Description

“God is holy; holiness is an essential attribute of His nature. With respect to Him, it means absolute purity and moral perfection. With respect to man, holiness means conformity to the character of God."

David K Bernard

The Passage

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Revelation 3:1-3 (ESV)

The List:

1. He sends messengers to His churches with specific messages
2. Jesus has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars (and God saw it fit and important for His church to know this)
3. He knows our works or all that we do
4. He sees our reputation, and sees through our reputation
5. He recognizes when we exhibit false images of ourselves or misrepresent ourselves or I’ll add
6. He sees us like we are, not how we try to appear
7. He calls dead churches to wake up
8. He calls us to strengthen what we have that is good
9. He sees when our works our our ways are not right in his eyes
10. He points out to us when we are not in right standing
11. He calls us to remember the good things we have received and heard
12. He calls us to repent
13. He warns us that if we are not awakened, that he will come agains us as an unannounced thief.

Declarations:

You send messengers to your church, you know what we need to hear.

Jesus you have the seven spirits of God and the Seven stars.

You know all that we do, our works and deeds.

You see right through us, how we represent and usually misrepresent ourselves, the persona we put on and you see the hiddenness and what’s dead. 

But you call us out, you point it out and don’t leave it, you call us to wake up. 

You call us to strengthen that which is good and that which we have left, to repent of the things that are not right in your eyes.

You will come against us if we don’t wake up because you are committed to righteousness

Song:

You see it all

Every mask that I put on

You see through it all

Who I am and who I pretend to be

But you love me anyway

You still call me your own

Your beloved friend

Your inheritance 

You took what was dry and dead

And brought it to vibrant life

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