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00:00:00Good morning and happy Sabbath to everyone.

00:00:29We have a very cold morning and everyone is all dressed up for the cold.

00:00:44But we have so much to thank God for, that we don't have to worry about the cold.

00:00:47We have more things to thank God for.

00:00:58I want to thank Brantley for such a timely sermon.

00:01:02It was very good and it's a good message for us to know what the future holds for us.

00:01:23The Holy Spirit is moving and I can tell.

00:01:29Because the sermons combine again.

00:01:36So let's have a word of prayer and enter into the study.

00:01:45Heavenly Father we want to thank you for such a beautiful day we have today with you.

00:01:57We ask that your Holy Spirit will be with us this morning.

00:02:04Enlighten our hearts and minds.

00:02:08So that we can receive your word.

00:02:12And live according to your will.

00:02:16In Jesus name, Amen.

00:02:23This is chapter 2 of the study we were doing some weeks ago.

00:02:35Some weeks ago we did Revelation chapter 1.

00:02:45And now we are going to study chapter 2 and 3.

00:02:53Hopefully we will get to the end of this sermon.

00:02:59The seven churches of Revelation.

00:03:07When we hear about the seven churches we always think about it in terms of historic.

00:03:24But today I want to look at the seven churches from this point in time.

00:03:30And what it has for us.

00:03:41In the last study we looked at this chart.

00:03:49And we studied that.

00:03:52The four gospels covered the whole ministry of Jesus.

00:04:04On the earth.

00:04:08Then when he moved to heaven.

00:04:13Then 50 days after started the Pentecost.

00:04:22And Jesus began his ministry in heaven in the holy place.

00:04:34But to begin his ministry he sent his Holy Spirit.

00:04:43So the sanctuary is being completed right now in heaven.

00:04:54And the book of Revelation now covers for when Jesus began his ministry in the holy place.

00:05:03And the book of Revelation is built on the map of the sanctuary.

00:05:21So all the language, everything it is saying it is using the language of the sanctuary.

00:05:33And it is important for us to understand that even the candlesticks.

00:05:41Jesus is starting the book of Revelation with the seven candlesticks.

00:05:54And where is the location of the candlesticks?

00:05:57It is in the holy place.

00:06:03And we know that the holy place is before the time of judgment which is 1844.

00:06:19So from Pentecost to 1844.

00:06:22So the seven candlesticks which we are going to talk about is in the compartment of the holy place.

00:06:41So if we were to put the study of the seven candlesticks we can tell it is historic.

00:06:53But today we are going to take that historic event and we want to see how would it affect us.

00:06:59How is it affecting us today and for the future.

00:07:03Now the other point that we covered for those of you who were not here.

00:07:13The kingdom of grace is reflected in the sanctuary.

00:07:21And the kingdom of grace is reflected in the sanctuary.

00:07:25The kingdom of grace is reflected in the sanctuary.

00:07:38We see that it was established when Jesus died.

00:07:47And then the kingdom of grace continued at Pentecost.

00:07:54And then the kingdom of grace continued at Pentecost.

00:08:09And we also see how the Holy Spirit had a very important role from Pentecost to 1844.

00:08:19So Jesus had his role in the outer court.

00:08:26He is continuing his role in the holy place.

00:08:33But the Holy Spirit has his role also when he came down to be our comforter.

00:08:38But we see the Holy Spirit assuming his role once he comes as our comforter.

00:08:53And we also see the role that the Father has when he sits on his throne of judgment in 1844.

00:09:03And Jesus still continues his role interceding for us.

00:09:11And we can see this in John 4 where it says,

00:09:13Grace be unto you and peace from him which is and which was and which is to come.

00:09:20And from the seven spirits which are before the throne.

00:09:33And from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead

00:09:38and the prince of the kings of the earth unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood.

00:09:47And from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead

00:09:51and the prince of the kings of the earth unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood.

00:10:06So to begin this study we have to understand and that's why I had to go back.

00:10:10We have to understand the kingdom of grace and what was done.

00:10:16And that's why I wanted to go back to these aspects.

