What do others think about the church? Does our reputation match our reality? The church at Sardis was respected as a church alive with activity. But Jesus saw them as they really were: dead. Jesus, the risen Lord, calls his church to wake up. Message based on Revelation 3:1-6.
Quotes:
Charles Spurgeon: I believe a very large majority of churchgoers are merely unthinking, slumbering worshipers of an unknown God.
John Wooden: Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Thomas Linacre: Either these are not the gospels, or we are not Christians.
Tim Keller says in a revival three things happen: sleepy Christians wake up, nominal Christians get saved, and hard-to-reach non-Christians come to faith.
Keith Green: The world is sleeping in the dark, that the church just can’t fight because it’s asleep in the light: how can we be so dead, when we’ve been so well fed. Jesus rose from the grave; we can’t even get out of bed.
Appalachian Hymn: Please search the book again. I thought my name was there. I went to church on Sundays, but I never knelt in prayer. It’s too late now I know; please search the book again, before you make me go.
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