Sermons About Revelation
The Church in Smyrna: Revelation 2:8
The church in Smyrna was made up of poor people who had endured many hardships. Jesus, the First and the Last, who defeated death, knows their tribulation, poverty, and the slander from the Jews that they have endured. Jesus tells them that he hears them, and yet they continue suffering. Not only does he call the church to not be afraid, he calls them to be faithful by treasuring him above all else, even to the point of death. He promises that the sufferings we experience right now, no matter how heavy they are, will one day seem light and momentary compared to the glory that he holds in store for his people. He suffered to end our suffering. He suffered so that no matter how much we have suffered at death, it is over. We will have an eternity with him.
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Hot? Cold or Lukewarm? What's Your Spiritual Temperature?
Christ continues to speak to the churches of Revelation and to us as He challenges the way we have lived and calls us to being HOT for HIm, rather than merely lukewarm. Check out what He has to say in Revelation 3.
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The Overcomers
A woman clothed with the sun is pictured here along with a red dragon engaged in a cosmic struggle with Michael the Archangel.
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Fall From Grace
John is writing to the church in Ephesus by the power of the Holy Spirit a message from the one who walks among the church. Jesus Christ is among his church. He knows our thoughts, sees our deeds, and is with us for our triumphs and trials. He is aware of both what the church in Ephesus is doing well and where they are failing. He knows this not just of the church in Ephesus but of the universal church worldwide and each local, individual church. The seven churches are a sign of the complete church and this letter ends in verse seven with a warning for the church to hear what the "Spirit says to the churches." Every church would be wise to listen and respond to this word spoken to the church in Ephesus.
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The Church in Ephesus: Revelation 2:1-7
The letter to the Ephesians in Revelation begins with a commendation. Jesus commends the Ephesians for their doctrinal purity. They have fought false teachings and have remained faithful to the truth without growing weary and giving up. Yet, though they have remained doctrinally pure, they have ceased to be faithful witnesses for Jesus because they lost her first love for Jesus. Jesus calls them to remember the depths of their sin and how much they have been forgiven. Some of us are like the prodigal son or the sinful woman in Luke 7, and we know we have been saved from a life of sin. We have been overwhelmed by his grace, but over time, the memory fades and we grow prideful and self-reliant. For others of us, the danger is that we have never had a sinful woman experience. We may not have ever felt desperate, out of control, absolutely empty, and needy. Our savior walks among his people and he sees them all. He will forgive us if we will stop trying to be perfect and simply fall at his feet and beg him for mercy. Run to the one who, though his face shown like the sun, willingly took on flesh to die on the cross in our place.
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The Seventh Seal
Pastor Don discusses the opening of the Seventh Seal and its outcome on the earth and its inhabitants.
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