THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

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• The 7 Churches of
  Revelation
• The Number 7 The Biblical number of
  completion
• (7 days in a week, 7th day is Holy, 7 colors in a
  rainbow, 7 notes in a musical scale, 7 major
  oceans, 7 major continents, 7 Trumpets, 7 Seals,
  7 Bowls, 7-fold Spirit before the Throne, etc.)
• 1. Ephesus The Loveless Church
• 2. Smyrna The Lasting Church - a positive
  name
• 3. Pergamum The Lenient Church
• 4. Thyatira The Licentious Church
• 5. Sardis The Lifeless Church
• 6. Philadelphia The Loved Church - a
  positive name
• 7. Laodicea The Lukewarm Church

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• THE THREE COMMON ELEMENTS OF THE LETTERS
• 1. Commendation - A recounting of the good
  things.
• 2. Condemnation A listing of the bad things.
• 3. Challenge/Charge A word of instruction or
  warning.
• Read Text Revelation 314-22

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• LAODICEA THE LUKEWARM CHURCH
  
• I. THE COMMENDATION
• THERE IS
  NONE!
• I am convinced that there is none
  because of the destructiveness of their
  LUKEWARMNESS!

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• LAODICEA THE LUKEWARM CHURCH
  
• II. THE CONDEMNATION
• 1. LUKEWARM
• Speaks to 1. Usefulness
• 2. Compromise
• 2. SPIRITUAL POVERTY
• The very things they were rich in, materially -
  they were poor in spiritually.
• 1. WEALTH 2. EYES 3.
  FANCY CLOTHING
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• LAODICEA THE LUKEWARM CHURCH
  
• II. THE CONDEMNATION
• Lukewarm-nessSpiritual
  poverty
• HOW DO I KNOW?
  
• A SIMPLE
  TEST
• NOTDo you come to church, butAnxious to be
  here?
• NOTDo you bring a Bible, butdid you read it
  this week?
• NOTDo you tithe and give, butdo you do it
  gladly and eagerly?
• NOTDo you listen to a sermon, butanxious to
  HEAR from God?
• NOTDo you sing a song, butDo you sing it as
  worship or prayer?
• NOTDo you serve in the church, butis it a
  ministry or a position? Do you long to make a
  difference for Jesus?
• Sometimes we can go through religious motions
  without much of a
  dynamic RELATIONSHIP
  WITH JESUS!
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• LAODICEA THE
  LUKEWARM CHURCH
• II. THE
  CHARGE/CHALLENGE
• 
  (REV. 320)
• BEHOLD! I STAND AT THE DOOR AND
  KNOCK!
• We often use this verse in personal salvation
  witnessing.
• The context here is to the
  CHURCH! the SAVED!
• (Jesus is on the OUTSIDE
  of a CHURCH!)
• MAY IT NEVER HAVE TO BE DONE AT
  HHBC!
• However, the invitation is to SAINT
  and SINNER alike!
• NOTICE THE
  ORDER
• 1. Jesus KNOCKSHe initiates everything! (Word,
  witness, heart)
• 2. We HEAR, We OPEN We have responsibility in
  the relationship.
• 3. Jesus COMES IN and eats with us! - HE
  nurtures the relationship.

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