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REVELATION

CHAPTERS 2-3

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REV. 1:9 – “I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

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REV. 1:11 – “saying, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last," and, "What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.".

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REV. 1:13 – “and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.”

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• EPHESUS – LOVE AND HATE – REV. 2:1-7 – PROBLEM– MATT. 22:37 – LOVE GOD– PSA. 119:97 – LOVE LAW– 1 JN. 3:14-16 – LOVE BRETHREN– ROM. 5:8-10 – LOVE SOULS– MATT. 16:24-26 – LOVE FOLLOWS– REV. 2:2,6 – HATED DEEDS OF

NICOLAITANES

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• SMYRNA – FAITH AND TRIALS– REV. 2:8-11 – COMPLIMENTS– 2 THESS. 1:3-5 – GREAT TRIBULATIONS– JAMES 1:2-4 – PROPER ATTITUDE

TOWARD TRIBULATIONS

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• PERGAMOS – IDOLS AND MORALS– REV. 2:12-17 – PROBLEM– 2 PET. 2:10-15 – COMPROMISE WILL

COST US OUR SOUL

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• THYATIRA – CONDONE AND ALLOW– REV. 2:18-29 – PROBLEM– 1 COR. 5:1-13 – GOD WARNS OF

ALLOWING SEXUAL IMMORALITY

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• SARDIS – LIVING OR DEAD– REV. 3:1-6 – COMMENDATION/PROBLEM– 1 COR. 15:58 – LABOR– JAMES 2:14-20 – FAITH IS DEAD W/O

WORKS– HEB. 6:9-12 – THINGS THAT ACCOMPANY

SALVATION

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• PHILADELPHIA – OPEN OR SHUT– REV. 3:7-14 – COMMENDATION– JOHN 4:35-38 – GREAT OPPORTUNITY– GAL. 6:7-9 – REAP WHAT WE SOW

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• LAODICEA – COLD OR HOT– REV. 3:14-22 – PROBLEM – INDIFFERENCE– 2 COR. 9:7-8 – GOD WANTS US TO ABOUND

CONCLUSION

WHAT KIND OF CHURCH ARE WE?

HOW WOULD CHRIST DESCRIBE US?