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Revelation 2:18-29
Stephen Caswell © 2004
The Pope And The Angelic Doctor
The story is often told of how Thomas Aquinas the Angelic Doctor once visited Pope Innocent IV.
The pope showed him the rich treasures of the Roman church and boasted that the time has gone when the church was saying, /Silver and gold have I none./
Yes, replied the saintly doctor, and the time has gone when the church could say to the lame man at the temple gate, /Rise up and walk/.
*/The Church had become rich materially but poor spiritually./*
Riches led the Church into apostasy.
No longer did they offer salvation through Jesus Christ.
*/The Church had become corrupt/*.
Last week we saw Pergamos, a */Compromising/**/ Church/*.
This morning we will see the Church at Thyatira, a Corrupted Church.
The compromise that started at Pergamos spread among the believers in the fellowship.
Sin left unchecked has a way of spreading like yeast in a loaf of bread.
Again we will see four things about this Church: */The Correspondent, The Commendation, The Condemnation and The Counsel./*
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The Correspondent
*Revelation 2:18:*/ And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write.
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/a.
The City/
· Thyatira was located 40 miles inland and S.E. of Pergamos and 30 miles from Sardis.
· The city was recognized for its abundant agriculture, wool and dye industries.
· The city boasted an impressive temple to Apollo, the sun god.
· The name */Thyatira,/* *Θυάτειρα**,* means, a /perpetual sacrifice /or /continual offering./
· It was well known as a commercial center with many trade guilds; like our unions.
· Wherever the trade guilds were found, idolatry and immorality were always present.
· A female oracle called /Sambathēg /presided over a lucrative fortune-telling business.
/b.
The Church/
· The longest letter was sent to the church in the smallest city!
A severe rebuke!
· The Church may have been started by Lyddia a woman Paul converted in Philippi.
· She and her whole family believed.
They were from the city of Thyatira.
· The fault with this Church was similar to Pergamos, tolerance of evil in the Church.
· They allowed a false prophetess to seduce God’s people into idolatry and immorality.
· *This describes the Church age known as the dark ages; from 606AD to 1520 AD.*
· Attlus the III, Priest King of Babylon persuaded Constantine to unite Church and state.
· Constantine promoted Bishops over the Roman Church and gave them great power.
· These false teachers promoted Catholic doctrines that took presidence over the Bible.
· Catholic doctrines and teachings are known as Cannon Law and cannot be changed.
· Prayers for the dead, prayers to Mary and the saints, purgatory, indulgences, confessional, the Mass, the sacraments, papal infallibility were adopted by the Church.
· To accommodate all the pagans in the Church, pagan practices were introduced.
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/c.
Jesus Christ/
*Revelation 2:18b: */These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:/
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/Why does Jesus Christ introduce Himself as the Son of God here?
/It’s the only time this title is used in the book of Revelation.
The Lord was reminding them of His deity and power.
The pagans in Thyatira boasted a special temple to Apollo, the sun god whom they worshipped.
The Lord Jesus Christ was setting the account straight.
He is the True Son of God.
There is a second reason.
In *chapter 1:13-15* Christ is described in similar terms except that He is called the Son of Man.
That description emphasized His compassion, here His deity is emphasized.
Unfortunately the Church tolerated sin.
Therefore, John had to deliver a message of severe warning and judgment, which explains the description of the Lord’s eyes and feet.
This pictures the Son of God in judgment.
His eyes are like a flame of fire, searching them out, and His feet are like burnished brass, which represents judgment.
He is able to crush the wicked under His feet.
The Lord is coming in power to bring judgment.
Application
Jesus Christ sees our lives.
All is laid bare before the One with Whom we have to account to!
He knows our works.
*/What does He see?/* /Will He come to us in compassion as the Son of Man or in judgment as the Son of God?/
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The Commendation
*Revelation 2:19:* /I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first./
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Works/
*/Works,/* *ἔργον**,* are the credentials of real believers.
There were many who lived spotless lives and by their good works adorned the Christian doctrine.
Good works are the result of the new birth since/ *faith without works is dead.
*/*Titus 3:8:* /This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful *to maintain good works*.
These things are good and profitable to men.
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Love/
It was a church in which there was love, *ἀγάπη**,* in spite of the fact that it had gone in for ritualism.
There were some wonderful saints of God during that period: Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Waldo, John Wycliffe, John Huss, Savonarola, and Anselm.
*/These men lived graciously before a corrupt Papal Church./*
*John 13:34-35:* /A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another./
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Service/
*/Ministry,/* *διακονία* is service.
It means to be a servant, a deacon, to help, to wait on tables.
These believers were happy to serve one another.
No doubt their love for Christ motivated this.
*Galatians 5:13:* /For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, *but through love serve one another.*/
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Faith/
Though */faith,/* *πίστις**,* is placed after works and love in this instance, it is the source of their works and love.
They took God at His word and lived accordingly.
Their faith wasn’t dead but alive.
*Hebrews 11:6* /But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him./
Faith And Works
A minister talked to a professing Christian.
He asked if he was active in a local church.
The man responded, /No, but the dying thief wasn’t active in a church and yet he was still accepted/.
The minister then asked if he had been baptized.
The man responded, /the dying thief was not baptized and he still made it to heaven./
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