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Dear Church Week Four: Thyatira

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1. “SELF-PROCLAIMED” PROPHETESS

2. SPREADING FALSE-TEACHING AND CREATING DIVISION 3.SEDUCING SERVANTS INTO SEXUAL SIN

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☑LEGAL TOLERANCE

☑SOCIAL TOLERANCE

☑THEOLOGICAL TOLERANCE

☑EVANGELISTIC TOLERANCE

❌”CHURCH WOLF” TOLERANCE

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GOD DISCIPLINES US THROUGH:

1. HIS AUTHORITATIVE WORD

2. RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS

3. CHURCH LEADERSHIP

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Sermon Notes: (Revelation 2:12-17)

We become like Pergamum when:

WE MAKE EXCUSES FOR WHAT IS INEXCUSABLE IN THE EYES OF GOD

1.  “I AM EXHAUSTED”

2.  “LIFE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT”

3.  “WHAT THEY DID WAS WORSE”

4.  “BUT GOD KNOWS MY HEART”

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Join us as we continue our series through the seven letters to the churches found in Revelation as we discuss the reality of suffering and the hope of our Savior.

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Sermon Notes: (Revelation 2:8-10)

Worse:

1. Following Jesus will cost you emotionally
2. Following Jesus will cost you financially
3. Following Jesus will cost you relationally
4. Following Jesus will cost you physically

Better:

1. Jesus knows your suffering better than anyone else
2. Jesus knows we're afraid
3. Jesus promises better days are head
4. Jesus gives us victory in eternity

 

Ephesus: ✓Faithful servants ✓Endured hardships ✓Fought false teachers Revelation 2:4-5 (ESV) But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.   YOU HAVE ABANDONED LOVE.   HOW COULD WE BECOME LIKE THEM?

1. WE ARE ALL TRUTH AND NO LOVE
2. WE HAVE CONTEMPT FOR OTHERS INSTEAD OF COMPASSION FOR OTHERS
3. WE TELL OTHERS TO REPENT BUT DON’T REPENT OURSELVES
4. WE THINK WE’VE DONE ENOUGH

Revelation 2:7 (ESV) He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’ ”

1.  “EXPIATION”   We may define sin as “any failure to conform to the moral law of God in action, attitude, or nature.” (Wayne Grudem, “Systematic Theology” 1994)   Hebrews 9:26a-28 (ESV) He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.   2. “PROPITIATION”   Romans 3:22-26 (ESV) For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.     3.  “RECONCILIATION”   Romans 5:10-11 (ESV) For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.   4.  “REDEMPTION”

1. Freed us from the curse of the law
2. Freed us from power of darkness
3. Freed us from POWER of sin.

Galatians 2:13–15 (ESV) And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.   AND HE IS... 1. EQUIPPING   Hebrews 13:20–21 (ESV) Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 2. INTERCEDING   Romans 8:34 (ESV) Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.   3. PREPARING   John 14:1–3 (ESV) “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

Sermon notes:

1. A DISRUPTION FULFILLED DIVINE DESTINY

2. THE "LOWEST OF LOWS" RECEIVED "GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY"

3. WHAT DO YOU TREASURE MOST?

(Luke 2:1-20)

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Sermon notes:

1. God's Purpose Rarely Comes With Comfort and Ease

2. What Would You Magnify?

"If you should ask me what are the ways of God, I would tell you that the first is humility, the second is humility, and the third is humility. ...If humility does not preceed all that we do, our efforts are fruitless."

-St Augustine

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1. REVELATION IS A WEIGHTY RESPONSIBILITY

2. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND TO FULLY OBEY

Zechariah: "Give me more evidence and I'll give you excuses"

Mary: "I am your servant. May it be according to your Word."