The 7 Churches in Revelation.

This past Sunday night we finished up Revelation 3. As we consider the 7 churches in Revelation. 

Here is a link to the sermon and PowerPoint: Revelation 3

Below is a chart to review. It is not hard to see how this can apply to us today. We must remain vigilant to stay on focus and listen to the Word of God rather than our society or false teachers. 

Church	Description	Praised for	Warned about
Ephesus (2:1-7)	Loveless Church	Labor Patience Not being those who are evil Testing false apostles Perseverance Hating the deed of the Nicolaitans	Leaving their first love
Smyrna (2:8-11)	The Persecuted Church	Tribulation Poverty	Faithfulness under persecution
Pergamos (2:12-17)	The Compromising Church	Holding fast to Christ’s name Not denying the faith, even faced with martyrdom	Allowing false teaching having to do with immorality and idolatry Holding fast and overcoming
Thyatira (2:18-29)	The Corrupt Church	Love Service Faith Patience	Allowing Jezebel to teach and seduce to immorality and idolatry Holding fast and overcoming
Sardis	The Dead Church	A few faithful people	Deadness, even though they had a reputation for being alive
Philadelphia	The Faithful Church	A little strength Keeping Christ’s word Not denying Christ’s name Perseverance	Holding fast what they had and overcoming during coming tribulations
Laodicea (3:13-20)	The Lukewarm Church		Being Lukewarm Pretending to be well off spiritually when they were impoverished Need for repentance and overcoming

Here are the texts for this week:

October 19, 2013            Isa 39–41, Col 1:24–2:23, Ps 119:1–8, Prov 25:16–17

October 20, 2013            Isa 42–43, Col 3:1–17, Ps 119:9–16, Prov 25:18–20

October 21, 2013            Isa 44–46, Col 3:18–4:18, Ps 119:17–24, Prov 25:21–22

October 22, 2013            Isa 47–49, 1 Thess 1:1–2:12, Ps 119:25–32, Prov 25:23–25

October 23, 2013            Isa 50–54, 1 Thess 2:13–3:13, Ps 119:33–40, Prov 25:26–28

October 24, 2013            Isa 55–58, 1 Thess 4, Ps 119:41–43, Prov 26:1–2

October 25, 2013            Isa 59–62, 1 Thess 5, Ps 119:44–48, Prov 26:3–4

October 26, 2013            Isa 63–66, 2 Thess 1, Ps 119:49–56, Prov 26:5–6