TO THE ONE WHO CONQUERS- PART 1 (2 OF 18)
Scripture: Revelation 1:9, Revelation 2:17
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To the One Who Conquers- Part 1 (2 of 18)
Series: Revelation
Patrick Edwards
Revelation 1:9-2:17
Introduction: As some of you who follow my wife on Facebook know, back in early December our 18-month-old Golden Retriever was electrocuted by some Christmas lights along the sidewalk of our neighborhood. Of course, we didn't know at first that it had happened; all we knew was that the next morning he would hardly walk and had developed a significant hematoma around his shoulder. A few days passed and the skin started bleeding and then all of a sudden half of his skin turned black. Frankly, it looked like he had some sort of skin-eating bacteria. It was insane as huge chunks of tissue suddenly began falling off. We were all, vet included, dumbfounded.
Until a couple of days in when one of our vets asked us if Bennett had perhaps fallen asleep on an electric blanket. You see, Bennett's skin was starting to resemble that of a burn, like a cat who has chewed on a wire and been shocked. That's when it dawned on me, that, oh yeah, I had taken Bennett for a walk in light rain the day before he started acting hurt. Once we had deduced then that he had most likely been electrocuted well then, the vets were able to start treating him, namely developing a plan for how we would help him heal over the next few months. You see, before we were all just kind of guessing, giving him various medicines, just hoping for the best. Once the doctors knew, however, what we were up against, now we were on the path to recovery.
It's only logical right? You've got to rightly diagnosis the problem before you can devise and implement the proper remedy, which is how we need to understand the next two and a half chapters of Revelation. You see, last week as we introduced this book and our new series we discussed at length how the book of Revelation is to be read and how it isn't. These principles will apply every week to every passage including this morning's.
You see, I venture t ...
Series: Revelation
Patrick Edwards
Revelation 1:9-2:17
Introduction: As some of you who follow my wife on Facebook know, back in early December our 18-month-old Golden Retriever was electrocuted by some Christmas lights along the sidewalk of our neighborhood. Of course, we didn't know at first that it had happened; all we knew was that the next morning he would hardly walk and had developed a significant hematoma around his shoulder. A few days passed and the skin started bleeding and then all of a sudden half of his skin turned black. Frankly, it looked like he had some sort of skin-eating bacteria. It was insane as huge chunks of tissue suddenly began falling off. We were all, vet included, dumbfounded.
Until a couple of days in when one of our vets asked us if Bennett had perhaps fallen asleep on an electric blanket. You see, Bennett's skin was starting to resemble that of a burn, like a cat who has chewed on a wire and been shocked. That's when it dawned on me, that, oh yeah, I had taken Bennett for a walk in light rain the day before he started acting hurt. Once we had deduced then that he had most likely been electrocuted well then, the vets were able to start treating him, namely developing a plan for how we would help him heal over the next few months. You see, before we were all just kind of guessing, giving him various medicines, just hoping for the best. Once the doctors knew, however, what we were up against, now we were on the path to recovery.
It's only logical right? You've got to rightly diagnosis the problem before you can devise and implement the proper remedy, which is how we need to understand the next two and a half chapters of Revelation. You see, last week as we introduced this book and our new series we discussed at length how the book of Revelation is to be read and how it isn't. These principles will apply every week to every passage including this morning's.
You see, I venture t ...
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