Revelation 3:15–16 (ESV)15 “ ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. These are challenging words and the reason that I think they are challenging is that they deal with a reality that many of us are … 02/27/22 – Revelation Series – LAODICEA Read More »

The church at Sardis reminded us of what not to become i.e. “Dead“. The church in Philadelphia, shows us what we should strive for, and want to become. Revelation 3:8 (ESV)8 “… Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and … 02/20/22 – Revelation Series – Philadelphia Read More »

There are a few things I would not like to hear from Jesus when He addresses us as one of His churches, one of them, in fact, probably at the top of the “I don’t want to ever hear that list” is this, Revelation 3:1 (ESV) 1…“ ‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. BOOM! … 02/13/22 – Revelation Series – Sardis Read More »

So far in our journey through Revelation and in particular this section on the 7 Churches, we have encountered both a “Loveless Church“, and a “Suffering Church” each of which, taught us some important lessons i.e., we need to return to our first love (Ephesus), and we must be prepared for the privilege of suffering for the Gospel (Smyrna). And as … 01/30/22 – Revelation Series – Pergamum Read More »

Last week we saw what “The Loveless Church” looks like. Which as a reminder, is the kind of church that by allowing self-righteousness, hardness of heart, and a critical spirit to set in, forgets its first love. What is that first love? It’s the love for the Gospel and the desire to see the lost reached.  This week we were exposed … 01/23/22 – Revelation Series – The Suffering Church Read More »

We are forging ahead with our journey through the book of Revelation by looking at the first of 7 Churches mentioned in “The Letter to the 7 Churches” – Ephesus.  Revelation 2:2–4 (ESV) 2 “ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles … 01/16/22 – Revelation – Seven Churches Week 2 Ephesus Read More »