00:10:19It is necessary that we understand the kingdom of grace.

00:10:28Now the last text that we read in the sermon before.

00:10:46The churches which are in Asia.

00:10:48Unto Ephesus. Unto Smyrna. Unto Pergamos. Unto Thyatira. Unto Saris. Unto Philadelphia. Unto Laodicea.

00:11:17Unto Ephesus. Unto Smyrna. Unto Pergamos. Unto Thyatira. Unto Saris. Unto Philadelphia. Unto Laodicea.

00:11:26Now why is Revelation beginning with the seven churches?

00:11:36When you look at Revelation 4.

00:11:38When you look at Revelation 4.

00:11:48You will realize that it is going to talk about sealing, trumpets and many other activities.

00:11:58But Jesus begins with the seven churches.

00:12:03And that is because of love.

00:12:08He is preparing them for events that are about to take place.

00:12:17And if you notice.

00:12:20There is Patmos.

00:12:24And then we have all the seven churches on this map. We can see them.

00:12:39And it is in geographical order. Jesus Christ is following.

00:12:48And there is something. This message of the seven churches is not only for these seven churches. Not only.

00:13:03But it is for throughout the generations.

00:13:09And even to our day.

00:13:15Now this is what Acts of the Apostles says.

00:13:23The names of the seven churches are symbolic of the church in different periods of the Christian era.

00:13:39The number seven indicates completeness.

00:13:47And it is symbolic of the fact that the messages extend to the end of time.

00:13:59While the symbols used reveal the condition of the church at different periods.

00:14:09And as you can see on this slide. We have the periods of time.

00:14:20But we are not going to focus on the periods of time this morning.

00:14:28I want to know what these seven churches mean to me.

00:14:31And how I can be prepared for the future.

00:14:39Now this chart that I have on the screen here.

00:14:46It is all the seven churches.

00:14:51And I want to know how I can be prepared for the future.

00:14:54Now this chart that I have on the screen here.

00:14:59It is all the seven churches.

00:15:03And we are going to focus on the strength of the church.

00:15:12The faults the church had.

00:15:18And the promises God had for these churches.

00:15:25And maybe this is too small for you to see on your screen.

00:15:29So we will put it on one of our social networks.

00:15:33So that you can have this.

00:15:49So let us turn to Revelation 2.2-4.

00:15:54So let us turn to Revelation 2.2-4.

00:15:59We are going to begin with the church of Ephesus.

00:16:04And we want to know if we have the church of Ephesus with us today.

00:16:09And we want to know if we have the church of Ephesus with us today.

00:16:15It says, I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil.

00:16:33And thou hast tried them which say they are apostles.

00:16:40And are not, and hast found them liars.

00:16:49And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted.

00:16:56And hast borne, and hast patience, and hast labored, and for my name's sake hast not fainted.

00:17:11So here we can see where the strength of this church is.

00:17:18Do we see some of that strength with us today?

00:17:26Yes, and we fight against false doctrine, and we can pat our back, and we are doing a good job.

00:17:37But, there is verses 4 that says, nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

00:17:46But, there is verses 4 that says, nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

00:18:06You know, I personally don't like when someone starts with something good.

00:18:10you know, Richard, you're this, you're that, and then I'm waiting for the but.

00:18:14You see, but, and none of us like that conjunction.

00:18:18You know what, none of us, personally, I don't like it when a person comes to me

00:18:24and starts saying, well, Richard, you know, you've done this and that,

00:18:29but there's a conjunction that none of us like to hear, that but.

00:18:35And Jesus himself, with his own mouth, is going to talk to us in these letters.

00:18:46And we have to remember, these are not our words, these are not words from Paul.

00:18:56These are letters from Jesus Christ himself, talking to John.

00:19:06So, let us begin, and we see, we want to know, what is love?

00:19:16So, let us identify.

00:19:18We did a good job, but we fall out of that love.

00:19:30It says, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 to 3.

00:19:351 Corinthians 13, 1 to 3.

00:19:39Though I speak with tongues of men and of angels,

00:19:46and have not charity,

00:19:50I am become a sounding brass or a tingling cymbal.

