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JEZEBEL... This name has never been on the popular list of baby girl names, and for good reason! The name Jezebel carries with it the stigma and personification of evil, wickedness, and immorality. We see Jezebel come to the pages of scripture in the Old Testament in 1 Kings 16:29-33 29 Now Ahab the…

“But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.”

Have you known the comfort of Jesus, the Word of God? He invites you to consider who He is, as the Bible says He is, to be reverenced and adored.

Rev. 2:18-29

Compromise meme. So we compromised and got a cat. [Quote on screen] We don’t compromise because it’s right ; we compromise because it is easy and because it saves face . We compromise in order to say that at least we got half the pie. Distilled to its essence, we compromise to be safe. Christopher Voss,…

Think yourself EmptyRead yourself Full Write yourself Clear Pray Yourself Hot Be Yourself but Don’t Preach Yourself! Introduction Attention (Why should they listen to you?) What is the Hearer’s problem? What is the Biblical Solution? What do the hearers need to know? Main Textual Idea: Main Idea: Jesus…

Introduction- Review of Revelation 1 Last week we began a study on the book of Revelation that covered the first chapter. Last week we went over: Four views/ interpretations of the Bbok of Revelation Preterism Historicist Futurist Idealist Introduced the extra-biblical resources that are referenced or…

The Church in America is the Compromising church of Thyatira and it is time for the church to stand up and fight back with the Full Armor of God

For the most part, we do really well scheduling ways to worship Jesus publicly. We put on outreach events, events that serve the community, and church services where we invite people to serve at. What happens, when God himself, confronts us in regards to how those works have diminished in quantity? What happens when He confronts our passive and permissive behaviors that have compromised the walks of many? Check out this week's sermon in Revelation 2.

Revelation 2:18-29 shows 5 ways that Jesus has authority over the church so you would endure to rule with Him in the end.

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Jezebel may be dead, but her vile spirit and teachings live on and satan uses them to destroy the church.

Do you remember the love you had when you first came to the Lord? In today's message, Pastor Dean takes a look at the first of the seven churches in the book of Revelation; Ephesus. We find that Ephesus was a big church which with lots of activities going on. But they had forgotten their first love. What can we do to regain that those feelings again?

Have you ever been put in a situation where you had to choose between remaining silent or standing up for what you believe is right? In today's lesson, we find out that this was the case in the next church in the book of Revelation, the Church at Thyatira. They were a church who was active and growing in their faith, but they had allowed the corrupting influence of the world to seep in to cause problems of sexual immorality and idolatry. So what is a Christian to do?

So far, we have looked at three of the seven churches that John wrote to in the book of Revelation. We have seen how the people of Ephesus were strong in doctrine, but they were lacking in love. Then we saw how the church at Smyrna was heavily persecuted, yet they remained faithful to Christ in the midst…

The fourth church to receive one of the Lord’s messages was located in Thyatira (modern Akhisar), a city that archaeologists date back to approximately 3000 BC. The Asian king Seleucus I used this city as a barrier against the attacks of the Macedonians because it was located in a valley through which…

Revelation 2:18-29 What a fascinating tour we have been on in the last few weeks. We have now visited -- up to this point three churches that all surround the Island of Patmos in Asia Minor. We have seen the loveless church of Ephesus (the church who lost her first love), a persecuted church in the city…

Text: Rev. 2:18-29 Thesis: To prove that one must practice church discipline in order to be approved by the Lord. Introduction: 1. Jesus Christ addresses the church at Thyatira. a. His eyes are like unto a flame of fire. (1) Old Testament writers often associated fire with the judgment of God (e.g. Isa.…

Intro: Have you ever had a bunch of apples, or tomatoes, or potatoes sitting around and then one day you grab one to find that It’s rotten? Now what do you do the moment you make this discovery? And what will happen if you don’t remove it? Today we are going to visit a church that had a rotten apple…