The Seven Part 2: A Message to Seven Churches (Revelation 1:9-20)
How often do you pray? And who do you pray for the most?
How often do you pray for your church?
Do Persevere in Jesus. (we will have tribulation but we must persevere in Jesus)
"...in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus..." -Revelation 1:9
- Our life is not tribulation free but it's proof that we can endure whatever tribulations, oppositions, suffering comes to us through relationship with Jesus and His people in community together.
- Our new power and identity to endure these hard times is in Jesus.
- Until that day, there will be trouble, there will be trials, there will be tribulation. Don't let it shock it. Instead, let it compel you. To persevere, to hang in there; who do you want to be in 50, 60, 70, 80 years?
Do Worship Jesus
"I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day..." -Revelation 1:10a
- He (John) doesn't question God, he worships Him.
- He worships Jesus and he prays for the church in faith and then Jesus comes to him.
- If and when you are suffering, don't wait to feel like you are filled with the Holy Spirit, don't wait to seem that Jesus has showed up for you to worship.
- Sometimes your body reveals your heart.
Do Serve Jesus' Church
"...and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches:to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.” -Revelation 1:10b-11
- Sometimes in the midst of our suffering, we don't need Jesus to show up and make it all about us, We need Jesus to show up and reveal to us who He is.
- Jesus shows up, reveals Himself, and says look at all these seven churches, you think you're suffering.
- (Rev 1:20) 7 lamp stands(churches)...Jesus is the light of the world...bring love and mercy and life and light...reflecting from us meaning to be made in the image of God...light origininates in Jesus and reflects out of us. 7 stars(angels)...for each church, created, immaterial, nonphysical spirit beings, and they are created as messengers and ministers and are sent by Jesus....off to the side, all about worshiping.
- Critic(see's the problem and gossips about it) a Servant (see's the problem and fixes it)
Fear not, Jesus is with You and Us
- "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last'." - Revelation 1:17
- Who are you afraid of? You can't fear someone or something and God
- What do you fear? conflict, failure, poverty, suffering, criticism, death, opposition
- How do you respond to fear? fight, flight, or fright
- Fear leads to depression.
- Fear is not something to embrace... fear is not to be accepted, but a sin to be repented of. Because the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
- Fear is vision without God. God isn't with me, isn't going to help me.
- Fear turns us into false prophets.
- Fear preaches a false teaching.
- Between here and heaven is tribulation.
- Genesis 3, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 26:24, Genesis 28:15, Exodus 33:14, 2 Kings 1:15, Psalm 23:4, 2 Chronicles 20:17, Isaiah 31:14, Jeremiah 1:8, Daniel 10:12, Haggai 2:5, Matthew 28:20 (I am with you always, to the very end of the age)
Link to the video: http://marshill.com/media/the-seven/a-message-to-seven-churches
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