00:19:59Now, as a musician,

00:20:01when I join with like an orchestra playing the trumpet,

00:20:09before the concert, you will hear everyone is tuning their trombone, their trumpet,

00:20:14their flugelhorns.

00:20:16When you see that before the orchestra starts playing,

00:20:20you will realize that each of these instruments will start tuning,

00:20:25whether it is the French horn, the trumpets, etc.

00:20:31And you know what? It is horrible.

00:20:36Because everyone is playing their own tune.

00:20:40They are playing their scales, they are warming up.

00:20:46And until when the teacher or the conductor comes,

00:20:58all is peace.

00:21:01And the beautiful music begins.

00:21:05So, we sound like sounding brass, noise.

00:21:08Everyone plays their own melody.

00:21:15And a tinkling cymbal.

00:21:25My wife hung this little thing on a string and it has these long bells,

00:21:29and it blows with the wind.

00:21:41It can be a little annoying sounding.

00:21:44It has no form of melody.

00:21:56So, when I read this text, I can think of a noisy brass band warming up,

00:22:00and this little thing that is making noise.

00:22:02And that is what we sound like.

00:22:13It is not for a concert, but it sounds horrible.

00:22:16And also, this mobile phone that sounds without any melody.

00:22:28Doesn't that sound familiar? We have the gift of prophecy.

00:22:36And understand all mysteries.

00:22:39And knowledge.

00:22:44And though I have all faith.

00:22:48So that I could remove mountains.

00:22:54And have not love.

00:22:58I am nothing.

00:23:02And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor.

00:23:09And though I give my body to be burned.

00:23:15And have not love.

00:23:19It profits me nothing.

00:23:25So, it puts me in a position to think.

00:23:29If I don't have love and I can do all these great things, I am nothing.

00:23:39But if I don't have love, that is of no use to me.

00:23:45We can give food to the hungry, to the poor.

00:23:48How good can you be?

00:23:52But if you don't have love, you are nothing.

00:23:56And now the question is.

00:23:59What is true love?

00:24:03Charity suffered long.

00:24:08It is kind.

00:24:11Charity envied not.

00:24:16Charity wanted not itself.

00:24:21It is not puffed up.

00:24:24So, the church of Ephesus forgot all about this.

00:24:33They were moving mountains.

00:24:34Mountains.

00:24:37They were feeding the poor.

00:24:40Jesus with his own mouth congratulated them for all that they did.

00:24:48But they forgot about the love part.

00:24:54And when we speak about long suffering.

00:24:59We are not talking about tolerating someone for a short period of time.

00:25:05We are not talking about tolerating someone for a short period of time.

00:25:14It is a type of suffering that I have to bear this person for a long time.

00:25:26Sometimes we see this in marriage.

00:25:28Not all marriages are so good.

00:25:35There will be some gentlemen who say.

00:25:37Listen, my friend.

00:25:39I have to suffer with this woman.

00:25:47And the woman can say the same.

00:25:49Listen, I have to put up with this man.

00:25:51I have to put up with this drunk man.

00:25:54But you know what?

00:25:56I have suffered love.

00:25:59Maybe he can be a friend.

00:26:04And that friend can do the same.

00:26:07And you have to practice this kind of love.

00:26:15We have to be kind.

00:26:17I am preaching this.

00:26:19But it is actually hitting me.

00:26:21Because this message is for me.

00:26:22And you know what?

00:26:23I am preaching this.

00:26:25We have to talk about kindness and all this.

00:26:27But this message is for me.

00:26:36Because for a while I can bear suffering with some people.

00:26:45And I give them one opportunity and another, and another, and another.

00:26:48And this was my experience this week again.

00:26:54So this sermon is for me.

00:26:58If you see yourself in this, where you see Ephesus, it is for you.

00:27:08Kindness.

00:27:09Sometimes we are not kind.

00:27:11And again, we start with the home.

00:27:13We are not kind to our wives.

00:27:15Or the wife is not kind to the husband.

00:27:30Especially when we get angry.

00:27:32We say things we don't really mean.

00:27:34Especially when we get angry.

