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Revelation 2:4 · BSB
2:4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
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…with not just who not just what, but how long in terms of our suffering. I want to prove that to you. In the New Testament, go to the Book ofRevelation chapter 2The Lord Jesus himself, addresses a church that is undergoing suffering. And when you come to chapter 2, he addresses the, the Church of Smyrna, a…
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…You didn't function without the church. In fact, if you think about the Bible, just for a minute with me, right, we always go back to the Bible.Revelation chapter 2, and 3, John the Apostle has given us the last letter that he wrote to us and who does he write these first chapters to in chapters 2 and 3? Who…
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…becoming more mature. Our faith needs to grow as we grow. John was going to write to this same church years later in the book of Revelation. InRevelation chapter 2, he writes a letter to the church of Ephesus. And he warns them of something very scary. You have lost your first love. He's saying that this…
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…weaknesses. Now, we're not going to do a series. We did a series years ago on this. Today, I want to look at what Jesus said to the first church inRevelation chapter 2. And I want you to go ahead and turn to that because we're not going to put the whole section. There's seven verses there. And I want us to read…
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…or at home. And we're continuing today the series where we're looking at the messages from the Lord Jesus to seven churches in Asia Minor inRevelation chapters 2and 3. And if you can, it will be helpful to have Revelation 2 in front of you. It will help you to follow what I've got to say. This is the kind…
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…we copy what goes on around us. And I'm saying this because it has something to do with our passage this morning. Because in these short verses inRevelation chapter 2, we're going to hear a sober warning. Not to conform to the world around us. The warning in this passage that should be sending off alarm bells in…
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Thanks so much, John. Do have your Bibles open atRevelation chapter 2or your phone switched on if you prefer. If you're at home and you don't have a Bible, maybe grab one off the bookshelf or Google Revelation…
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…you with us. Thank you so much for coming along. Let me just welcome those online as well. And let me invite you to grab a Bible and turn back toRevelation chapter 2. So last week we finished the first half of Ephesians. We've been in Ephesians for the last number of weeks and I hope that you've been blessed by…
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Good morning everyone. Please turn with me toRevelation chapter 2. And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, the words of the first and the last who died and came to life. I know your tribulation and your…
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Hi guys, we're going to continue reading fromRevelation chapter 2, starting at verse 12. And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write, the words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. I know where you…
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…he further, says, and Paradise talking about the same place. Good job on that, I missed it. 13 years ago. In fact, you know, it's beautiful andRevelation Chapter 2and verse 7. it says that the Tree of Life, more on that in a minute. but the tree of life is in the midst, Of the paradise of God. Now, where is…
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…going into places of worry and anxiety. But that can get off balance a little bit. And so we've spent time in March in the book of Revelation, inRevelation chapter 2, considering a couple of churches that the Lord Jesus spoke to to maintain that balance. One of those churches was off balance in its doctrine, in…
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…this that they were in danger of losing a generation later when Jesus spoke to them through the Apostle John in the book of Revelation. RememberRevelation chapter 2, the letter that he writes to the book of Ephesians, to the people in Ephesus? Jesus commends them for a number of things they've been doing, but…
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…in Ephesus. This was a remarkably strong and mature church. However, they did drift away from their first love. We find this out in the book ofRevelation, chapter 2. What's very interesting in the book of Revelation is it says the Church of Ephesus drifted away from their first love, likely because of a…
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…different and unique. No church receives all the same messages because there's a uniqueness. to the anglios, or the lead pastor, as referred to inRevelation chapter 2, 1, and the seven stars, which were the seven pastors of the seven churches that were in the hand of the Lord. And so he speaks to those seven…
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…wonderful name. Amen. Amen. Great. Let's listen to... Christina is going to read God's word to us this morning. The scripture reading comes fromRevelation chapters 2and 3. Please follow along in your bulletins or on the screen. And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, the words of the first and the last…
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…together. So if you didn't get one on the way in, make sure you grab one on the way out. And this morning we're going to continue by looking atRevelation chapter 2. And before we do that, let me pray and then we're going to listen to the scripture being read to us. So will you join me as we pray together?…
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…actually taking Paul's network because he is at least 30 years beyond Paul and he's writing to the seven churches by the assignment. He's writingRevelation chapter 2and 3. He's writing to a circular letter to seven churches out there and these seven churches are written the same materials from Revelation…
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…Revelation, the Revelation of St. John. And we're looking at it during the season of Lent in preparation for Easter, because in the first part ofRevelation, chapters 2and 3, we see the only place in the Bible where you have letters that are written directly by Jesus to his church. And these are, in many ways,…
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…for your patience. This passage has something to say for all of us. And we'll get to that shortly. Now, of all the seven churches that we find inRevelation chapter 2and 3, we know the least about Thyatira. One thing we know is from Acts 16. Paul and Silas are in Philippi, and they meet a woman from Thyatira…
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