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The Challenges of The Contemporary Church
Revelation 2 - 3

1. The Challenge of False Teachers
(Revelation 2: 1 - 2; II Timothy 3: 13; Revelation 21: 14;
Ephesians 2: 20)

2. The Challenge of External Religiosity
(Revelation 2: 4; Acts 18: 19 - 21; 19: 8 - 10, 20: 31)

3. The Challenge of Persecution
a. Religious Persecution (Revelation 2: 9 - 10)
• Satanic in Origin (Genesis 11 4 – 8; Revelation 17: 5 - 6)
• Satanic in Destiny (Matthew 23: 15)
• Satanic in Blindness (II Corinthians 4: 3 - 4)
• Satanic in Doctrine (I Timothy 4: 1)
b. Government Persecution (Revelation 2: 12 - 13)

4.The Challenge of Moral Decay (Revelation 2: 14, 20; Numbers 31: 16, 25: 1 - 3;
II Corinthians 6: 14 - 17)

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The Theme: Confronting False Teachers
Confronting False Teachers Requires Perseverance (Revelation 2: 2)

Why ? They Are Relentless
(Acts 20: 29 - 30; Philippians 3: 2; Colossians 2: 4, 8; II Thessalonians 3: 14; I Timothy 4: 1; II Timothy 3: 13; II Peter 2: 1; II John 1: 7;
Jude 18 - 20)

Confronting False Teachers Requires Clarity
(Revelation 2: 2; I John 2: 22, 4: 1 - 3)

Confronting False Teachers Requires Knowledge (Revelation 2: 2)
Tests of True Apostles
Chosen Directly By The Lord Jesus
(Luke 6: 13 - 16; Acts 1: 21 - 26; I Corinthians 15: 8 - 9)

Eyewitnesses of The Resurrection of Christ
(Acts 1: 21 - 22, 10: 38 - 42; I Corinthians 9: 1)

Able To Perform Signs and Wonders
(II Corinthians 12: 12; Matthew 10: 1; Acts 5: 12 - 16)

Confronting False Teachers Requires Fervent Love
for Christ (Revelation 2: 4)

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Resurrection Joy
Philippians 3: 19 - 21

A. Recognize The Thieves of Your Joy:
Setting Your Mind on Earthly Things
(Philippians 3: 19)

1. Why Will Preoccupation with This World Rob You of Joy?

a. Because, This World Is Passing Away (I John 2: 15 - 17)
b. Because, This World Is Short (Psalm 90: 10)
c. Because, This World Is Frustrating (Ecclesiastes 2: 11 - 17)
d. Because, This World Is Fatal (Matthew 16: 26; Luke 12: 20 - 21)

B. Reclaim Your Joy

1. Embrace Your Eternal Home: Heaven
(Philippians 3: 20)

a. The Comfort of Heaven (John 14: 1)
b. The Description of Heaven (John 14: 2)
c. The Vastness of Heaven (John 14: 2)
d. The Reality of Heaven (John 14: 2)
e. The Security of Heaven (John 14: 3 - 4)
f. The Way to Heaven (John 14: 5 - 6)

C. Rekindle Your Hope
(Philippians 3: 20)

1. Wait with Eager Anticipation (Matthew 24: 44)
2. Wait with Glorious Expectation (I John 3: 2)
3. Wait with Disciplined Sanctification (I John 3: 3)

D. Revive Your Soul
(Philippians 3: 21)

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Genesis 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow (Rainbow) shall be seen in the cloud:
• It was no mistake that God made it very clear that it was HE who brought the flood upon the Earth and it is HE that causes the Rainbow (See Job 2:10 “…Shall we accept good from God but not trouble?....)
• The sorrow, the pain, the suffering, the tribulations that impact our lives are all from the hand of God who loves us and gave himself for us.
• Why would God do this to us? It is because he loves us and cares for us. • Exodus 3:7 The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know [heb: yaw-dah’} their sorrows
• He has never asked you to go where He is not. He will never lead us somewhere where He has not been already. See Hebrews 13
• God is the Author and Finisher of our Faith (Heb 12:2) and we are used of Him to will and to do of His good pleasure (Phil 2:13)
• He has stated clearly that he will indeed challenge us, test us, teach us, and place us in the fire to refine us so that we come forth as pure gold.
• Rest assured you are in the hands of God. From the words of Habakkuk, the prophet

Habakkuk 3:17-18 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength and He will make my feet like hinds feet, and he will make me walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. •

The text tells me the Lord God is my strength. It is God who makes my path sure. Let us briefly look at what God’s word has to say that encourages us

Old Testament

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken , and shall he not make it good?
Job 23:10
Psalms 18:28
Psalms 18:30
Psalms 23:4
Psalms 56:8
Psalms 71:21
Isaiah 26:3 ;

Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? Has thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the end of the earth fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint: and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 49:15
Isaiah 49:16