00:27:36We say things we really shouldn't.

00:27:45So this is one of the characteristics of true love.

00:27:48Love is kind, it is benign, and it is also suffering.

00:27:54Look here, it says that love does not envy.

00:27:56You know, maybe somebody has a better car than you.

00:28:04They are progressing in life.

00:28:09And you have to do something kind to that person.

00:28:16But inside you can't do it because they are progressing more than I do.

00:28:19Or they have everything better than what I have.

00:28:26Am I able to love that person and don't have envy in my heart?

00:28:38And charity vandeth not itself.

00:28:48And it doesn't show up itself as I am better than you, I am more important than you.

00:28:56And getting down to the real thing.

00:29:07Because I am not going to be politically correct.

00:29:12Sometimes it is we are more talented than someone.

00:29:20Or our skin color is different so we feel we are better than someone.

00:29:25And we want that.

00:29:32These are Ephesus that is in us today.

00:29:38Or your country is better, is bigger, is more powerful than another country.

00:29:49Charity is not puffed up.

00:29:55So if we want to hear this message we have to hear what Jesus is telling us.

00:29:59So that we can root these dirty things out from our hearts.

00:30:14And it says the greatest of these is charity.

00:30:22You can have faith, hope and charity but the greatest is love.

00:30:26Now we want to do a measurement.

00:30:31We want to measure how close am I to God?

00:30:39How much do I love God?

00:30:44And I am sure if I ask any one of you in the audience.

00:30:52How much do I love God?

00:30:56Or via social media.

00:30:58Or television.

00:31:02And if I ask do you love God?

00:31:08Every one of us would say yes.

00:31:14Well that is why I am here.

00:31:18And that is why I am on YouTube, I am on television and I am watching the television because I love God.

00:31:26Now let us take out a tool and let us measure to see if we really love God.

00:31:44At some point in time I am sure we all had a flat tire.

00:31:55Maybe your bicycle.

00:31:59Maybe it is your car.

00:32:03And when you look the tire is just flat.

00:32:12You are not going anywhere.

00:32:16So we are going to look at this graphic here.

00:32:22Now this needle is going to start from zero.

00:32:26And we are going to measure how much we love God.

00:32:37So we start with self.

00:32:42Because it is easy to love self.

00:32:46I love me.

00:32:49I make sure I eat well, I enjoy my drinks and everything.

00:32:56I may not share with you but it is for me.

00:33:03Because I love myself.

00:33:06So that is between zero and ten.

00:33:14Does that meter tell me that I am close to loving God?

00:33:26No, I am very far.

00:33:34I am between zero and one.

00:33:38Now let us go to the other one.

00:33:40It says family.

00:33:45Now you are pumping that tire and the pump is getting a little stiffer.

00:33:56A little more pressure you have to add.

00:34:02And here comes your mother-in-law.

00:34:09And she is telling you how to cook for her son.

00:34:19You have to love your mother-in-law.

00:34:26Or you go for a trip and your brother sold your vehicle.

00:34:33A trip somewhere.

00:34:37And your brother sold the vehicle and you say well you know, I needed some money.

00:34:49It is getting tough and I have to love my brother.

00:34:56Not as easy as to love me.

00:35:02Then you go to friends.

00:35:07And that gauge is going up and up.

00:35:13And that friend betrayed you for something.

00:35:20It is easy, drop your friend.

00:35:22No, you have to love him.

00:35:29And there are many things that happen between friends.

00:35:37And we find that it is easy to hate them.

00:35:43But if you want to measure to see that we love God.

00:35:52Forget all what he did and love him.

00:35:58Now let the needle go up a little bit higher.

00:36:00You have your neighbors.

00:36:07So you move into this area.

00:36:09The first time and you love everybody.

00:36:17And you let everybody know I love God.

00:36:19And you go to church with your Bible every Sabbath.

00:36:22You want all the neighbors to see.

00:36:24You put your dark glasses down.

00:36:26So that everybody can see it is you going to church every Sabbath.

00:36:45And then you find out this neighbor has pigs behind her house.

00:36:49And it stinks.

00:36:57And not only that, she takes part of your land.

