You're going to look at the church of Thyatira today in Revelation as Pastor Bill shows you how God has no tolerance for false teachers in His church. The teaching against His Word in Thyatira was evil, but God gave the false teacher Jezebel plenty of time to repent of her sins, but she never did. And rather than showing her that her teaching was wrong, God's church tolerated it and let it happen. You need to protect your heart from anything contrary to God's Word, and keep yourself pure in Him.

God always knows what you're doing. He sees everything you do in public and in private, and your heart behind it. Pastor Bill wants you to know today that someday, God's going to act as a judge and make you give an account for everything you've done, whether it was for Him or not. He wants you to live completely sold out to Him, and not tolerating any kind of false teaching that takes your focus off Him. Your life should continually look more and more like God as you keep growing closer to Him.

God mentions certain doctrines and sins to the church of Pergamos that He hates that they've given themselves into. As you look at Him commending them that they were faithful to not denying God's name even in the face of persecution, Pastor Bill's going to point out today how God hated their pride. There were stumbling blocks in their church that would distract them from God, but their pride was still strong in their hearts. God promises to set you free from your sin, but it's all Him, and nothing you could do.

Satan doesn't want God's church to be strong, or to grow in their faith and closeness to God. He's going to do anything he can to make you stumble in your faith and turn your back on God. There's no greater blessing than to be a child of God, and with Him on your side, there's nothing you have to fear. Pastor Bill wants you to know today how powerful God is, and that you have a strong weapon to fight the enemy in knowing The Word of God. Know who you're battling, so you can always find victory in God.

Your life isn't guaranteed to be easy because you follow God. You'll have hope for eternity and joy from God that nothing can take away, but as Pastor Bill's going to show you today, that doesn't mean persecution and trials aren't going to come your way. Satan wants to do everything he can to make you deny your faith, but it's all only a test of your faith. You won't go through anything that God can't get you through. Your standing with God means more than anything people say or can do to you.

To say you're a Christian but not live out your faith is useless. God wants you to make a difference in the world, and to tell more people about His grace and the Gospel message. Pastor Bill wants you to know that there's a reward waiting for you in Heaven after your life here on earth. God wants to reward you, but you have to live out your faith and be active in pursuing closer intimacy with God every day. He doesn't want robotic faith where you just go through the motions; He wants your AUTHENTIC faith.

Your life needs to reflect God working through you. There are amazing blessings waiting for His children, but your heart needs to be in the right place. Pastor Bill's going to show you how your life needs to be free from sin and the things of the world that separate you from God. God doesn't want you to just follow “religious” practices that make it look like your faith's authentic when it's actually not. He wants to be at the center of your heart, and your service to be out of your love for Him.

God wants you to be fully prepared for when Jesus finally comes back for His church. You'll get to see today how Jesus in Revelation ties to the temple and the Holy of Holies in Leviticus. Your body is the temple of The Holy Spirit, and you need to let Jesus tend to your heart just like the high priest tended to the lampstands in the temple. Pastor Bill's going to show you that the book of Revelation is full of prophecies of the end times and that your heart needs to be ready for it. Your walk with God needs to be inspected to be confident in your readiness for Jesus' return.

There are going to be incredible sights and things that will happen that we can be sure of that you read about in the book of Revelation. Everything you read about in Revelation is true, and God wants you to be prepared for everything It says is to come. If you're fully devoted to God and living for Him, you don't have anything to fear in the future, As you'll get to see today from Pastor Bill. It's not meant to tell the end of you, but of what God's going to do, and how you can look forward to it with God.

A lot of people say that it's hard to understand the book of Revelation and that there's so much there that there's no way to fully grasp the whole message of the book. Pastor Bill is going through part of Revelation with you today to show you how simple the message really is. It's not meant to get you caught up in just wondering what the symbology and prophecies mean, but to make you ready for Jesus to return. You can see a lot of it coming to fruition, but there's nothing to fear if your heart's right with God.