1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,980 Thank you. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:59,980 Thank you. 3 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:29,980 Thank you. 4 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 I'm going to go ahead and get started. 5 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 I'm going to go ahead and get started. 6 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 I'm going to go ahead and get started. 7 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:27,980 Thank you. 8 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:35,820 All right, we're going to have how you get started this morning. 9 00:07:35,820 --> 00:07:43,820 I want to begin before we pray by reading from Revelation chapter 1 beginning in verse 4. 10 00:07:44,020 --> 00:07:51,660 would be Revelation 7, 9, 2, 3, 4, 6, 1, and 1, and 2. 11 00:07:51,660 --> 00:07:55,100 So we can go right back to the crowd in a little bit. 12 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:57,200 The crowd says, "Stown to the seven churches 13 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,940 who are an angry grand scheme is key to the crack and the moon, 14 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:04,480 who is and who was and who is the power. 15 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,120 From the seven spirit to a before the throne, 16 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,240 from the final pieces of the faithful, 17 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,840 which is the firstborn of death and the ruler, 18 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,000 are the things of the earth. 19 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,020 To him who loved him, 20 00:08:17,020 --> 00:08:18,480 he was freed us from our feet 21 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:19,800 by his heart. 22 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,240 And as there was a kingdom 23 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,360 freed us from the sky and starved, 24 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,320 to him be glory and dominion 25 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,240 for ever and ever. 26 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,280 Amen. 27 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:29,820 You know, he was coming with the sky 28 00:08:29,820 --> 00:08:31,620 and every eye was windy, 29 00:08:31,620 --> 00:08:32,920 even though some piercings 30 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,500 outside the earth were well 31 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:38,080 and found him even so. 32 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:39,040 Amen. 33 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:40,540 I am the outlaw in the United 34 00:08:40,540 --> 00:08:41,500 of the Lord God. 35 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:46,100 you will, and you will, and you will, and you will be all mighty. 36 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:51,820 There you will have a look at some of the struggles with the circles in this time and this place 37 00:08:51,820 --> 00:08:56,620 where they speak some of the internal external, some of the tired, some of the rights, 38 00:08:56,620 --> 00:09:01,220 some of the terrible times, some of the compromises, some of the dismal and things, 39 00:09:01,220 --> 00:09:06,720 some filled with pride, and I know that I know how revelation begins. 40 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:16,000 And for those of us who are struggling and hurting and experiencing those same things that before talking, before talking about it, 41 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:25,780 we'll do things that begins by telling us who's getting, not just who knows, but who knows what he's done. 42 00:09:25,780 --> 00:09:30,040 And we'll read by the plot of the plot. 43 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:35,980 So we know we're going to take a look at all of that, but we want to start a breakdown, 44 00:09:35,980 --> 00:09:41,560 start to be just familiar with the line, and let's put bottom-head and basically allowing 45 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:49,120 us to take your position for your people, for your word, yeah, but as we gather some words 46 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:55,500 that just keep it fix our eyes and worry, and we restore our souls and we are friends 47 00:09:55,500 --> 00:10:03,000 because it would be valuable that we have to do those who are battling this portion 48 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,800 and who walked over the empty space. 49 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,100 And it's a great thing, it's a great thing, it's a great thing. 50 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:09,100 It's a great thing. 51 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:10,100 It's a great thing. 52 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:12,100 It's a great thing. 53 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:20,600 We're going to read a few verses from this 46 down together. 54 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,300 If you will, let's go ahead and stand. 55 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:27,260 And we're just gonna read on this first slide, right? 56 00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:29,240 So, Lord, just read with me. 57 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:32,880 "God is His our rescue between the great earth, 58 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,440 a very present self in trouble. 59 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:41,480 Therefore, you will not fear, though the earth you pray, 60 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,420 though the mountains you move to the heart of the sea, 61 00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:48,620 though its waters roar and thunder, 62 00:10:48,620 --> 00:10:52,260 though the mountains crumble and hit your way. 63 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:54,600 about music, the child is about to do that. 64 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,500 Where it's so large, I don't know, 100% sure what it is, 65 00:10:57,500 --> 00:11:00,260 but the pictures were the main, the child is going to put the bars, 66 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:02,900 and it's left, and it's left, and it's left. 67 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:04,200 And I think that's all right. 68 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:09,020 I appreciate the fact that Jerry can say, you know, what it does this morning, 69 00:11:09,020 --> 00:11:13,320 though, is the end of the lake and some? 70 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:14,320 And you will. 71 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:15,720 I'll see you in the next week. 72 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,220 I'll see you in the next week. 73 00:11:22,260 --> 00:11:52,240 Thank you. 74 00:11:52,260 --> 00:12:22,240 Thank you. 75 00:12:22,260 --> 00:12:52,240 Thank you. 76 00:18:22,260 --> 00:18:23,920 I'm not sure what's happening. 77 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,220 I'm not sure what's happening. 78 00:18:26,220 --> 00:18:27,220 It's happening here. 79 00:18:27,220 --> 00:18:29,220 I'm not sure what's happening here. 80 00:18:29,220 --> 00:18:31,180 I'm not sure what's happening here. 81 00:18:31,180 --> 00:18:33,220 I'm not sure what's happening here. 82 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:53,300 and the rest of the world is to have a great place to be. 83 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:55,300 It's a great place to be. 84 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:56,300 It's a great place to be. 85 00:18:56,300 --> 00:18:58,300 It's a great place to be. 86 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:48,280 I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you're saying. 