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Growing in Grace – Philippians 1:3-6, 2:12-13, 3:12-14
Growing in Grace. 2 Peter 3:18 “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.” If you’ve ever tried to grow spiritually – to change old sinful habits; to know and love and serve and worship God more fully and more deeply; to pray more; to understand & apply scripture more; to repent – turn away from sin and live unto righteousness; to be more committed…
Starting & Finishing – Revelation 2:4-5, 2:19
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Jesus’ Call to Humility – Revelation 3:14-22
Have you ever seen something so revolting, that the sight of it makes you sick to your stomach? The first few years of us having kids – I’m getting better – but for the first few years, Amy was out of necessity the designated vomit cleaner-upper – sorry to be gross – but I simply could not handle it without needing to run to the bathroom myself because the sight and smell of it made me want to vomit. I’m…
Jesus’ Call to Wake Up – Revelation 3:1-6
Let’s play, “what’s different?” with our passage for this morning. If you’ve been here for the other sermons in our series, try to think about something that has been at least present but generally somewhat prominent in the other Churches but is strikingly or suspiciously absent – not even mentioned – in the letter to the church of Sardis. And that thing that’s absent, is opposition/persecution. In all the other churches there’s been at least mention of those churches facing…
Jesus’ Call to Truth – Revelation 2:18-29
This is the longest letter; written to the Church in the smallest, least important city of all the 7 in these 2 chapters of Revelation. And, I think that’s important for us in particular to reflect upon and remember. Because Jesus doesn’t value things as the world does; and just because this church is in a small town doesn’t mean he is unconcerned with it or less concerned with it – he still knows what is going on in its…
Jesus’ Call Against Worldliness – Revelation 2:12-17
Jesus is really among us; We need to strain to hear his voice and listen. Because Jesus is extraordinarily concerned about the state of his Church. We saw the birth and blueprint of the Church in the book of Acts, and the earliest life of the Church; but it doesn’t take long for the Church to get off track; and here in Revelation Jesus is confronting his Church – encouraging the good but rebuking the bad. And the Church needs…
Jesus’ Call to Faithfulness – Revelation 2:8-11
In the middle of the second century there was a Church leader named Polycarp. He knew the apostle John personally, and was a leader at the church in Smyrna – the very church to which these words of Jesus were originally directed. Polycarp died a martyr’s death, for refusing to offer a sacrifice to Caesar or acknowledge Caesar as Lord. And according to the account of his death, when he is told to forsake Christ, he responded by saying this:…