Comeback 5 - Renew

Review, Return, Revive, Resume, Renew

Smyrna – The Suffering Church

Revelation 2:8 (NLT)

Revelation 2:8 NLT

8 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Smyrna. This is the message from the one who is the First and the Last, who was dead but is now alive:

Revelation 2:9 (NLT)

Revelation 2:9 NLT

9 “I know about your suffering and your poverty—but you are rich! I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they are not, because their synagogue belongs to Satan.

Revelation 2:10 (NLT)

Revelation 2:10 NLT

10 Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life.

A - RESILIENT Faith and Loyalty

B – REFINED by Testing

Revelation 2:11 (NLT)

Revelation 2:11 NLT

11 “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. Whoever is victorious will not be harmed by the second death.

Philadelphia — The Faithful Church

Revelation 3:7 (NLT)

Revelation 3:7 NLT

7 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia. This is the message from the one who is holy and true, the one who has the key of David. What he opens, no one can close; and what he closes, no one can open:

Revelation 3:8 (NLT)

Revelation 3:8 NLT

8 “I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me.

3 principles of the faithful

· open doors for ministry,

· depending on Christ’s strength,

· keeping the Word of God.

C – RESOURCEFUL

D – Be READY to go

Revelation 3:9 (NLT)

Revelation 3:9 NLT

9 Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.

Revelation 3:10 (NLT)

Revelation 3:10 NLT

10 “Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.

E – REWARD, Recompense

RETAIN your crown

REWARDS can be Lost

Revelation 3:12 (NLT)

Revelation 3:12 NLT

12 All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name.

· Success is up to your yieldedness to God!

· Revelation 3:13 (NLT)

Revelation 3:13 NLT

13 “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.

F – REFORM = greater works

IT IS TIME TO COME BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE CREATED TO BE IN THE FIRST PLACE