of the regenerate proof positive that there is an eternal torment in hell for the unregenerate?
4. How is this a call to engage more lovingly and intently in restorative and redemptive relationships with both believers and unbelievers?
5. Which of the explanations of the righteous judgment of God most makes you want to serve Jesus with every ounce of your being, and why?