Follow-Up Study Guide To:

No God At Church
Part 3 of 4 in the series “Vacated”

June 21, 2009 Pastor Scott Oldenburgh

READ REVELATION 2-3

ê Write out what the churches were doing well.

ê What were the weaknesses of the church?

ê What was the promise to the church if they stayed focused on their essentials?

DREAM A LITTLE BIT

ê What would your cool church look like?

ê What type of environment would you enjoy the most?

ê What essentials would you think are imperative?

ê What are the greatest strengths of Fellowship of the Metroplex?

ê What are some of FOM’s weaknesses?

LOOK BACK AT THE 6 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN THIS WEEK’S MESSAGE

ê Can you give examples of each of these essentials currently taking place at FOM?

ê Can you specifically list examples of where these things are true in your life?

READ I KINGS 8 - This is Solomon’s prayer as he gets ready to build the temple. The temple was to represent God’s presence in their local community

ê What does Solomon say about putting God into a building?

ê Is it possible?

ê Where does God really live?

ê Based on this understanding, which is more important: that the church institution commits to the 6 essentials or that the individual people do? Why?