The Body of Christ, God's Open Door

In this message he talked about the church in Philadelphia. This church was faithful. They are like an open door, which cannot be shut even though they had little power.

Walk through God's open door in the power of Jesus':

Crucifixion

Word

Name

Salvation opens the way of:

Worship

Patience

Deliverance

Watch!

In this message, he shared about the church in Sardis. This church is dead. I know you works. You have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your works complete in the sight of my God. Revelations 1:1b-2 (ESV)

Watch for the:

Fruit of the Lord's reckoning

Fulfillment of the Lord's return

Faithfulness of the Lord's righteousness

Unmasking the Depths of Satan

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you, I do not lay on you any other burden. Only hold fast what you have until I come. Revelation 2:24-25 (ESV)

When unmasking the depths of Satan, we find:

Deception

Mourning

Deliverance

Justice

Jesus

Passionate Purity

In this sermon he preached on the church in Thyatira. This church was corrupt. Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allowed that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. Revelation 2:20 (NKJV)

Jesus, purify the passion our:

Vision

Steps

Works

Worship

Repentance

Vows

Confidence in the Over Comer

In this message he talks about the church in Pergamos. This church dwells where Satan lives. They held to the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. Revelation 2:14b (NIV)

Satan temps me to exchange a:

Secure hold, Strong hold, Safe hold for a proud and boastful Position Motive Gain

Daily I must:

Repent before the Lord

Listen to the Lord

Overcome in the Lord

Session of Suffering

In this message, he talked about the church in Smyrna. The church in Smyrna experienced poverty, but they were rich.

Christ will strengthen you to endure the adversary's tactic of:

Pressure

Poverty

Persecution

Remember God's:

Boundaries

Rewards

Promises to keep in check the fear of suffering.

Rise Up, My Love

In this sermon he talks about the church in Ephesus and how they have left their first love.

God knows when we substitute our own:

Tasks

Toil

Time for the

Treasure of God's love.
With our mind, will & emotion, we must:

Remember God's sacrificial love

Repent substituting man made love

Repeat stirring up God's love

Riveting Our Attention

In this message he talked about the seven candlesticks, which represented the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

We see these methods used to capture our attention:

John challenges us with realistic Expectation

God challenges us with Spirit driven Inspiration

John challenges us with awe inspiring Illustration

God challenges us with piercing Communication

Behold, He Cometh!

In this sermon, he shared Jesus' second coming and that every eye will see them.

The truth of Jesus' 2nd Coming:

Determines my Confidence

Declares God's Confrontation

Demonstrates God's Confirmation

Called Out

This sermon, he shared about the seven churches in Asia.

Daily, I must find strength in the authority of God's:

Presence

Passion

Plan