Mission & Messages • Set 37
Discussion & Heart Check Questions
Small group discussion questions and accountability tools designed to help disciples grow in their love for God, connect with others, serve others, and share the gospel.
These questions were created to accompany the Mission & Messages reading plan, but they can also be used by any small group, discipleship group, family, or individual studying these passages.
This Set’s Big Idea
God calls His people to remain faithful to Christ while the world is increasingly deceived, opposed to God, and headed toward judgment.
As you read, watch how Revelation contrasts those who worship the Beast with those who remain loyal to the Lamb. Notice God’s warnings, His patience, and the certainty that every evil kingdom will ultimately fall before Christ.
How to Use These Questions
These questions are a guide, not a script. You do not need to answer every question. The goal is to help your group engage Scripture, encourage one another, and take a clear next step of obedience.
Before meeting, encourage everyone to complete the set’s readings and record at least one observation and one application from the passage using PETS or another preferred Bible study method.
Suggested Small Group Meeting Flow
Use this as a flexible guide for a 1–1.5 hour weekly gathering. Adjust as needed for your group.
Meet up, catch up, and reconnect from the week.
Open in prayer and ask God to use His Word.
Share PETS insights from the set’s readings. Let everyone share briefly.
Discuss selected passage questions. The facilitator should choose a few, not all.
Use a few Heart Check questions for honest accountability and encouragement.
Share prayer requests, praises, and close in prayer.
Leader Tips
- You do not need to answer every question.
- Choose the questions most relevant to your group.
- Focus on allegiance, endurance, discernment, and worship more than speculation.
- Encourage everyone to participate, but do not force anyone to share.
- Leave enough time for prayer and honest encouragement.
This Set’s Readings
- Revelation 13 — The Beast, the False Prophet, and the Mark of the Beast
- Revelation 14 — The Lamb, the 144,000, and the Harvest of the Earth
- Revelation 15 — The Song of Moses and the Seven Bowls of Wrath
- Revelation 16 — The Seven Bowl Judgments
- Revelation 17 — Babylon, the Beast, and the Coming Fall of Evil
Mission & Messages • Set 37
Small Group Discussion Questions
Icebreaker
- Have you ever believed something that later turned out to be false? What helped you recognize the truth?
Digging Into the Text
- Revelation 13 describes powerful forces that deceive people and oppose God. What makes deception so spiritually dangerous?
- These chapters contrast those who worship the Beast with those who remain loyal to the Lamb. What does this contrast teach us about worship and allegiance?
- Why do you think Revelation repeatedly calls believers to endurance, faithfulness, and wisdom?
- Revelation shows earthly powers that appear strong, impressive, and intimidating. Why is it sometimes difficult to trust God’s sovereignty when evil seems powerful?
- In Revelation 14–15, God’s people are pictured worshiping, enduring, and standing with the Lamb. What encourages you from these scenes?
- Revelation 16–17 shows that God’s judgment is certain. How should that truth shape the way believers live today?
Leader Note
These chapters can raise many questions about the Beast, the mark, Babylon, and end-time events. Those questions matter, but do not let speculation become the center of the discussion. Help your group focus on the main call of the passage: remain loyal to Christ, resist deception, endure faithfully, and trust that every evil kingdom will ultimately fall before Him.
Love God
- What did these readings show you about God’s holiness, patience, justice, or authority?
- Where do you feel the pressure to give your attention, affection, or allegiance to something other than Christ?
- How can worship help believers remain faithful in a world filled with deception and compromise?
Connect with Others
- Why do Christians need one another when facing pressure, confusion, deception, or opposition?
- Who in your life helps you stay grounded in truth?
- How can this group help one another remain faithful to Christ without becoming fearful, harsh, or distracted?
Serve Others
- How can believers serve faithfully in a world that may not understand or value loyalty to Christ?
- What is one practical way you can encourage someone this week who feels spiritually tired, pressured, or discouraged?
Share the Gospel
- How should the certainty of judgment and the victory of Christ increase our urgency to share the gospel?
- Who is one person you can pray for and move toward with truth, grace, and hope this week?
Closing Challenge
God calls His people to remain faithful to Christ while the world is increasingly deceived, opposed to God, and headed toward judgment.
Revelation 13–17 presses us to examine our allegiance. We are either being formed by the world’s deception or strengthened by loyalty to the Lamb.
If someone examined your worship, priorities, habits, and daily decisions this week, would they conclude that your allegiance belongs primarily to Christ or to something else?
Small Group Accountability
Weekly Heart Check
How to Use These Questions
These questions are meant to help the group move beyond information and into honest discipleship. Use them with grace, humility, and confidentiality. The goal is not shame, but spiritual growth as we help one another follow Jesus.
Love God
- How has your time with God been this week?
- What did these readings show you about Jesus, worship, judgment, or endurance?
- Have you allowed fear, comfort, politics, entertainment, success, approval, or anything else to compete with your allegiance to Christ?
- Is there any area where God is calling you to repent of compromise and return to faithfulness?
Connect with Others
- Have your relationships reflected truth, love, patience, and courage this week?
- Is there anyone you need to encourage, forgive, confront gently, or reconcile with?
- Have you allowed other believers to help you discern truth and remain faithful?
Serve Others
- How have you used your time, gifts, or resources to serve others this week?
- Is fear, distraction, selfishness, or spiritual weariness keeping you from serving faithfully?
Share the Gospel
- Did you have an opportunity to talk about Jesus, truth, judgment, or hope this week?
- If so, what happened?
- If not, who is one person you can pray for and move toward this week?
Honest Accountability
- What temptation, fear, habit, influence, or desire has been gaining power in your life?
- Is there anything hidden that needs to be brought into the light?
- What is one thing you need prayer for today?
Leader Reminder: Revelation 13–17 is not meant to make believers fearful or obsessed with speculation. It calls us to discernment, endurance, worship, and loyalty to Christ. Help your group leave with their eyes fixed on the Lamb, not merely on the Beast.
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