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Think yourself
EmptyRead yourself Full
Write yourself Clear
Pray Yourself Hot
Be Yourself but Don’t Preach Yourself!
Introduction
Introduction
Attention (Why should they listen to you?)
What is the Hearer’s problem?
What is the Biblical Solution?
What do the hearers need to know?
Main Textual Idea:
Main Idea: Jesus Will Not Tolerate Idolatry In His Church
Main Idea: Jesus Will Not Tolerate Idolatry In His Church
Interrogative:
Transition: 6 observations from the text and then I’ll give you some application
Body
1. The One From Whom the Message Comes (vs. 18)
1. The One From Whom the Message Comes (vs. 18)
Lead in...What is the tension here?
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
Explanation -
Illustration - Argumentation - Application - Review -
2. The Commendation From Jesus (vs. 19)
2. The Commendation From Jesus (vs. 19)
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19 “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
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Illustration - Argumentation - Application - Review -
3. The Rebuke from Jesus (vs. 20-23)
3. The Rebuke from Jesus (vs. 20-23)
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The Promise of Punishment from Jesus (vs. 20)
The Promise of Punishment from Jesus (vs. 20)
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
The Warning (21-23)
The Warning (21-23)
21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, 23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
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4. The Encouragement to the True Church (vs. 24-25)
4. The Encouragement to the True Church (vs. 24-25)
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24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden. 25 Only hold fast what you have until I come.
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5. The Challenge to the Churches (vs. 26-29)
5. The Challenge to the Churches (vs. 26-29)
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26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
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Conclusion
Conclusion
Review opening illustration (if appropriate)
Review Main Idea
Give final application
Land the Plane.
Connection Group Reflection Questions
What do these verses teach me about our character?
What do these verses teach me about God and his character?
Because these words are from God, they are TRUTH!
What truth is he asking me to believe?
What do I need to do to obey him?
With whom can I share these truths?