87 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:55,280 themselves. They do feel like when they struggle, that they even want you to be sure that they 88 00:19:55,280 --> 00:20:02,280 were able to do it from themselves, from their own selves, from their own streets. One house, 89 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,280 there are two great industries. There are several industries in the town, but one of them, 90 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:13,280 like, they make high staff for people who are struggling with business, being able to see 91 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:19,880 and be able to travel there and be able to be able to feel their eyes and appreciate it. 92 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:29,000 It is similar to how to get close, very high-end, very good, very tight, close. 93 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,460 So these just bring attention to the experience of this. 94 00:20:32,460 --> 00:20:34,900 For you all, I'm really both prospered. 95 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:37,780 And I can't stop it, I'll tell you the word to church. 96 00:20:37,780 --> 00:20:42,680 It's very much the words that I need to know what you think is going to be. 97 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,320 Not realizing or what this video goes for the morning of the day. 98 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,420 It's just a hard piece of paper. 99 00:20:50,420 --> 00:20:55,200 Where it's a graphic reference to a piece of paper. 100 00:20:55,200 --> 00:21:01,640 It's going to be like a high level with the colors and what these are just going to be. 101 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,680 And it's not a graphic to a graphic. 102 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:09,820 So we had to go ahead and hold it to the end of the year. 103 00:21:09,820 --> 00:21:12,620 As we come, we're talking to St. Louis. 104 00:21:12,620 --> 00:21:20,880 I think it's been about into our time, so we may not have to do it. 105 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:26,240 Any person told me not to do it, but it has to do it. 106 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:33,080 And it's very nice to be able to take a very few things in the day. 107 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:37,320 I was like, "Oh, I'm not like he was faking, because he was hurt him." 108 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,780 "Oh, no, no, the thing is going back." 109 00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:42,320 And if anybody hears my believe in the book, it's a girl. 110 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,560 I would believe in the name of the Jesus Christ, the King of the King. 111 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,500 And since that is a fashion picture of Jesus, what I'm getting, I thought, 112 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:53,100 If you don't have arms, you're only going to have to go back to life. 113 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:56,480 This is where it's more to be gathered. 114 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,680 It's usually to take care of basketball. 115 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,880 Okay. 116 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:01,920 Make sure you're looking. 117 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,820 I'm not sure. 118 00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:04,880 I'm not sure. 119 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:10,060 You think that's so long, too, that's why you're looking at it today. 120 00:22:10,060 --> 00:22:15,720 You need to take care of it and take care of it and take care of it and take care of it. 121 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,820 You know, it's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie. 122 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:21,680 It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie. 123 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,780 It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie. 124 00:22:23,780 --> 00:22:26,040 Yeah, it's a lie. 125 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,160 It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie. 126 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,940 It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie. 127 00:22:31,940 --> 00:22:35,000 It's a lie, it's a lie. 128 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,700 It's a lie, it's a lie. 129 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,580 It's a lie, it's a lie. 130 00:22:38,580 --> 00:22:40,060 It's a lie. 131 00:22:40,060 --> 00:22:43,060 It's a lie, it's a lie. 132 00:22:44,740 --> 00:22:52,680 We have a lot of people who do not think about how it's expected to be the best of the world. 133 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,680 We have a lot of people who do not think about it. 134 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:01,480 We have a lot of people who do not think about it. 135 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,120 We have a lot of people who do not think about it. 136 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:18,320 or the other people who are interested in the community. 137 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:25,320 Or the other people who are interested in the community. 138 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,320 Or we -- 139 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:58,300 Thank you. 140 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:28,300 Thank you. 141 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:58,300 Thank you. 142 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:29,320 I don't know if I can tell you. 143 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,320 I don't know if I can tell you. 144 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,320 I don't know if I can tell you. 145 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:47,320 - Thank you. 146 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:48,320 - Thank you. 147 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,320 - Thank you. 148 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:24,320 The 12th chapter, Abram is called by God and he goes from his country, his family, and he goes into the low end of God and calls him to him. 149 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:36,320 And when you feel like Abram does an offer to the Lord and he prays to the Lord and he worships him, it's about very long before famine comes to the rain. 150 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,320 The guy who goes badly, right? 151 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,320 He's glad he was just over and over and over again. 152 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,320 He was a good guy who was able to get the wrong idea. 153 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,320 And that fear of having a constant, 154 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,320 right, is the reason. 155 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,320 The agent is not the link in session 3. 156 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,320 The doctor is speaking to his own friendly group. 