In this series on OVERCOMING we will be doing a few episodes looking at Jesus' final words to his church. His desire is for the church to overcome or to conquer. Now some may think it doesn't really matter in the end, however, Jesus has some stern warnings to some of these churches if they do not overcome or fix the current problem that he sees. The consequences of not fixing the problem and overcoming are eternal consequences as we will find out as we at each church.
For the church of Sardis they did not receive any admonishment of sins they needed to repent of such as idols, immorality or any stumbling blocks of sin (envy, strife, jealousy, anger etc.); but they were chastised for their works being dead. They looked alive to the world and that they had a name as a church, but in the eyes of God their Spiritual works were dead. We must make sure we are doing the "good works" the Holy Spirit is convicting us to do and not just being busy making our own works. This is what is discussed in Part 5A.
In Part 5B, the next episode we will look at "waking up", "white clothes", and names in the "book of life".
If you have any questions or would like to set up a conversation to discuss questions please email: Warriors4ChristYT@gmail.com
Passages covered: Revelation 3:1-6; Luke 6:32-35; Hebrews 4:1-10; 1 Samuel ch 15, 16:14; John 3:19-21, 4:32-36, 5:14-17, 7:16-18, 9:4, 13:13-17, 14:10-12, 20-21, 15:10-14.
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