SARDIS: THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING DEAD (6 OF 8)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: Revelations 3:1-6
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Sardis: The Church of the Living Dead (6 of 8)
Series: In Our Midst: Jesus and the 7 Churches of Revelation
Josh Malone
Revelations 3:1-6
Intro. - Wizard of Oz- Reputation is a powerful thing, but reputation is not always reality. You may remember the in the great story of the Wizard of Oz the reputation of the Wizard. His reputation as a powerful, intimidating all powerful figure towered over Oz. However, we find out in the story that it was this little old man who had made himself out to be something he wasn't. He couldn't live up to his reputation. It wasn't real.
Reputation can fail to live up to reality for a number of reasons. Sometimes its because reality has changed but the reputation once established still remains; such as, when you visit an area and love a restaurant and 10 years later you drop by again and its no longer good, the ownership changed and the quality.
This is also true of churches. A church can have a certain reputation of liveliness, impact, fruitfulness... but the reality may be death and spiritual slumber.
This morning we are going to look at a church that had a reputation for life but actually had went off the rails and was a dead church. This church was full of a lot of people who claimed to know and love Jesus and were thought of that way, but in fact... they did not. It likely had people that had fell asleep spiritually as well.
Every church needs to have the humility to realize it is capable of becoming like some of these churches, and every person that claims to know Jesus needs to with humility examine themselves to see if these characteristics are in their own life.
[3:1] ''And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.
'''I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. [2] Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. [3] Remember, the ...
Series: In Our Midst: Jesus and the 7 Churches of Revelation
Josh Malone
Revelations 3:1-6
Intro. - Wizard of Oz- Reputation is a powerful thing, but reputation is not always reality. You may remember the in the great story of the Wizard of Oz the reputation of the Wizard. His reputation as a powerful, intimidating all powerful figure towered over Oz. However, we find out in the story that it was this little old man who had made himself out to be something he wasn't. He couldn't live up to his reputation. It wasn't real.
Reputation can fail to live up to reality for a number of reasons. Sometimes its because reality has changed but the reputation once established still remains; such as, when you visit an area and love a restaurant and 10 years later you drop by again and its no longer good, the ownership changed and the quality.
This is also true of churches. A church can have a certain reputation of liveliness, impact, fruitfulness... but the reality may be death and spiritual slumber.
This morning we are going to look at a church that had a reputation for life but actually had went off the rails and was a dead church. This church was full of a lot of people who claimed to know and love Jesus and were thought of that way, but in fact... they did not. It likely had people that had fell asleep spiritually as well.
Every church needs to have the humility to realize it is capable of becoming like some of these churches, and every person that claims to know Jesus needs to with humility examine themselves to see if these characteristics are in their own life.
[3:1] ''And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.
'''I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. [2] Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. [3] Remember, the ...
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