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A Letter to the Spiritually Dead P2
Welcome to the fifth message in our series, A Word to the Church. Today, we’re learning about Jesus’ Letter to the Spiritually Dead—and remember as you listen, that when we look into these churches, we inevitably see ourselves! Jesus here addresses the church in Sardis, a city that enjoyed luxury and self-indulgence but suffered from apathy. Its Christians were relaxed, content, comfortable—but dead. Jesus pleads with the church in Sardis to wake up before it’s too late, a message that especially resonates today.
A Letter to the Spiritually Dead
Welcome to the fifth message in our series, A Word to the Church. Today, we’re learning about Jesus’ Letter to the Spiritually Dead—and remember as you listen, that when we look into these churches, we inevitably see ourselves! Jesus here addresses the church in Sardis, a city that enjoyed luxury and self-indulgence but suffered from apathy. Its Christians were relaxed, content, comfortable—but dead. Jesus pleads with the church in Sardis to wake up before it’s too late, a message that especially resonates today.
A Letter to the Sexually Immoral P2
Jesus “has eyes like a flame of fire” and He’s warning the church in Thyatira that He takes sexual sin very seriously. In A Letter to the Sexually Immoral, Jesus at first praises these believers: they’re busy in faith, love and endurance. But this church is tolerating sexual sin, which God, in His Word and His wisdom, likens to spiritual adultery. These are the “deep things of Satan,” Jesus says, very tempting in the meantime—but fruitless in the end.
A Letter to the Sexually Immoral
Jesus “has eyes like a flame of fire” and He’s warning the church in Thyatira that He takes sexual sin very seriously. In A Letter to the Sexually Immoral, Jesus at first praises these believers: they’re busy in faith, love and endurance. But this church is tolerating sexual sin, which God, in His Word and His wisdom, likens to spiritual adultery. These are the “deep things of Satan,” Jesus says, very tempting in the meantime—but fruitless in the end.
A Letter to the Sort of Faithful P2
Today, Jesus brings us a letter to the church in Pergamum. It’s a Letter to the Sort of Faithful, and it’s a word that cuts like a sword, warning false teachers and worshippers of false idols that He sees right through their deceit. He also, though, provides a word of encouragement to the unswerving, those who are truly faithful. When our life in Christ is at its most challenging, He will provide us with soul-sustaining manna. Don’t give up!
Feeding of the 5000
“The feeding of the 5000 is the single miracle recorded in all 4 gospels. Only the supernatural power of our gracious God can explain how five loaves of bread and two fish can possibly feed 5000 people – with leftovers! Yet, as wonderful as it is that Christ provided the physical bread, the true miracle is in the spiritual food that he provides. He is the bread of life – the only one who can satisfy and the only one who can save.
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