Tomball Bible Church

June 29, 2025

John’s vision of heaven continues as he sees a seven-sealed scroll in God the Father’s right hand. Within that scroll is the fulfillment of God’s covenant and the final completion of all that was promised for all of God’s people including the yet-to-be-fulfilled promises for Israel. John’s tears over this unfulfillment were stilled as he saw the glorified Christ, the one One worthy to take, open, and fulfill what was written. We worship Christ for He is our Worthy Redeemer.

Revelation 5:1-14

June 22, 2025

Laodicea is the last of the seven churches to receive a direct word from Christ—and it’s not a commendation, but a rebuke. With nothing to praise, Jesus exposed their root issue: self-reliance. He delivered a startling warning—He would spit them out of His mouth unless they repented. Yet even in rebuke, Christ’s love shines through as He calls them to repentance and renewed zeal and fellowship with Him. Every believer must honestly examine their spiritual condition, because self-reliance is dangerously deceptive. Christ is knocking—do you have ears to hear and a heart to respond?

Revelation 3:14-22

June 15, 2025

Revelation 3:7–13 is Jesus’ message to the church in Philadelphia, commending their faithfulness despite having little strength. He assures them that He has placed an open door before them—an opportunity for gospel impact and spiritual reward that no one can shut. This door is open because of their obedience and perseverance, not their power. Yet the message carries urgency: the door is open for now. What is now open will one day be shut by Jesus. He calls the church to hold fast, promising eternal security and honor to those who overcome.

June 8, 2025

Jesus’ letter to Sardis Church must have been difficult to receive for almost all of its members.  Sardis Church had a reputation in the community for being alive, but Jesus knew this was inaccurate, a result of people looking at their outward appearances.  He rebuked them and called them “dead”, meaning almost all of them were apathetic Christians: half-hearted, complacent, going through the motions.  Furthermore, their works were displeasing to God.  They were a church with dead people, and dead works.  Jesus commanded them to wake up, strengthen one another, remember and obey what they had received (and forgotten), and repent, or else Jesus would come against them unexpectedly, and discipline them.  Fortunately for Sardis Church, all was not lost.  Jesus knew there were “a few” (not many at all) vibrant Christians in Sardis Church that had remained spiritually alive, devoted followers of Jesus.  Jesus praised these few for resisting the pull to follow the sinful culture of the city, and He considered them worthy.  Jesus promised to walk with them, clothe them in white, protect their names in the book of life, and claim them as His own.  The timeless theological principle:  Jesus desires and blesses vibrant Christians, and will discipline apathetic Christians who do not wake up and repent.  The application for us today is straightforward:  strive to be a vibrant Christian, and ensure your firm commitment to Jesus is contagious.

Revelation 3:1-6

June 1, 2025

Thyatira was a small community with a big problem in the church. The church leaders had become tolerant of false teaching and practices that were coming from within the church, right under their noses. Christ delivered a warning of severe judgment against this influencer/false teacher, the church leaders allowing this, and all those who were putting the false ideas into practice. Yet, some remained faithful, and there is a reward guaranteed for those found faithful within the limits of what God will tolerate.  

Revelation 2:18-29

May 25, 2025

Every church is called to meet God’s uncompromised standard of holiness. The church in Pergamum had held fast to the Name of Christ in the face of persecution. Yet, many of them embraced the idolatrous and immoral practices that surrounded them on every side. Life in the literal shadow of Roman paganism tempted many to live in shady, compromised ways while also bearing the name, Christian. Repentance was the way out of the shadows for them and remains true for us today.

Revelation 2:12-17

May 18, 2025

In the 2nd letter to the churches in Rev 2-3, Christ acknowledges the tribulation and slander that the Church in Smyrna has already endured. Jesus then encourages the Church to stay strong in the faith during upcoming persecution, and upon death, they will surely receive the crown of life.

Revelation 2:8-11

May 11, 2025

In the letters to the churches in Rev 2-3, Christ corrects and commends churches. These real churches also represent what is true of churches in every generation. In this first letter, the Ephesians church was commended for faithful service and defending the faith, but Jesus confronted the Church for having lost the greatest thing: keeping Him as their greatest love.

Revelation 2:1-7

May 4, 2025

Since His first coming, every generation of artists of every medium have produced their “visions” of Christ. Paintings, sculptures, and representations in film/TV all seek to capture qualities associated with Him. In Rev 1:9-20, the Apostle John was given a vision of Jesus in all of His unveiled glory which left the elderly apostle on his face. What do our lives reveal about our vision of Christ? Do we see Him with the clarity that has now been revealed? 

Revelation 1:9-20

April 27, 2025

The book of Revelation is a special word to the Church about the future fulfillment of God’s plan for eternity. The book opens with a promised blessing for all who read and seek to live according to the truths contained in it. Chapter 1 also emphasizes the person and work of Christ on behalf of His Church. Christ, our Lord and Savior, is coming back!

Revelation 1:1-8