New Testament

John 14:1-2
John 14:3
Romans 8:28
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are account as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:57 1
Corinthians 15:58
2 Corinthians 1:3
2 Corinthians 1:4
2 Corinthians 2:14

Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout the ages, world without end. Amen

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Christ  and  His  Church

Revelation 1: 10 – 20

A.   Christ Expects You To Be at Church on The Lord’s Day       
(Revelation  1:  10;  Hebrews  10:  24 - 25)

B.   Christ Knows The Churches By Name
(Revelation  1:  11,  2:  1 -  4,  8  -  10) 

C.   Christ Walks In The Midst of The Churches
(Revelation  1:  12,  20)

1.    Comfort     (Revelation  1:  13;  Leviticus  8:  6 - 7,  16:  4;        Hebrews  2:  17,  4:  14 - 16) 

2.    Judgment     (Revelation  1:  14;  Hebrews  4:  13)

3.    Authority.    (Revelation  1:  13) 

D.   Christ Provides Leaders For His Church
(Revelation  1:  16,  20;  I Timothy  3:  1  -  7,  5:  17)

E.    Christ Protects His Church
(Revelation  1:  16,  2:  14  -  16)

F.    Christ Comforts His Church
(Revelation  1:  17 -  18)

G.   Christ Entrusts His Church
(Revelation  1:  19)

 

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How to Defeat Stress and Depression
Ephesians 1:7-14

A. Count your Blessings

B. Expand your Vision

C. Increase your Praise

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How to Stay Encouraged Through Tribulation
Revelation  1:  1 - 8
 
Introduction:  Revelation 1:  9, 11;  2: 13
 

1. Stay Fascinated with Jesus Christ                          (Revelation  1:  1; Colossians  1:  15  -  20)

 

2. Be On The Alert For Christ’s Return                        (Revelation  1:  1  -  3;  I Thessalonians  5:  2;  Luke 12:  35  -  40)

 

3. Embrace The Eternality of Christ                               (Revelation  1:  4  -  8;  6:  8)

 

4. Cherish  Christ  as  Savior                                        (Revelation  1:  5;  Romans  8:  31  -  39)

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Salvation:  An  Overview  of  The  Book  of  Romans

 

1.  The  Spread  of  Salvation 

                (Romans  1:  1, 13)

 

                a.  A  Focused  Life    (Romans  1: 1)

                b.  A  Restless  Hunger    (Romans  1: 13)

                c.  A  Holy  Obligation    (Romans  1: 14)

 

2.   A  Purchaser  of  Salvation 

                 (Romans  1:  2 – 4)

                 a.   The  Son  of  Promise   (Romans  1:  2)

                 b.   The  Son  of  Man   (Romans  1:  3)

                 c.   The  Son  of  God   (Romans  1:  4)

                 d.   The Son  of  Glory   (Romans  1:  4)

                       *  Jesus – His  Name

                       *  Christ – His  Title 

                       *  Lord –  His  Identity

 

3.   The  Power  of  Salvation  

                 (Romans  1:  16)

 

4.  The  Need  of  Salvation 

                 a.   The  Godless  Heathen  Are  Under  God’s  Wrath

                       *  They  Suppress  The  Truth   (Romans  1:  18)

                       *  They  Exchange  The  Truth    (Romans  1:  23)

                       *  They  Encourage  Rebellion  Against  The  Truth    (Romans  1:  32)

                 b.  The  Moral  Religious  Man  Is  Under  The  Wrath  of  God   (Romans  2:  1 – 3)

                 c.  The  Whole  World  is  Under  The  Wrath  of  God   (Romans  3:  10,  23)

 

5.   The  Plan  of  Salvation 

                 (Romans  3:  22 – 25)

                 a.  Faith     (Romans  3:  22)

                 b.  Grace    (Romans  3:  24)

                 c.  Redemption    (Romans  3:  24)

                 d.  Propitiation     (Romans 3:  25)

 

6.   The  Fraudulent  Counterfeit  Way  of  Salvation:  Works 

                 (Romans  4:  1 – 3)

 

7.   The  Blessings  of  Salvation 

                 a.   A  New  Relationship:  Peace     (Romans  5:  1)

                 b.   A  New  Future     (Romans 5:  2)

                 c.   A  New  Perspective    (Romans  5:  3 – 5)

                 d.   A  New  Security    (Romans 5:  8 – 9)

   

8.    The  Responsibilities  of  Salvation:  Fight  Sin 

                  (Romans  6:  12,  15,  8:  9 – 11)

  

 9.   The  Security  of  Salvation 

                   (Romans  8: 1,  29 – 39, Chap  9 – 11)

 

 10.  The  Recipients  of  Salvation   

                   (Romans  12 – 16)

                   a.  Live  in  Unity   (Romans  12:  3 – 5)

                   b.  Live  with  Responsibility    (Romans  13)

                   c.  Live  with  Sensitivity     (Romans  14 – 15)

                   d.  Live  with  Gratitude    (Romans  16)

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