Thyatira: Toppled by Tolerance

The Seven: a series on the seven letters to the churches of Revelation 2-3 The Seven: a series on the seven letters to the churches of Revelation 2-3 4. Thyatira: Toppled by Tolerance - Rev. 2:18-29 4. Thyatira: Toppled by Tolerance - Rev. 2:18-29 I. Christ - _______ A. The ______ of _______ : He’s the ________ B. ___________ _____ : His __________ is _______ C. ________ _______ : an ___________ _____________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ II. Compliment - ________ A. ________ , _________ , _________ , __________ B. ___________ ! ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ III. Correction - ________ A. Too much _________ ! ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ IV. The __________ - ___________ A. ____________ will come for those who do not __________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ V. The Consolation - __________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ I. Christ - _______ A. The ______ of _______ : He’s the ________ B. ___________ _____ : His __________ is _______ C. ________ _______ : an ___________ _____________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ II. Compliment - ________ A. ________ , _________ , _________ , __________ B. ___________ ! ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ III. Correction - ________ A. Too much _________ ! ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ IV. The __________ - ___________ A. ____________ will come for those who do not __________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ V. The Consolation - __________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ GOING DEEPER GOING DEEPER Use these questions in your devotional time or discuss them around the dinner table. Use these questions in your devotional time or discuss them around the dinner table. 1. Almost all of these letters include a complement, a correction, a consequence, and a promise. How might Jesus’ example give us a guide as to how to care for a fellow Christian who is ready to cave in under pressure? 1. Almost all of these letters include a complement, a correction, a consequence, and a promise. How might Jesus’ example give us a guide as to how to care for a fellow Christian who is ready to cave in under pressure? 2. It could be said that the Church in Thyatira was not taking sin seriously. What are some areas that Christians do not take sin seriously today? 2. It could be said that the Church in Thyatira was not taking sin seriously. What are some areas that Christians do not take sin seriously today? 3. It is part of the human condition that we tend to be far more aware of the sins of others than we are of our own. What are some ways that we can be more aware and therefore less tolerant of our own sins? 3. It is part of the human condition that we tend to be far more aware of the sins of others than we are of our own. What are some ways that we can be more aware and therefore less tolerant of our own sins? 4. Read James 4:4. Where are you on the scale of friendship with the world and God? 4. Read James 4:4. Where are you on the scale of friendship with the world and God? 5. Read Hebrews 4:13. Ask the Lord to open your eyes to see sin the way that he sees. Ask him to help you to love the things that he loves and hate the things that he hates. 5. Read Hebrews 4:13. Ask the Lord to open your eyes to see sin the way that he sees. Ask him to help you to love the things that he loves and hate the things that he hates. SUNDAY MORNINGS - 1/12 - 2/23 SUNDAY MORNINGS - 1/12 - 2/23