Sermon Tone Analysis

The seven Spirits may be the Holy Spirit, or perhaps seven angels

It is in the power of the Holy Spirit that He controls the churches and their messengers.

3:1.

The seven Spirits of God.

Paul speaks of the unity of the person of the Spirit (cf.

Eph 4:3); John emphasizes the diversity of His attributes and actions as well as the fullness of His power (cf.

Isa 11:2).

In the different creeds of Christendom, it will be remembered, the Holy Spirit was not given His rightful place.

The seven spirits of God.

As in 1:4, this is an allusion to the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

Don’t be alive and still dead.

one can be physically alive and spiritually dead.

Your daily fear of future tragedy erodes your affection for God.

Your experience in corporate worship is empty and distracted.

You feel unimpressed, aloof to the things of God.

ou feel unimpressed, aloof to the things of God.Patterns of repentance crumble and fade.The preached word seems boring.Hymns prompt only an irregular cadence of exhausted sighs.Spiritual advice trips over its own triteness on its way to cynical ears.Christian articles online induce more guilt than help.

Patterns of repentance crumble and fade.

The preached word seems boring.Hymns prompt only an irregular cadence of exhausted sighs.

Spiritual advice trips over its own triteness on its way to cynical ears.

Christian articles online induce more guilt than help.

wake up

This admonition was particularly relevant in Sardis, for in the city was an impregnable acropolis which had never been seized by frontal attack; twice, however, in the history of the city, the acropolis had been taken by stealth because of lack of vigilance on the part of its defenders.

This admonition suggests that the church was not yet entirely beyond hope.

It was not too late to awaken from spiritual lethargy; there still remained a residuum of life which could be revived.

But unless such a revival occurs, this small remainder will also fall subject to spiritual death.

Ladd, G. E. (1972).

A Commentary on the Revelation of John (p.

56).

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

“there works were not Perfect” for two reasons:

Heresy (bad teaching or application)

it was also distressed by Jewish opposition

what that means is there will always be trouble we cant use that as an excuse to grow cold.

strengthen the things that remain

in every Christians life there is an eb and flow to things.

in every thing you do you can get to where you are phoning it in.

there are things that you cant quit.

in order to make it right it must be revived.

this is how it is with your spiritual life.

I have not found your works perfect

this is not so much about imperfect works, but the opportunity to get it right.

(NKJV)

3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent.

Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

repent

you never know when your time is up

its about eternity