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Message Notes:
9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. – Revelation 1v9-16 (ESV)
“A man says to me, 'Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?' No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.” – Charles Spurgeon
About John:
- He’s our brother
- Partner in the tribulation
- Exiled to a penal island called Patmos
- “On account of the word of God”
- He was in the Spirit (on the Lord’s day)
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” – Revelation 1v10-11 (ESV)
Living for Jesus…
1. Living for Jesus starts with turning to Him
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. — Revelation 1v12-13 (ESV)
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. – Matthew 3v8 (ESV)
I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell. – WILLIAM BOOTH
2. Living for Jesus is fueled by knowing Him
14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. — Revelation 1v14-15 (ESV)
HIS HEAD - POWER AND AUTHORITY
HIS EYES - HOLINESS IN PERFECTNESS
“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.” – Revelation 3:19 (ESV)
HIS FEET - HE’S COMING WITH JUDGEMENT
HIS VOICE - HIS DIVINE STANDARD
HIS HAND - STRENGTH AND HONOR
HIS FACE - INTIMACY & INSTRUCTION
In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. – Revelation 1v16 (ESV)
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. — Hebrews 4v12 (ESV)
3. Living for Jesus means listening to Jesus.
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. — John 13v35 (NLT)
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. — John 14v15 (ESV)
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. - Revelation 1v17-18 (ESV)
Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last. — Isaiah 48v12 (ESV)
The past has been paid for
The future has been prepared
The present is up to you
