The Army of God (7 of 9)
Series: God Goes to War
Jeff Strite
Revelation 8:1-5OPEN: Harry Emerson Fosdick told the tale of a little church on the coast of England that was ruined in a hurricane. The congregation was poor and didn’t have the money to rebuild. Then one day a representative of the British Admiralty came to the preacher and asked if they intended to reconstruct their church building.
When the preacher explained why they couldn’t, the other man replied:
"Well, if you do not rebuild it… we will.
The spire on your church is on all our charts and maps. It is the landmark by which our ships set their course."
What the representative of British Navy was saying was this:
That church was important to them.
Throughout the book of Revelation, that’s the same message Jesus gives us.
You (for you are the church) you are important to Him.
You remember the children’s song – "Jesus Loves Me"?
Sing it with me.
“Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so”
According to that song - how do we know Jesus loves us?
(The Bible tells me so)
That’s right!
In the same way we know Jesus loves us because Revelation tells us so.
Series: God Goes to War
Jeff Strite
Revelation 8:1-5OPEN: Harry Emerson Fosdick told the tale of a little church on the coast of England that was ruined in a hurricane. The congregation was poor and didn’t have the money to rebuild. Then one day a representative of the British Admiralty came to the preacher and asked if they intended to reconstruct their church building.
When the preacher explained why they couldn’t, the other man replied:
"Well, if you do not rebuild it… we will.
The spire on your church is on all our charts and maps. It is the landmark by which our ships set their course."
What the representative of British Navy was saying was this:
That church was important to them.
Throughout the book of Revelation, that’s the same message Jesus gives us.
You (for you are the church) you are important to Him.
You remember the children’s song – "Jesus Loves Me"?
Sing it with me.
“Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so”
According to that song - how do we know Jesus loves us?
(The Bible tells me so)
That’s right!
In the same way we know Jesus loves us because Revelation tells us so.
- He “… loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood.” Revelation 1:5
- He has “… made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father…” Revelation 1:6
- He has given us robes made “… white in the blood of the Lamb.” Revelation 7:14
- ”… he’ll guide (us) to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from (our) eyes.” Revelation 7:17
- We will conquer Satan “… by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of (our) testimony….” Revelation 12:11
- We have “his name… written on (our) forehe ...
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