This message was delivered by Pastor Kim Drake during 10:00am service.
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“Obituary of a Dying Church”
Revelation 3:1-6
Ephesus: Love for Jesus must never take a backseat to anything.
Smyrna: Faithfulness must never falter when suffering happens.
Pergamum: Compromise must never happen no matter what culture dictates.
Thyatira: Tolerance toward Biblically intolerable issues will never be Biblically tolerable.
Sardis: Death called by any other name is still death.
The church at Sardis tried to give the appearance of life—but according to Jesus they were dead. Jesus gave 5 strong commands to this church, which speak to many churches today.
- ___________ _______! Revelation 3:2
Warning: Death in the ______________ comes from living in the ___________!
- ________________ what ______________! Revelation 3:2b
Warning: Tighten _________ ____________ but remain flexible on _______________!