TRUST GOD (Psalm 56:4)
- WHEN YOU ARE FEARFUL
- WHEN YOU ARE TEARFUL
- WHEN YOU ARE CHEERFUL
THE CITY OF THYATIRA Textiles, Dyers, Tanners, Leather workers, Guilds. THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA Works, Love, Faith, Ministry, Patience Tolerance, Idolatry, Immorality THE DECREE TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA To the Unrepentant To the Faithful
1. CHRIST (v 1a) 2. THE MAJORITY (vv1b-3) The DRESSING DOWN: Whitewashed tombs DEAD! – No growth/No vision/No opposition/Stained a) Remember b) Resolve c) Repent The PROMISE: “I will …” 3. THE MINORITY (vv4-5) ALIVE! – Growth/Vision/Opposition/ Unstained a) Keep clean b) Keep close c) Keep going The PROMISE: “I will …” The DRESSING…
1. MY SHEEP HEAR ME Do you hear Him ? “He who listens to me will dwell secure , and will be at ease without dread of disaster.” (Proverbs 1:33) 2. I KNOW THEM Nobody knows you like Jesus knows you. (Read Psalm 139) 3. THEY FOLLOW ME Who have you followed this past…
SUDDEN! a) Unexpected (Matt 24:40) “Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.” b) Like lightning (Matt 24:27) “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” c) Like a thief (1…
MINISTRY! (v1-2) Jonah had a divine, personal & specific call to ministry MUTINY! (v3) Deliberate, spiritual, expensive, foolish, contented, prayerless, arrogant defiance MISERY! (v4-17) Danger, exposure, shame, rejection
THE COURIER – Tychicus (v7-8) A messenger, a beloved brother, a faithful minister, a fellow servant & an encourager THE FUGITIVE – Onesimus (v9) The runaway who became a loyal & beloved brother THE PRINCE – Aristarchus (v10) A fellow-sufferer who rebukes our self pity THE FAILURE – Mark (v10) He “made a hash”…