Dear Church: The Church in Sardis
So far in this series, we’ve looked at the unexpected messages to four churches in modern-day Turkey.
UNEXPECTED MESSAGE:
UNEXPECTED MESSAGE:
• It’s better to have no church than an unloving church.
• It’s better to let a church suffer than to prevent it.
• It’s possible for a church to stand up for Jesus while standing against Jesus.
• It’s possible for a church to wrongly value staying together over staying faithful.
• It’s possible for everyone but Jesus to be convinced that a church is alive and well.
Message Scripture Passage:
Revelation 3:1-6
Series Thesis:
KNOWING the truth doesn’t change anything. SUBMITTING to the truth changes everything.
Topics Discussed Today:
Message Scripture Passage:
Revelation 3:1-6
Series Thesis:
KNOWING the truth doesn’t change anything. SUBMITTING to the truth changes everything.
Topics Discussed Today:
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:00 Overview of the church in Sardis: unnoticed, irrelevant.
- 01:45 The church in Sardis started strong but might have become routine.
- 03:37 What does it take to avoid lukewarm faith.
- 05:31 Usage of “woke” in Scripture compared to current cultural usage.
- 11:38 What is Jesus looking for in a healthy church?
- 13:42 What is the heartbeat of believers and the Church?
- 15:17 Adoption, repentance, and the certainty of salvation in Jesus.
- 18:56 Jesus knew us and our future even before we believed in him.
- 21:40 God is gentle and kind to believers, even in discipline and rebuke.
- 25:04 Is the Church for believers or non-believers? Or someone else?
- 28:27 “The gravitational pull to be for ourselves is so strong.” Read 2 Corinthians 5 for the fix.
- 30:30 What are three markers of a healthy church?
