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Revelation 2:1‑7
INTRODUCTION
Excited about what God is doing.
Pace Maker
Various kinds ‑ Swiss $20 thousand, Japanese $10 thousand, Sears $195 ‑ Man thought a while said "better try the Sears model" Check up ‑ Doctor "any problems?,"
Man "no, only when I get a little excited my automatic garage door keeps flying open.”
I am that excited!
The church is where it is at! Nothing like a Spirit filled church.
What a power in the hand of God is a holy church.
Seven messages to seven churches
Literal churches
Represent all churches of all time
Numbers are symbolic
1 = unity
2 = witness
3 = divine, trinity
4 = earth = four corners of the earth
6 = man
7 = perfect, creation
Ø Not a church problem today that is not addressed in these seven letters.
He that has ears let him hear!
We are nothing more than the sum total of the individuals in it.
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THEIR PROGRAM (2a)
1B.
They Were Busy Doing Good Works
"They were are going church for a coming Lord"
They had a full schedule
Lot's of activity
They took seriously their responsibility to minister to everyone
2B.
They Were Not a Lazy Church
"labor" = laborious toil
Deacon's Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep \\ The sermon's long, the subject's deep \\ If he should quit before I wake \\ Give me a nudge for goodness sake
The church was not sleeping
They worked hard at God's work.
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THEIR PURITY
1B.
Morally pure (2b)
They would not tolerate open, habitual, sin among their members.
The upheld high spiritual standards
2B.
Theologically Pure (2c)
Tested teachers
Ø Heeded Paul's warning
Acts 20:28 (NKJV) 28Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
Ø They were not opened minded when it came to the scriptures.
Ø That is not unchristian it is Biblical.
Ø Only in America would the lambs defend the wolves’ right to devour them.
Tested methods (6)
Ø Nicolaitans ‑ nico = to rule; laos = laity
Artificial division between the clergy and the laity ‑ this is not in the word of God.
They wanted to rule over the people.
Careful Jesus is the only one to rule ‑ Pastors are to lead, no division between the clergy and the laity.
You do not, cannot pay me to serve Jesus for you.
You give to God and God pays me.
We are all ministers.
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THEIR PERSERVERANCE (3)
They had persevered
persevered = "patience" = to hold up under persecution
1B.
They lived in a difficult time
1 Corinthians 16:8-9 (NKJV) 8But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost.
9For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
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They were in a difficult place
Lots of opposition in Ephesus (Acts 19:23‑41)
Ø Dementrius Silversmiths ‑ goddess of Diane
Ø The gospel was bad for the idol business.
Ø Everywhere Paul went there was a revival, riot or both
These folks held on under opposition.
Ø You can tell the size of a Christian by what it takes to stop him.
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THEIR PROBLEM (4)
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They Had Lost Their Passion
Jesus was their first love
Ø They did not love him as they once did ‑ their honeymoon was over.
Honeymoon that period of time between "I do" and "you better."
Ø If you do not love your mate, more you probably love them less.
Young couple next door kissing.
Wife "why don't you do that?”
Husband "I hardly know the woman."
They had lost the glow ‑ the passion
Ø They were orthodox, active, worked hard, and persevered.
But they did not love Christ the way they had.
2B.
Why They Lost Their Passion
They had become legalistic (2b)
Ø So interested in orthodoxy that we forget to love Jesus
They had become workaholics (2a)
Ø They were so busy working for God they had forgotten to love Him.
Ø They had forsaken their quite time with God
Ø God would rather you spend time with Him than to do things for Him.
Jesus Wants Your Heart
Ø If you give Him your wealth, He is no richer
Ø If you give Him your scholarship, He is no smarter
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