THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

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• The 7 Churches of
  Revelation
• The Number 7 The Biblical number of
  completion
• (7 days in a week, 7th day is Holy, 7 colors in a
  rainbow, 7 notes in a musical scale, 7 major
  oceans, 7 major continents, 7 Trumpets, 7 Seals,
  7 Bowls, 7-fold Spirit before the Throne, etc.)
• 1. Ephesus The Loveless Church
• 2. Smyrna The Lasting Church - a positive
  name
• 3. Pergamum The Lenient Church
• 4. Thyatira The Licentious Church
• 5. Sardis The Lifeless Church
• 6. Philadelphia The Loved Church - a
  positive name
• 7. Laodicea The Lukewarm Church

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• THE THREE COMMON ELEMENTS OF THE LETTERS
• 1. Commendation - A recounting of the good
  things.
• 2. Condemnation A listing of the bad things.
• 3. Challenge/Charge A word of instruction or
  warning.
• Read Text Revelation 218-28

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• THYATIRA THE LICENTIOUS
  CHURCH
• I. THE COMMENDATIONS
• I KNOW YOUR DEEDS
• 1. Your LOVE
• 2. Your FAITH
• 3. Your SERVICE
• 4. Your PERSEVERANCE
• 5. Your MATURITY doing more than you did at
  first

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• THYATIRA THE LICENTIOUS CHURCH
• II. THE CONDEMNATION
• You TOLERATE that Jezebel
• Who was she? I Kings 16-21
• What was her sin? - Compromise with the world,
  leading others into that compromise, claiming to
  speak for God, and claiming that she had deeper
  truths (undermining the Pastoral and Ministry
  leadership of the church)
• Todays Jezebel temptations? - 1. Sexual
  Immorality
• 2. Accommodating Pagan practices
• NOTE Gods Patience vs. His Judgment and
  Discipline
• The Churchs biggest sin They
  TOLERATED her!
  

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• THYATIRA THE
  LICENTIOUS CHURCH
• III. THE
  CHALLENGE
• DO MY WILLTO THE END!
• We are back to FAITHFULNESS, PERSEVERANCE,
  etc.!

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