Sermons About Revelation
The Gospel Frees Us From Darkness
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Once you understand the value of Jesus’ sacrifice, your notion of freedom is forever changed. You’ll discover that the most freeing thing in the world is to give yourself over entirely to the one you love, and this is exactly what happens in the gospel. The good news about Jesus is that he grants us freedom from our toughest struggles, our deepest scars, our strongest doubts, and our biggest fears. When you find Jesus, you find true freedom. ___________________________ The 2nd of 10 sermons in the Emancipation Proclamation Series at Remnant Church in Richmond, Virginia.
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The Church of Sardis: Blood Washing
Sardis has religious people who compare themselves to others and then fill themselves with religious pride. “Well, sure I have committed some sins but my neighbor Frank doesn’t even go to church. I go to church therefore God loves me more than Frank.” Religion separates people into two groups. Good people and bad people. The bible separates them in two groups, too. Bad people and Jesus.
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The Church of Sardis: Revelation 3:1-6
This church’s strength is its greatest weakness. This church has the reputation of being alive. However, this reputation has caused them to take their eyes off of Jesus and look to themselves. Jesus calls them to remember the message they received and heard. They were dead in their sins until Jesus came and lived a perfect life and shed his precious blood on their behalf on a roman cross to wash away their sins and clothe them in clean garments of his righteousness. He is the one who is alive and we only live, if we live, through him. All boasting must be in him and in what he has accomplished on the cross. This letter is a call for the church which bears the name Christian to need, love, and treasure Christ. We need to wake up from our delusional self-reliance, and remember when Jesus was our only hope. Remember that you are dead and you need Jesus and the Holy Spirit, which he alone can give, to make you alive.
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God is....Revealer
We do not have a God who set the universe in motion, but who then ceased to be involved, leaving things to run themselves. He does not leave us with just nature to draw conclusions about him. No, he has sent his living word, Jesus to save us from sin and death, he has provides us with his written word, the Bible and has mandated all of us to proclaim that word, to be prophetic when he chooses to reveal to us. And through that revelation God wants us to know himself, to know his plan for the world, but most of all to know that he cares for us personally.
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