July 24, 2016
Where Are We Going? What Kind of Church?
Pastor Brad Roth
Where Are We Going? Series Conclusion,
What Kind of Church?
We’ve looked at what we’re supposed to be doing as individual believers and as a church. So, what kind of church are we going to be? John shows us some of the possibilities.
Revelation 2:
1-7 Ephesus: left their first love Advice: remember & repent or lose your light 8-11 Smyrna: persecuted & will die for their faith Advice: be faithful no matter what 12-17 Pergamos: compromising, don’t take a hard line on sin Advice: repent or God will be against you 18-29 Thyatira: corrupt, allow false teaching & immorality Advice: repent or be killed; faithful> just hold on 3:1-6 Sardis: good reputation but dead & defiled inside Advice: repent & not be blotted from Book of Life 7-13 Philadelphia: Faithful, kept the Word, not denied the faith, persevered Advice: hold on & be saved from the hour of world wide trial 14-22 Laodicea: lukewarm & don’t realize their condition Advice: repent, be refined by God’s fire or be vomited from God’s mouth.
So then, what kind of church are we going to be?
Loving and faithful? Or compromising and useless to God?
The choice is ours.