Thyatira: A church ruined by ugly.
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Introduction
Introduction
In the Student Ministry we are currently studying the seven churches of Revelation we have examined the first three churches which are Ephesus, Smyrna and Pergamum. Ephesus we examined how they appeared to be good on the outside but had lost their love for God. We then saw the great suffering of Smyrna but how they were praised for their faithfulness. Then we witnessed how Pergamum was in a place of great trials and been faithful in many ways but they had fallen pray to the teaching of Balaam a reference to the old testament leading to tonights passage
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
19 “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,
23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden.
25 Only hold fast what you have until I come.
26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,
27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
28 And I will give him the morning star.
29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
1. The Good in Thyatira.
1. The Good in Thyatira.
A church full of love.
A church full of love.
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A. They were full of love.
A. They were full of love.
19 “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
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Agape- the quality of warm regard for and interest in another, esteem, affection, regard, love
the quality of warm regard for and interest in another, esteem, affection, regard, love
William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 6.
B. They were full of faith.
B. They were full of faith.
19 “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
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C. They were full of service.
C. They were full of service.
19 “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
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D. They were full of perseverance.
D. They were full of perseverance.
19 “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
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E. They were full of good deeds.
E. They were full of good deeds.
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1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God;
2 because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.”
3 And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises up forever and ever.”
4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
5 And a voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.”
6 Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
7 “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.”
8 It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ ” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”
10 Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.
12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.
15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God,
18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great.”
19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
20 And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.
21 And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
19 “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
Rev 2:
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2. The Bad in Thyatira.
2. The Bad in Thyatira.
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A. The tolerance of immorality.
A. The tolerance of immorality.
20 ‘But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
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B. The practice of immorality.
B. The practice of immorality.
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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C. The practice of eating idol worship food.
C. The practice of eating idol worship food.
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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The ugly of Thyatira.
The ugly of Thyatira.
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A. Jezebel was unrepentant.
A. Jezebel was unrepentant.
21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
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B. Because of unrepentance, God’s wrath is poured out.
B. Because of unrepentance, God’s wrath is poured out.
22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,
23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
Rev 2:2
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4. The hope for Thyatira.
4. The hope for Thyatira.
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A. The faithful ones will prevail.
A. The faithful ones will prevail.
26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,
27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
Rev 2:26-
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B. The faithful ones receive the morning star.
B. The faithful ones receive the morning star.
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28 And I will give him the morning star.