REVELATION IS NOT A SCARY BOOK…IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER…CHRIST REVEALS TO US WHO HE IS…IN ALL OF HIS GLORY…HE REVEALS TO US HOW IT ALL ENDS…AND WE WIN!
BUT SOMETIMES…ACTUALLY ALL OF THE TIME…WE NEED A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT ALONG THE WAY…
THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS WANTS TO HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU!
THE ALL POWERFUL AND EVER-PRESENT CHRIST
Revelation 2:1 ESV
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: 'The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
ACTIVITY DOESN’T EQUAL ANOINTING
Revelation 2:2-3,6 ESV
"'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. [3] I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. [6] Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
IF YOU ABANDON LOVE, YOU ABANDON IT ALL
Revelation 2:4-5 ESV
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. [5] Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
REDISCOVER THE INTIMACY WITH CHRIST THAT CHRIST DESIRES TO HAVE WITH YOU!
Revelation 2:7 ESV
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'
THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS WANTS TO HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU!
