REVELATION

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REVELATION

• Chapters
• Two And Three

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THE SEVEN CHURCHES

• They were not the only churches at the time,
  but they are selected because in them was found
  the clearest and most complete type of the church
  of all ages
• Herman Hoeksema in Behold He Cometh

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What Is The Church?

• The body of all Gods people
• A local assembly or denomination where Gods
  people meet to hear the word, partake of the
  sacraments and subject themselves to the
  oversight
• The local church is the outward manifestation of
  the universal church in a nation or district

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Why So Many Denominations?

• Differences
• 1 Church government
• 2 Doctrine
• 3 Baptism
• 4 Gifts of the spirit
• 4 Apostasy
• 5 Geographical

• Who is right?
• 1 No-one is infallible
• 2 Differences exist because of sin
• 3 Everyone must act according to his own
  conscience

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Cooperation Between Denominations?

• Cooperation may exist with other churches with
  whom we disagree on non essentials
• Too close a working relationship could jeopardise
  fellowship because if we agreed with other
  brethren totally we would be worshipping in one
  church
• We must regard other denominations in this
  category with love for the sake of the gospel

• There can be no cooperation with other Protestant
  Churches where there is disagreement on certain
  key fundamental doctrines

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EPHESUS

• The Beginning Of Decline

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EPHESUS

• The description of Christ
• What the Lord knew labour, patience, orthodoxy
  but they had lost out in their hearts
• The challenge to repent remember, repent,
  restore
• The censure threatened removal of the
  candlestick
• The promise to the one who overcomes eat of the
  tree of life

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SMYRNA

• Strong In Tribulation

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SMYRNA

• The description of Christ
• What the Lord knew tribulation, poverty,
  persecutors
• Comfort in persecution description, limitation,
  reward
• The promise for the one who overcomes not
  suffer the second death

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PERGAMOS

• Lax In Discipline

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PERGAMOS

• The description of Christ
• What the Lord knew their location, their
  faithfulness, their martyr
• Their failing tolerated false doctrine
• The challenge to repent
• The censure threatened the Lord would fight
  against them
• The promise for the one who overcomes the
  hidden manna and the secret stone

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THYATIRA

• The Emotional Tendency

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THYATIRA

• The description of Christ
• What the Lord knew love, service, faith and
  patience
• Their failing false teachers, immorality
• The censure upon the false teacher and her
  followers
• The comfort to the faithful remnant
• The promise to the one who overcomes dominion
  shine as the morning star.