00:37:06And her cows come in and eat all your veggies.

00:37:13And you want to eat the cow but you remember you are vegetarian.

00:37:19So these are some of my experiences.

00:37:25With neighbors cows coming in and the pig farm stinks.

00:37:29But you have to love them.

00:37:40So guess what?

00:37:42The needle goes up and up.

00:37:44And you are learning to love that neighbor.

00:37:46You hug them, you invite them home.

00:37:49They themselves smell like the pig.

00:38:00So we have to love.

00:38:03Now we go to our enemies.

00:38:08And that needle is measuring us.

00:38:11Do I love like God?

00:38:19Or do I love God?

00:38:22Because God says love your enemies.

00:38:27And He said bring them home into your house.

00:38:30And give them water to drink.

00:38:36But they are your enemies.

00:38:41They don't like you.

00:38:46They don't like you and you don't like them.

00:38:49But we have to put that pride away and love our enemies.

00:39:03And I have heard stories where people,

00:39:09this person was actually at the TV station

00:39:11where this little child saw someone kill her father.

00:39:19Yes, so this was a girl

00:39:21and she lived with this all her life.

00:39:28And she saw her mom treating this killer with love.

00:39:37And she saw her mom treating this killer with love.

00:39:43And she saw her mom treating this killer with love.

00:39:49And this topic of the enemies,

00:39:53it goes into countries hate each other.

00:40:07So if we go beyond all these painful experiences

00:40:11with people,

00:40:19and we can overcome and love,

00:40:29then we know we love God.

00:40:37So let us look at it and say,

00:40:41I love God, now let us look at it again.

00:40:49So ask yourself the question,

00:40:51with this gauge in mind,

00:40:53and measuring my love for God,

00:41:01do I really love God

00:41:07when I look at this gauge?

00:41:11And we are not talking about

00:41:12how much food you give to the poor anymore.

00:41:14We are not talking about

00:41:15how much food you give to the poor anymore.

00:41:17We are not talking about

00:41:19moving the mountains

00:41:21or the mountains

00:41:23or wanting to impress people

00:41:25with your good works.

00:41:28This is simply

00:41:29what the Bible is telling us.

00:41:32How much you love your neighbors

00:41:36is how much you love me.

00:41:40Because one of these days,

00:41:43Jesus will tell you, I was in prison and you did not visit me.

00:41:47Jesus will tell you, I was in prison and you did not visit me.

00:41:52I was hungry and you did not feed me.

00:41:54I was hungry and you did not feed me.

00:41:56You had no love.

00:41:57You had no love.

00:41:58So, that's the bottom line of this.

00:42:01So, that's the bottom line of this.

00:42:07Now, Revelation 2.6 says,

00:42:10But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

00:42:27Now, the question is, who are the Nicolaitans?

00:42:35Because we always hear about it.

00:42:37Okay, fine.

00:42:37That was in history.

00:42:45The Nicolaitans were a heretical sect within the church.

00:42:56Propagating the belief that Christians could engage in sexual immorality without moral

00:43:02consequences.

00:43:13They encouraged Christians to pursue sexual pleasure without restraint.

00:43:23This movement contended that faith in Christ meant freedom from moral laws.

00:43:32Leading some to indulge in sexual immorality.

00:43:43Convinced that Jesus' liberation from the law negated any repercussions.

00:43:56So, here it is.

00:43:57We can see that Ephesus is in our church.

00:44:02Because I have heard people say that, well, he's my husband.

00:44:14We're not married, but God sees us as married.

00:44:19And we see the churches, sometimes they cover that sin.

00:44:33And the young people think, well, it's okay.

00:44:36We can flirt around, do whatever we can.

00:44:39The church is not going to do anything about it.

00:44:49So, we can reflect and see that this Nicolaitan doctrine is in our church.

00:44:58And we are used to it.

00:44:59We are normal.

00:45:00And we are holding on to it.

00:45:01So, we can see that in our church, these practices and beliefs of the Nicolaitans are alive.

00:45:08And many of us hold on to that type of belief.

00:45:13And we accept it.

