1. THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATIONS

2. THEME VERSE Rev. 1:5b-6
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

3. THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST
KNOWING THE ONE WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME IS COMING AGAIN, I WILL LIVE MY LIFE FOR HIM

4. HEROIC MOM Mindy Tran

5. REV 1:5 (ESV)
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

6. REV 3:19 (ESV) - LAODECIA
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

7. ROM 2:4 (ESV)
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

8. THE FIRST AND THE LAST
A BIGGER AND BRIGHTER PICTURE OF JESUS GIVES ME HOPE IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING AND ENCOURAGES ME TO ANSWER HIS CALL

9. Mt. Haleakala

10. I WILL ALWAYS MAKE THE REASON FOR SERVICE MY LOVE FOR JESUS
THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS
I WILL ALWAYS MAKE THE REASON FOR SERVICE MY LOVE FOR JESUS

12. I WILL FOCUS ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO OVERCOME TRIALS IN THIS WORLD
THE CHURCH OF SMYRNA
I WILL FOCUS ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO OVERCOME TRIALS IN THIS WORLD

13. THE CHURCH OF PERGAMUM
I WILL AVOID COMPROMISE WITH THE WORLD BY FOCUSING ON THE BLESSINGS OF JESUS CHRIST

14. QUOTE by David Levi
“Compromise has been a cancer in the church from its inception.”
p. 56

15. I WILL AVOID EVIL BY HOLDING ON TO THE PROMISES OF JESUS
THE CHURCH OF THYATIRA
I WILL AVOID EVIL BY HOLDING ON TO THE PROMISES OF JESUS

16. PEOPLE’S TEMPLE

17. THE CHURCH 0F SARDIS
REV. 3:1-6

18. TAJ MAHAL

19. REV 3:1 (ESV)
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

20. THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATIONS

21. TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS

22. SYNAGOGUE

23. GYMNASIUM

24. SARDIS COINS

25. ACROPOLIS

26. REPUTATION OF SARDIS
REV 3:1

27. REV 3:1 (ESV)
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

28. 1 TIM 5:6 (NIV)
But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

29. MAT 23:27 (ESV)
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.

30. MAT 23:28 (ESV)
So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

31. REMEDY FOR SARDIS
REV 3:2-3

32. REV 3:2 (ESV)
Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

33. REV 3:3 (ESV)
Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

34. REMNANT AT SARDIS
REV 3:4

35. REV 3:4 (ESV)
Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

36. 1 KING 19:18(ESV)
Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

37. REASSURANCE FOR SARDIS
REV 3:5-6

38. REV 3:5 (ESV)
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.

39. REV 13:8 (ESV)
and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

40. REV 3:5 (ESV)
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.

41. REV 3:6 (ESV)
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

42. GAL 5:16 (ESV)
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

43. SOUTH AFRICAN MAN WAKES UP IN MORGUE July 26, 2011

44. THE CHURCH OF SARDIS REPUTATION OF SARDIS REMEDY FOR SARDIS
REMNANT AT SARDIS
REASSURANCE FOR SARDIS

45. THE CHURCH OF SARDIS
I WILL GUARD AGAINST DEAD SPIRITUALITY AND HEED THE CALL OF MY FAITHFUL SAVIOR

46. JOH 14:6 (ESV)
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.