Feeding the Flock

Revelation 3:14-22; Season 15, Episode 9 (30min)

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The Outline: 

Prologue  (1:1-8)

  I.  “THE THINGS WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN”

– The Son of Man and The Lampstands 
                  (1:9-20)

 II.  “THE THINGS WHICH ARE”

– The Letters to The Seven Churches
                  (2:1-3:22)

III.  “THE THINGS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE”

– The Judgments and The Characters 
                  (4:1-22:5)

Epilogue  (22:6-21)

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 II.  “THE THINGS WHICH ARE”

– The Letters to The Seven Churches
                  (2:1-3:22)

     A.  Ephesus  (2:1-7)

     B.  Smyrna  (2:8-11)

     C.  Pergamum  (2:12-17)

     D.  Thyatira  (2:18-29)

     E.  Sardis  (3:1-6)

     F.  Philadelphia  (3:7-13)

     G.  Laodicea  (3:14-22)

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G.  Laodicea  (3:14-22)

  1. Commission[i]
  • Character
  • Commendation - None
  • Confrontation
  • Correction
  • Challenge - First
  • Call - Reverse order

    • [i] This alliteration of characteristics from Daniel/Revelation Class Notes; Dr. Kenneth F. McKinley, LeTourneau College, 1973.

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    Appendix: “Repentance”

    in
    The Letters to The Seven Churches

    • “Left your first love” (2:4-5)
    @ Ephesus
  • “Hold the teaching of Balaam/Nicolaitans” (2:14-16)
    • @ Pergamum
  • “Tolerate the woman Jezebel” (2:20-22)
    • @ Thyatira
  • “Have a name that you are alive” (3:1-3)
    • @ Sardis
  • “Are neither cold nor hot” (3:15-19)
    • @ Laodicea

    NOTE: None called for @ Smyrna or Philadelphia

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    Appendix: The Seven Promises

    to the Overcomers

    1. The Tree of Life  (2:7 w/ 22:2)
  • No Second Death  (2:11 w/ 20:6)
  • A New Name  (2:17 w/ 22:4)
  • The Morning Star  (2:28 w/ 22:16)
  • A White Garment  (3:5 w/ 19:8)
  • A Pillar in the Temple  (3:12 w/ 21:9-21)
  • Share in the Throne  (3:21 w/ 20:4)

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    Note: The para-church movements began by individuals who responded to God in the middle of the 20th Century;

    • Dwight L. Moody (Moody Bible Institute)
  • Lewis Sperry Chafer (Dallas Theological Seminary)
  • Billy Graham (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association)
  • Bill Bright (Campus Crusade for Christ)
  • Dawson Trotman (The Navigators)
  • James Dobson (Focus on the Family)
  • Francis Schaeffer (L’abri Fellowship)
  • David Noebel (Summit Ministries)
  • Larry Burkett (Crown Financial Ministries)
  • Many other examples
    • ...more
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    Feeding the FlockBy Glendall Toney