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Jesus’ outline of Revelation: - Revelation 1:19 . What was seen: Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is: the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3 . What will be: Jesus’ judgement in the seven seals, trumpets and bowls. Revelation 4-22 . Revelation 3:1 . 1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:…

The letter from James is written to encourage believers in being faithful disciples. He tells them to rejoice, even when facing trials. He says they are to not only listen to the word of God but to put it into practice as well. In today’s reading he talks about having true faith, and how this relates…

Last week we looked at the pattern of how to witness to a person. There was an example that Philip gave to us when he met the Eunuch and led him to Christ. This week, we will look more into how to lead certain people to Christ based off their ‘religious backgrounds’. This will not be an exhaustive list…

Grave clothes or Grace clothes?

INTRODUCTION We are studying the fifth church in the book of Revelation tonight; THE DEAD CHURCH. This letter is addressed to the church in Sardis. Sardis: Sardis was one of the greatest cities in it s day founded around 1200 BC! It sat about 50 miles from Ephesus, at the junction of five main roads…

English Standard Version (Chapter 6) Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead,…

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had…

the church in Sardis was lacking in their deeds that lined up with Christ. At the same time, they were not heeding the Spirit's power, nor guidance!

The author of Hebrews says repenting of evil deeds is one of the fundamentals truths in the church. As we unpack it, there are major implications of this passage, and it is certainly a foundational truth for a Christian.

This is the third in a series on our core convictions.

Nominal Christians Dr. Robert Plummer was my hermeneutics professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a brilliant New Testament scholar and a master teacher. He has done extensive work on the epistles of James. In the NIV Study Bible that was recently published, he notes, “One of the…

Passage: James 2:14-26 Title: The Test of Faith and Works Summary: James writes to us so that we might examine ourselves. James is going to make a clear case in this passage on what real faith looks like in real life. True faith will have the evidence of works to back it up. James shows us 3 types of…

Kingdom Economics last week we looked at The Year of Jubilee in Leviticus 25 . In Leviticus 25 we see the Year of Jubilee as a major social-economic reset. In year 50, The year of Jubilee would take place. If you had borrowed money on your land, sold your land, or sold your land and yourself, then year…

We don't need expensive programs to maintain and grow our churches, we simply need instruction from the Master!

Jesus Christ is the Son of God who saves us from our sin.

Self-Righteous Pride is the root of unbelief (that keeps the world from coming to Christ.)/(while humble faith embraces Christ.)

Jesus is the Messiah who heals our sin, gives us rest, and redeems us from the curse of the Fall.

Steven Lawson addresses well phrases like the following: "I grew up in a dead church.” "I grew up in a dead church.” or “Our church used to be dynamic; now it’s dead.” or “Don’t go to that church. It’s dead.” •“Our church used to be dynamic; now it’s dead.” •“Don’t go to that church. It’s dead.” What…

What are the principles of the doctrine of Christ? Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection…

We are begining the elementary teachings of Christ. This week Repentance, we must repent of our sins, asking for forgivness is just a small part.

With all the recent talk about revival on the campus of Asbury University and other places, it's raises the question, "How can we know for sure when revival is genuine?". In this expository sermon from Isa. 56-57 we see a profile of religion: both the way things should be, and the way they actually are, to help us see what true revival looks like. Sermon begins at about 17:20.

Faith is needed for works to not be pointless, and works are needed to show that our faith isn't pointless.