Sunday Sermon - The Return of the King

An extended Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings!  The text comes from 2 Samuel 6 from the New International Version of the Bible.  Dive In discussion questions are below for further reflection!  To see this sermon in the context of the worship service it comes from, find it here on YouTube.  Or, head to our website to connect with the worshiping community of Immanuel CRC: immanuelministries.ca    DIVE IN QUESTIONS 1. What stands out to you from hearing these verses?  Is God offering an invitation or a challenge to you through those words?  Take time to pray about it. 2. How does the word for peace (Shalom/Salam) get used in the names found in the books of Samuel?  What do we learn about peace through the way these peace-names are used? 3. Read the previous story of the Ark from 1 Samuel 4-6 sometime. What (either from your reading or Pastor Anthony reminding us in the sermon) is similar about the way Israel dealt with the ark and the LORD who was seated upon then and now in 2 Sam 6? 4. What are the ways in which we can attempt to "use" God as a dead religious totem rather than submit to him as our living LORD with whom we are in relationship? 5. What does a life of worshipful submission to the name of Lord Almighty look like from 1 Samuel 6? 6. How might that worshipful life of submission look in your own life this week?