00:45:14We see it as something normal.

00:45:20It says,

00:45:32So, I mean, I would like to eat of that tree.

00:45:42And I heard it may have mangoes there.

00:45:50So, this is what God wants.

00:45:52This is what Jesus wants for us.

00:45:53So, this is not historic.

00:45:55This is future.

00:46:02And if you want to partake of this tree, we have to overcome the period of Ephesus, which is in us.

00:46:18Now, let us go to Smyrna.

00:46:22I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty.

00:46:26And I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

00:46:46Now, if you notice, this church does not have...

00:46:51Jesus does not point out the error.

00:46:55Jesus does not point out the error to this church.

00:47:01He simply says, you are rich.

00:47:06But do you know why He is saying they are rich?

00:47:10Because they are going through tribulation and poverty.

00:47:19And one has to think,

00:47:21doesn't it seem like when someone is close to God, it is because they have tribulation and poverty?

00:47:36Sometimes we want to pray for a country because they are going through tribulations and trials.

00:47:46And we want to pray for them.

00:47:48Maybe we should pray that out of this tribulation, more souls will be converted and come closer to God.

00:48:06And He told Smyrna, be thou faithful unto death.

00:48:18I will give thee a crown of life.

00:48:23I want that crown. That is the future.

00:48:28There is tribulation coming.

00:48:33And it is just around the corner.

00:48:36It could be tomorrow.

00:48:39And we want to overcome so that we can have this crown.

00:48:48I have my crown already.

00:48:53And no one is going to take it away from me.

00:48:56It has my name on it.

00:48:58So, each one of you has your crown.

00:49:04But we have to be overcomers.

00:49:10It says, he that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

00:49:18We all have ears.

00:49:22He that hath an ear, let him listen.

00:49:26He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

00:49:37So, we know the second death is at the end of the one thousand years.

00:49:41That is the second death and that is eternal.

00:49:48Now, Pergamos.

00:49:58We will have to go through this really fast.

00:50:02It says, I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is.

00:50:14And thou holdest fast my name.

00:50:18And hast not denied my faith.

00:50:22And even in those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr.

00:50:34Who was slain among you where Satan dwelleth.

00:50:42See, when Antipas died, he was like a testimony to everyone.

00:50:48And everybody wanted to stay faithful.

00:50:54And it says, but I have a few things against thee.

00:51:02But thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam.

00:51:10Who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel.

00:51:18Who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel.

00:51:22To eat things sacrificed unto idols.

00:51:28And to commit fornication.

00:51:31Now, look at this really quick.

00:51:35We just dealt with the Nicolaitans.

00:51:40Sexual immorality.

00:51:41But in Pergamos, not only the Nicolaitans they have, they have also the doctrine of Balaam.

00:51:57Now let us see, what is this doctrine they have?

00:51:59So just to make sure, we don't have this doctrine with us today.

00:52:11It says, to eat sacrificed, to eat things sacrificed to idols.

00:52:24And to commit fornication, yes.

00:52:26It is the attitude that one can be in the world and still serve God.

00:52:36So here it is, the doctrine of Balaam teaches to compromise.

00:52:41The doctrine of Balaam teaches us to make a commitment to the world.

00:52:51The doctrine of Balaam makes believers look like and dress like the world.

00:53:03We all know the story of Balaam, we don't have time to get into that.

00:53:11But he put stumbling blocks.

00:53:18And here it is, we want to dress like the world, like the Philistines.

00:53:28And think it's okay with God.

00:53:32We want to watch movies of the world.

00:53:35It's like when the Philistines came into the camp of Israel and dancing before the Israelites.

00:53:52And causing them to lust.

00:53:55And we have the television shows, the music in our homes.

00:54:10And we allow our children to have equipment with headphones and we don't know what they're listening to.

00:54:24That's the doctrine of Balaam in our church today.

00:54:37And we are holding on to it.

00:54:42Because it's part of our culture now.

00:54:47And then our children go off to cinemas.

00:54:50And we don't know what they're watching.

00:54:58And for us, that's okay.

00:55:03They dress promiscuously and that's okay.

