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AN AUTOPSY OF A DEAD CHURCH
INTRODUCTION:
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A CHURCH THAT WAS DEAD, DYING, & COMPLETELY LIFELESS?
HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO A CHURCH & COME AWAY WITH THE FEELING THAT IT WAS A DEAD CHURCH...THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH ITSELF, & WITH KEEPING THINGS THE WAY THEY HAD ALWAYS BEEN?
THIS WAS THE CHURCH AT SARDIS…SARDIS PICTURES THE CHURCH THAT HAS AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION & IS HIGHLY RESPECTED BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT’S DEAD & LIFELESS.
THE CHURCH AT SARDIS WASN’T A WEAK CHURCH THAT NEEDED RESTORATION...IT WASN’T A SICK CHURCH THAT NEEDED REJUVENATION...IT WAS A DEAD CHURCH THAT NEEDED A RESURRECTION.
NEEDED RESTORATION.
IT WAS NOT A SICK CHURCH THAT
NEEDED REJUVENATION.
IT WAS A DEAD CHURCH THAT NEEDED
SOCIETY HAD WRITTEN "GREAT" OVER ITS DOOR.
A RESURRECTION, SOCIETY HAD WRITTEN "GREAT" OVER HER
THE DENOMINATION HAD WRITTEN "EXCELLENT" OVER ITS DOOR, BUT GOD HAD WRITTEN "ICHABOD" OVER ITS DOOR.
DOOR.
THE DENOMINATION HAD WRITTEN "SUPER" OVER HER
NOTE: THIS CHURCH HAD TWO PROBLEMS...
DOOR, BUT GOD HAD WRITTEN "ICHABOD" OVER HER DOOR.
THIS CHURCH REALLY HAD TWO PROBLEMS.
FIRST OF ALL,
FIRST OF ALL, IT WASN’T THE CHURCH THAT THE WORLD THOUGHT IT WAS...BUT NEITHER WAS IT THE CHURCH THAT GOD WANTED IT TO BE.
IT WAS NOT THE CHURCH THAT THE WORLD THOUGHT THAT IT
VANCE HAVNER ONCE SAID THAT EVERY MINISTRY BEGINS WITH A MAN...IT THEN BECOMES A MOVEMENT...IT THEN BECOMES A MACHINE...BUT IT THEN BECOMES A MONUMENT.
WAS.
BUT NEITHER WAS IT THE CHURCH THAT GOD WANTED IT
TO BE.
DR.
VANCE HAVNER SAID THAT EVERY MINIS TRY
BEGINS WITH A MAN. IT THEN BECOMES A MOVEMENT.
IT THEN
BECOMES A MACHINE.
BUT IT THEN BECOMES A MONUMENT.
THE CHURCH IN SARDIS WAS IN THE MONUMENT STAGE OF EXISTENCE.
IT WAS LIVING ON A PAST REPUTATION, BUT IT WAS A
IT WAS LIVING ON A PAST REPUTATION, BUT IT WAS A SHADOW OF ITS FORMER SELF.
1) THE REPUTATION OF THE CHURCH (V 1)
SHADOW OF ITS FORMER SELF.
REV 3:1
1. THERE IS NO COMMENDATION GIVEN TO THIS CHURCH…WHICH MEANS THAT ITS SIN IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS THAT A CHURCH CAN HAVE.
2. THIS CHURCH WAS DEAD & LIFELESS BUT NOTICE THAT JESUS SAYS THEY HAD WORKS…& A NAME/REPUTATION FOR BEING ALIVE.
3. THIS CHURCH WAS A BUSY CHURCH…IT WAS FULL OF PROGRAMS, MINISTRIES, & ACTIVITIES...
IN FACT, IT HAD SO MUCH BUSTLING ACTIVITY THAT IT MADE A GREAT NAME FOR ITSELF IN THE COMMUNITY.
OTHER CHURCHES PROBABLY LOOKED AT THIS CHURCH & THOUGHT IT WAS ALIVE, WELL ATTENDED, & FULL OF GOOD FELLOWSHIP.
HAD YOU MOVED TO THE CITY OF SARDIS ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CHURCH YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THE FIRST CHURCH OF SARDIS.
