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Message: “Smyrna: The Poor, Rich Church!” Message Text: Revelation 2:8-11

Jesus Christ: “I know.” I know your troubles and your great poverty (even though you are rich in my eyes). I know that you are slandered by those who should be your brothers. I too have felt the brunt of … Continue reading →

I am learning in this study to pay closer attention to how Jesus Christ identifies himself to each church before he gives them his evaluation. Here is how his communication in Revelation comes to us. Jesus Christ speaks, John writes … Continue reading →

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Jesus Christ has intimate knowledge of the life and the people of the church at Ephesus because he walks among the churches, surveying the landscape, taking … Continue reading →

Message: “First Love—Remember & Repent!” Message Text: Revelation 2:1-7

Ephesus … Some kind of city. Some kind of church. What a resume this church had! By any human measurement or observation, right up to the time of John’s writing now in Revelation, this appears to be a good, strong … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ Programming Note: I come to a place in our text where I ask–What is John going to see when he turns? And then I say something like … Not this … I am referring to an 8 1/2 X … Continue reading →

The Jesus Christ that God wants us to know …  What does Jesus look like now in heaven? And … what does it matter? And … Do you know that God gives us a very clear picture in Revelation of Jesus … Continue reading →

Many over the years have spent their time and energy trying to identify the anti-christ. These people override God’s purpose with their own agenda, and the results are a foolish mixture of the weird and the heretical. The revelation of … Continue reading →

Do you ever wonder at times if we, as in God’s people, or at least those who profess to know God, ever listen to him? We get something pretty unique in a study of Revelation. We get the central idea … Continue reading →