00:55:06They dress in a provocative or promiscuous way and we think that's okay.

00:55:22And this is the doctrine of Balaam, which is not only in our church, it's in our lives.

00:55:26And we have to overcome this.

00:55:31And you know the music and the movies, they are like idols to us.

00:55:41And it says,

00:55:44He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

00:55:47To him that overcometh, I will give to eat of the hidden manna.

00:56:01And I will give him a white stone and in the stone a new name written.

00:56:14So this is a promise again for those who overcome.

00:56:22So we need to get rid of anything that causes us to lose out on salvation.

00:56:30We need to get rid of everything that would threaten our own salvation.

00:56:42Now we go to Thyatira.

00:56:54I know thy works, love, faith, service, and patience.

00:57:00And that thy later works are more than the first.

00:57:06Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee.

00:57:12Because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,

00:57:18which calleth herself a prophetess,

00:57:22to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication.

00:57:30And to eat things sacrificed to idols.

00:57:38Now if you notice again, this is the third time we are speaking about fornication and idolatry.

00:57:52So it means, if it is mentioned three times,

00:57:57it means that it is well saturated into our fabric of the society.

00:58:11And Jesus himself is dictating this letter to John

00:58:19to remove those idolatry and fornication and love of the world

00:58:25from us.

00:58:37And he has a gift for them.

00:58:40He said, hold fast till I come.

00:58:49I will give power over the nations.

00:58:51And I will give him the morning star.

00:58:59Let us go to Sardis.

00:59:03And it says, I know thy works,

00:59:05that thou hast a name that thou livest and art dead.

00:59:17And be watchful and strengthen the things

00:59:19which remain.

00:59:27That are ready to die.

00:59:29For I have not found any good works perfect before God.

00:59:39So here it is, this church Sardis is dead.

00:59:45And God is saying, hold on to the little bit that you have.

00:59:49And he says, God is saying to Sardis,

00:59:51hold on to the little bit that you have.

00:59:55And he says, thou hast a few names in Sardis

00:59:59which have not defiled their garments.

01:00:07And they shall walk with me in white.

01:00:11And if you study the history of all these churches,

01:00:14and the era where they came from,

01:00:22you will realize, although that church was dead,

01:00:28there were a few who were not defiled.

01:00:36But do you know who came out of that era?

01:00:38And do you know who came out of that era?

01:00:44John Calvin.

01:00:46Martin Luther.

01:00:48John Knox.

01:00:52And others came through this era.

01:00:58Even though this was the era of a dead church.

01:01:00Even though this was the era of a dead church.

01:01:06So even though we seem to be dead,

01:01:08can we hold on to the truth

01:01:10and live a victorious life?

01:01:24Now let's go to Philadelphia really quick.

01:01:26And he says, I know thy works.

01:01:28Behold, I have set before thee an open door.

01:01:36And no man can shut it.

01:01:40For thou hast a little strength

01:01:44and hast kept my word

01:01:48and hast not denied my name.

01:01:52Behold, I come quickly.

01:01:56Hold that fast which thou hast

01:02:00that no man take thy crown.

01:02:04Again, it's mentioning that crown.

01:02:08It is something future for us.

01:02:12And he is even at the door.

01:02:16Philadelphia means brotherly love.

01:02:20And this is where we have to practice

01:02:22what is true love.

01:02:26Now look at this here.

01:02:28It says love looks through a telescope.

01:02:34Envy through a microscope.

01:02:40So people who envy

01:02:42and they are jealous of people,

01:02:48they look at everything

01:02:50and they are jealous of everything.

01:02:52They look at everything

01:02:54that you do

01:02:58and they criticize.

01:03:02But if you look through a telescope,

01:03:08you can see the heavens.

01:03:12You can see the great creation of God.

01:03:18You would see man as a creation of God

01:03:21and love him too.

01:03:29Now, let's go to the last church.

01:03:33I know thy works

01:03:35that thou art neither cold nor hot.

01:03:41I would thou wert cold or hot.

01:03:45So then because thou art lukewarm

01:03:47and neither cold nor hot,

01:03:53I will spew you out of my mouth

01:03:57because thou sayest,

01:03:59I am rich.

