what church became
October we explore Jesus' evaluation of church.
The Revelation from Jesus Christ is the final book in the Bible. It records a series of revelatory visions given to the elderly apostle John. The revelations came from Jesus who proclaimed, "I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades."
The first of the several revelations given to John concluded with Jesus' message to seven 1st century churches. Reading through these seven "letters" one might be surprised to discover how soon churches went off the rails. Jesus said the church had lost their first love, become materialistic, got enticed into sexual immorality, become spiritually dead, and adopted false beliefs.
However, Jesus also commended the churches for hard work and perseverance, loyalty, as well as love and faith and obedience.
Jesus announced, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me." Seven times He said, "Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Join us as we hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ~
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