7 CHURCHES OF ASIA REVELATION CHAPTERS 2-3

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA REV. 1:9 – “I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA REV. 1:11 – “saying, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last," and, "What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.".

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA REV. 1:13 – “and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.”

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA EPHESUS – LOVE AND HATE –REV. 2:1-7 – PROBLEM –MATT. 22:37 – LOVE GOD –PSA. 119:97 – LOVE LAW –1 JN. 3:14-16 – LOVE BRETHREN –ROM. 5:8-10 – LOVE SOULS –MATT. 16:24-26 – LOVE FOLLOWS –REV. 2:2,6 – HATED DEEDS OF NICOLAITANES

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA SMYRNA – FAITH AND TRIALS –REV. 2:8-11 – COMPLIMENTS –2 THESS. 1:3-5 – GREAT TRIBULATIONS –JAMES 1:2-4 – PROPER ATTITUDE TOWARD TRIBULATIONS

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA PERGAMOS – IDOLS AND MORALS –REV. 2:12-17 – PROBLEM –2 PET. 2:10-15 – COMPROMISE WILL COST US OUR SOUL

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA THYATIRA – CONDONE AND ALLOW –REV. 2:18-29 – PROBLEM –1 COR. 5:1-13 – GOD WARNS OF ALLOWING SEXUAL IMMORALITY

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA SARDIS – LIVING OR DEAD –REV. 3:1-6 – COMMENDATION/PROBLEM –1 COR. 15:58 – LABOR –JAMES 2:14-20 – FAITH IS DEAD W/O WORKS –HEB. 6:9-12 – THINGS THAT ACCOMPANY SALVATION

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA PHILADELPHIA – OPEN OR SHUT –REV. 3:7-14 – COMMENDATION –JOHN 4:35-38 – GREAT OPPORTUNITY –GAL. 6:7-9 – REAP WHAT WE SOW

7 CHURCHES OF ASIA LAODICEA – COLD OR HOT –REV. 3:14-22 – PROBLEM – INDIFFERENCE –2 COR. 9:7-8 – GOD WANTS US TO ABOUND

CONCLUSION WHAT KIND OF CHURCH ARE WE? HOW WOULD CHRIST DESCRIBE US?