01:04:03Jesus himself said

01:04:05that there was a church

01:04:07that was rich.

01:04:13But here it is,

01:04:15I am rich.

01:04:21I am increased with goods

01:04:25and I have need of nothing.

01:04:31Knowest not that thou art wretched,

01:04:33miserable and poor

01:04:35and blind and naked.

01:04:45This is where we are,

01:04:47we are in the Laodicea.

01:04:51So we know

01:04:53that we have Laodicea in us

01:04:59and we need to overcome

01:05:01all these temptations

01:05:03and the selfishness

01:05:05that we have.

01:05:07And we need to be tried

01:05:09in fire.

01:05:13We need tribulation

01:05:17and it is coming.

01:05:21And when that tribulation comes

01:05:23it will prepare us

01:05:27and it will prepare us

01:05:29for a great time

01:05:32and it will prepare us

01:05:34for a great time

01:05:38for the sealing time.

01:05:40We are not going into

01:05:42the sealing time unprepared

01:05:46so we need to be tried

01:05:48in the fire

01:05:54that we may be rich

01:05:58and white raiment

01:06:00and that we may be clothed

01:06:06and that the shame

01:06:08of the nakedness

01:06:10do not appear

01:06:14and anoint

01:06:16thine eyes

01:06:18with eye salve

01:06:22that thou mayest see.

01:06:24Don't anoint

01:06:26your eyes

01:06:28with all the

01:06:30garbage

01:06:32that the social media

01:06:34has.

01:06:36This is serious

01:06:38my friends.

01:06:40This is our future

01:06:42at stake

01:06:44and you can choose

01:06:46to block your ears

01:06:48if you want.

01:06:50You don't have to listen.

01:06:54Our brother Brantley

01:06:56this morning

01:07:00and the two sermons joined

01:07:06to one climax

01:07:10and we all have to open our ears

01:07:12and listen

01:07:18so you can block your ears

01:07:20and pretend

01:07:23at the end

01:07:25of the day

01:07:29you will pay the consequence

01:07:33you will lose out on salvation

01:07:37because this letter

01:07:39was written by Jesus himself

01:07:45and this is for his church

01:07:49today

01:07:51for the future

01:07:53so don't pretend to block your ears

01:07:59One thing that is highlighted

01:08:01in every single one of these churches

01:08:03He that hath an ear

01:08:05to listen

01:08:17Pay attention to what God is saying

01:08:19Pay attention to what Jesus

01:08:21himself is saying

01:08:23Get ready

01:08:25because

01:08:27you don't know

01:08:29what tomorrow holds

01:08:31and tribulation

01:08:33can start tomorrow

01:08:35Are we going to be ready?

01:08:39Are we forming our lives

01:08:41everyday

01:08:43everyday

01:08:45so when that time

01:08:47comes

01:08:49God knows that we were trying

01:08:51and He is going to help us

01:08:57but it's not that

01:08:59now I'm going to stop smoking

01:09:01now I'm going to stop watching movies

01:09:03going to the theater

01:09:05now I'm going to stop all these things

01:09:07because tribulation started

01:09:09it's too late

01:09:17for that time

01:09:19it's going to be too late

01:09:21so let's get ready

01:09:23today

01:09:25Amen

01:09:29Let us pray

01:09:37Heavenly Father

01:09:39we want to thank you again

01:09:41for your love towards us

01:09:47we thank you

01:09:49for taking the time

01:09:51to send us these letters

01:09:57letters of love

01:09:59and to warn us

01:10:01and to tell us

01:10:03how to live

01:10:05to prepare

01:10:11help us to show

01:10:13the love we have for you

01:10:17by how we treat these letters

01:10:19and how we take them

01:10:25and to show our love

01:10:27by how we treat others

01:10:33forgive us our sins

01:10:35and make us ready

01:10:37and this we ask in Jesus name

01:10:41Amen

01:10:47Okay, let's go

Las 7 Iglesias de Apocalipsis / The Seven Churches of Revelation | Richard Carrera - 24/8/2024

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