A SPIRITUAL AUDIT (3 OF 15)
by Larry Wynn
Scripture: REVELATION 2:18-29, REVELATION 3:1-22
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A SPIRITUAL AUDIT (3 of 15)
PART 2 OF SUBJECT: SEVEN CHURCHES
A BRIDAL PORTRAIT
LARRY WYNN
REVELATION 2:18-3:22
JUNE 3, 2001 A.M.
INTRODUCTION
LAST WEEK WE STARTED A TWO-PART MESSAGE ON THE SEVEN
CHURCHES OF REVELATION.
WE ARE DOING A PERSONAL SPIRITUAL AUDIT.
AS A REFRESHER: LAST WEEK WE LOOKED AT:
- EPHESUS: PREOCCUPATION.
- SMYRNA: STRUGGLES.
- PERGAMOS: COMPROMISE.
TODAY, I WANT US TO BEGIN BY LOOKING AT THYATIRA.
- THE STORY OF THIS CHURCH IS FOUND IN 2: 18-29.
- THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTIC IS TOLERANCE.
- TOLERANCE CAN BE A GOOD WORD, BUT IT IS A MIS-
USED WORD TODAY.
- UNFORTUNATELY WE TOLERATE WHAT WE SHOULD NOT AND
DON'T TOLERATE WHAT WE SHOULD.
I. THYATIRA: VS. 18-29. {TOLERANCE}.
A. DEVOTED.
1. LABORING.
- THEY WERE HARD WORKERS.
- WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A COUPLE CHURCHES LIKE
THIS.
- IT REMINDS US THAT A GROWING CHURCH TAKES
DEVOTION.
- IT TAKES HARD WORK.
2. LOVING.
- UNLIKE EPHESUS THIS PEOPLE HAD NOT STOP
LOVING JESUS.
- THEY LOVED HIM GREATLY.
B. DECEIVED. VS. 20FF.
1. PERSON.
- JEZEBEL.
* NOT A REAL NAME BUT CHARACTERISTIC.
* LIKE BEING CALLED BENEDICT ARNOLD TODAY.
- SHE WAS A PERSON WHO WAS COMMITTED TO FALSE
TEACHING.
- IT WAS APPEALING TO THE NON-DISCERNING BUT
APPALLING TO THE LORD.
2. PERSONALITY.
- SELF-APPOINTED TEACHER. REFUSED TO BE
UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE CHURCH.
- SEDUCTIVE.
- SCHOLARLY. I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND A
WEEK OR SO AGO WHO HAD A PROFESSOR IN COLLEGE I HAD.
HE WAS WINSOME, SCHOLARLY, AND STRONG. BUT, HE WAS
TERRIBLY WRONG IN HIS VIEWS ON JESUS.
3. POISON.
- THOSE WHO HOLD TO A TOLERANT VIEW WOULD SAY
"PEACE AT ANY COST."
- WE SHOULD BE PEACEMAKERS BUT WE MUST ALSO
BE TRUTH DEFENDERS.
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PART 2 OF SUBJECT: SEVEN CHURCHES
A BRIDAL PORTRAIT
LARRY WYNN
REVELATION 2:18-3:22
JUNE 3, 2001 A.M.
INTRODUCTION
LAST WEEK WE STARTED A TWO-PART MESSAGE ON THE SEVEN
CHURCHES OF REVELATION.
WE ARE DOING A PERSONAL SPIRITUAL AUDIT.
AS A REFRESHER: LAST WEEK WE LOOKED AT:
- EPHESUS: PREOCCUPATION.
- SMYRNA: STRUGGLES.
- PERGAMOS: COMPROMISE.
TODAY, I WANT US TO BEGIN BY LOOKING AT THYATIRA.
- THE STORY OF THIS CHURCH IS FOUND IN 2: 18-29.
- THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTIC IS TOLERANCE.
- TOLERANCE CAN BE A GOOD WORD, BUT IT IS A MIS-
USED WORD TODAY.
- UNFORTUNATELY WE TOLERATE WHAT WE SHOULD NOT AND
DON'T TOLERATE WHAT WE SHOULD.
I. THYATIRA: VS. 18-29. {TOLERANCE}.
A. DEVOTED.
1. LABORING.
- THEY WERE HARD WORKERS.
- WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A COUPLE CHURCHES LIKE
THIS.
- IT REMINDS US THAT A GROWING CHURCH TAKES
DEVOTION.
- IT TAKES HARD WORK.
2. LOVING.
- UNLIKE EPHESUS THIS PEOPLE HAD NOT STOP
LOVING JESUS.
- THEY LOVED HIM GREATLY.
B. DECEIVED. VS. 20FF.
1. PERSON.
- JEZEBEL.
* NOT A REAL NAME BUT CHARACTERISTIC.
* LIKE BEING CALLED BENEDICT ARNOLD TODAY.
- SHE WAS A PERSON WHO WAS COMMITTED TO FALSE
TEACHING.
- IT WAS APPEALING TO THE NON-DISCERNING BUT
APPALLING TO THE LORD.
2. PERSONALITY.
- SELF-APPOINTED TEACHER. REFUSED TO BE
UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE CHURCH.
- SEDUCTIVE.
- SCHOLARLY. I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND A
WEEK OR SO AGO WHO HAD A PROFESSOR IN COLLEGE I HAD.
HE WAS WINSOME, SCHOLARLY, AND STRONG. BUT, HE WAS
TERRIBLY WRONG IN HIS VIEWS ON JESUS.
3. POISON.
- THOSE WHO HOLD TO A TOLERANT VIEW WOULD SAY
"PEACE AT ANY COST."
- WE SHOULD BE PEACEMAKERS BUT WE MUST ALSO
BE TRUTH DEFENDERS.
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