HAD YOU MOVED TO THE CITY OF SARDIS ANYBODY AND
EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
4. THERE WAS NO FALSE DOCTRINE TAKING ROOT IN THE FELLOWSHIP...NO ONE WAS TEACHING THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM...THERE WEREN’T ANY NICOLAITANS IN THE CHURCH.
A CHURCH YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THE FIRST BAPTIST
ANYBODY WHO WAS SOMEBODY WAS A MEMBER OF THAT CHURCH.
THERE WAS NO FALSE DOCTRINE TAKING ROOT IN THE
FELLOWSHIP.
NO ONE WAS TEACHING THE DOCTRINE OF
THE DOCTORS, THE LAWYERS, THE PROFESSIONALS, & THE POLITICIANS WERE PROBABLY ALL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH.
BALAAM.
THERE WERE NOT ANY NICOLAITANS IN THE CHURCH.
CHURCH.
I HEAR THAT THINGS ARE REALLY POPPING DOWN
AND ANYBODY WHO WAS SOMEBODY WAS A MEMBER OF THAT
CHURCH.
THE DOCTORS JOINED THE CHURCH, THE LAWYERS
FROM EVERY APPEARANCE IT WAS A DEVOTED AND DYNAMIC FELLOWSHIP.
JOINED THE CHURCH, THE PROFESSIONALS JOINED THE
CHURCH, THE POLITICIANS JOINED THE CHURCH.
FROM EVERY
THEY HAD MONEY TO SPEND AND MANPOWER TO BURN.
APPEARANCE IT WAS A TREMENDOUSLY DEVOTED AND DYNAMIC
THERE.
ALL I HEAR ABOUT THAT CHURCH IS GOOD."
FELLOWSHIP.
THEY HAD MONEY TO SPEND AND MANPOWER TO
THEY HAD WORKED HARD AT MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES AND JESUS SAYS, "I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A REPUTATION THAT YOU ARE ALIVE."
BURN.
THEY HAD WORKED HARD AT MAKING A NAME FOR
NOTE: LABELS CAN BE DECEIVING.
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS RELY ON A NAME TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT A SITUATION.
THEMSELVES AND JESUS SAYS, "I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A
YOU CANNOT ALWAYS RELY ON A NAME TO TELL
YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT A SITUATION.
REPUTATION IS NOT
REPUTATION ISN’T NECESSARILY THE SAME THING AS REALITY.
NECESSARILY THE SAME THING AS REALITY.
BUT EVERY "I"
NAME THAT YOU ARE ALIVE."
NOTE: LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING & EVERYTHING ISN’T ALWAYS WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE.
WAS DOTTED, EVERY "T" WAS CROSSED AND ON THE OUTSIDE
THIS CHURCH LOOKED GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE.
BUT EVERY "I" WAS DOTTED, EVERY "T" WAS CROSSED AND ON THE OUTSIDE IT LOOKED LIKE A MARVELOUS CHURCH.
IT LOOKED LIKE A MARVELOUS CHURCH.
EVERY "I" WAS DOTTED & EVERY "T" WAS CROSSED AND ON THE OUTSIDE IT LOOKED LIKE A MARVELOUS CHURCH.
BUT INWARDLY THERE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
WHAT THIS CHURCH SAID ABOUT ITSELF & WHAT OTHERS SAID ABOUT IT WERE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT IT.
NOTE: THERE’S A GREAT LESSON FOR US TO LEARN HERE - WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE APPEAR TO BE & WHAT WE REALLY ARE…ARE THE SAME.
IOW’S, OUR REPUTATION (WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US) & OUR CHARACTER (WHAT WE REALLY ARE & WHAT GOD KNOWS WE ARE) NEED TO LINE UP WITH EACH OTHER.
2) THE REALITY OF THE CHURCH (V 1)
NOTE: JESUS ISN’T IMPRESSED WITH THEIR REPUTATION.
JESUS NEVER HAS BEEN MUCH IMPRESSED WITH
REPUTATION.
WHEN HE LOOKED AT THIS CHURCH HIS VERDICT
WHEN HE LOOKED AT THIS CHURCH HIS VERDICT WAS, "YOU ARE DEAD." (V.1)
THE REALITY WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE REPUTATION.
WAS, "YOU ARE DEAD." (V.1) THE REALITY WAS FAR
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