THYATIRA: THE CHURCH THAT TOLERATED EVIL (5 OF 8)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: Revelations 2:18-29
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Thyatira: The Church that Tolerated Evil (5 of 8)
Series: In Our Midst: Jesus and the 7 Churches of Revelation
Josh Malone
Revelations 2:18-29
Jesus is not satisfied with a church being partially healthy. Jesus cares about how we relate to Him, others, the Bible, and sin. He cares about how we respond to adversity and persecution. He cares about how we live. Jesus wants us to be a healthy church. Jesus wants you to be a healthy Christian. There is not an area where Jesus doesn't want you submitted to His design.
Jesus wants us to be completely healthy, thriving, and in line with what He says. This morning we are going to see another church that has areas of health, but a glaring area of sickness. They are too tolerant.
Illus. Beware of Blindspots- Any person and any church can have blindspots. This church this morning has a blind spot. An area that is not flourishing like the other areas, an area of exposure. Do you have any blindspots in our life, in this church? These letters to these churches help us to look for and locate our blindspots.
The big question this morning in relation to this is what is your attitude toward sin? In your life, in the church... do we think about evil, what Jesus does... or like the world does?
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Rev. 2:18-29- ''And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
[19] '''I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. [20] But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. [21] I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. [22] Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless ...
Series: In Our Midst: Jesus and the 7 Churches of Revelation
Josh Malone
Revelations 2:18-29
Jesus is not satisfied with a church being partially healthy. Jesus cares about how we relate to Him, others, the Bible, and sin. He cares about how we respond to adversity and persecution. He cares about how we live. Jesus wants us to be a healthy church. Jesus wants you to be a healthy Christian. There is not an area where Jesus doesn't want you submitted to His design.
Jesus wants us to be completely healthy, thriving, and in line with what He says. This morning we are going to see another church that has areas of health, but a glaring area of sickness. They are too tolerant.
Illus. Beware of Blindspots- Any person and any church can have blindspots. This church this morning has a blind spot. An area that is not flourishing like the other areas, an area of exposure. Do you have any blindspots in our life, in this church? These letters to these churches help us to look for and locate our blindspots.
The big question this morning in relation to this is what is your attitude toward sin? In your life, in the church... do we think about evil, what Jesus does... or like the world does?
READ TEXT
Rev. 2:18-29- ''And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
[19] '''I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. [20] But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. [21] I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. [22] Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless ...
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