157 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,320 The chapter 13 said that he's really hard to get his head. 158 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,280 The bar is going to be a good guy. 159 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:11,400 And it's waiting for his people to be able to keep up on him. 160 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,540 And it's waiting for his people to be able to keep up on him. 161 00:27:14,540 --> 00:27:20,200 And he's waiting for his people to be able to keep up on him. 162 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:26,780 So many times we find ourselves where I'm talking about these people to be able to keep up on him. 163 00:27:26,780 --> 00:27:31,780 And he's like, no, I don't want to be able to keep up on him. 164 00:27:31,780 --> 00:27:35,020 Because you know, I think that's what you're talking about. 165 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,880 Because, you know, I think that's what you're talking about. 166 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,780 You know, I think that's what you're talking about. 167 00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:45,020 Because that's what you're talking about. 168 00:27:45,020 --> 00:27:46,020 Okay. 169 00:27:46,020 --> 00:27:47,020 It's really great. 170 00:27:47,020 --> 00:27:48,660 And it's what you're talking about. 171 00:27:48,660 --> 00:27:50,440 You're talking about what you're talking about. 172 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,200 You're talking about what you're talking about. 173 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,800 You're talking about what you're talking about. 174 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,300 So, I think that's what you're talking about. 175 00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:04,200 That's why you're having a penny, but the product takes 176 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,880 the money in the course. 177 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:12,280 The product takes the money to pay for the money. 178 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:16,420 The product takes the money to pay for the money. 179 00:28:16,420 --> 00:28:19,220 The product takes the money to pay for the money. 180 00:28:23,060 --> 00:28:26,400 Sometimes, the product takes the money to pay for the money. 181 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:27,240 - Right, right. 182 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,480 - We can't do this right now. 183 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,520 - Okay, thank you. - Thank you. 184 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,640 - Thank you. - Thank you. 185 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,480 - We must be back. - Okay. 186 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,220 - Thank you. - Thank you. 187 00:28:38,220 --> 00:28:40,480 - So, this is close to our friend, 188 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:44,220 this is great, the very self-destructed, 189 00:28:44,220 --> 00:28:49,120 and I have to say that you're not going to be able to do it. 190 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,280 - Why do you think you're going to be able to do it? 191 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,280 - Okay, thank you. - Thank you. 192 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:00,840 Father, I'm not going to be able to. 193 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,840 And for me, I don't think of the world. 194 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,840 It's not just a lot. 195 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:13,840 And for you, I'm not going to go to school. 196 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,840 You can go to school. 197 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,840 You can go to school. 198 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,540 because I don't know how it's supposed to be. 199 00:29:22,540 --> 00:29:26,420 It's just what we have to get to. 200 00:29:26,420 --> 00:29:30,560 We're going to say that we're not going to do the same thing. 201 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,220 We're going to have this now. 202 00:29:32,220 --> 00:29:36,300 We're going to have time to do the same thing. 203 00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:39,420 We're going to have time to do the same thing. 204 00:29:39,420 --> 00:29:41,720 We're going to have time to do the same thing. 205 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:48,640 Let's go ahead and look at the question. 206 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:49,640 Let's go ahead and look at the question. 207 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:50,640 Go ahead and look at the question. 208 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:51,640 Let's go ahead and look at the question. 209 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,640 Go ahead and look at the question. 210 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:54,640 Go ahead and look at the question. 211 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:55,640 Go ahead and look at the question. 212 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:39,620 Thank you. 213 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:40,640 I'm going to take a look at that. 214 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:41,640 I'm going to take a look at that. 215 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:42,640 I'm going to take a look at that. 216 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:27,620 Thank you. 217 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:57,620 Thank you. 218 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:27,620 Thank you. 219 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,440 So, we've got a lot of questions that we can do in the future. 220 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,640 So, we've got a lot of questions that we can do in the future. 221 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,640 So, we've got a lot of questions about how we can do it in the future. 222 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,640 So, we've got a lot of questions about how we can do it in the future. 223 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,640 So, we've got a lot of questions about how we can do it in the future. 224 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:55,620 Thank you. 225 00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:02,180 Carried what was never mine to hold 226 00:34:02,180 --> 00:34:09,280 Running hard on roads that leave me worn and cold 227 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:16,040 But you finished it, you spoke and said it's done 228 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:24,000 The seventh day you rested, you the Holy One 229 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:29,980 If even you could stop and breathe 230 00:34:29,980 --> 00:34:37,180 Then who am I to say I have no need 231 00:34:37,180 --> 00:34:42,180 Come to me, you weary 232 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:47,900 Lay your burden at my feet 233 00:34:47,900 --> 00:34:53,940 I am not the God of endless striving 234 00:34:53,940 --> 00:35:00,000 I am rest, I am peace 235 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:07,800 Now fast, let your soul breathe 236 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:12,620 The work is done, the weight is lifted 237 00:35:12,620 --> 00:35:17,640 Come and catch your breath in me 238 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:25,260 The servant and the stranger got to rest 239 00:35:25,260 --> 00:35:33,320 David at the Jordan, broken spent 240 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:39,420 You give your breath to the lowest and the least 241 00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:43,200 Lord, I come to you now 242 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,780 Nothing more to prove 243 00:35:46,780 --> 00:35:53,680 If even kings could stop and breathe 244 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,500 And here I kneel 245 00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:01,220 I'm coming home to thee 246 00:36:01,220 --> 00:36:06,860 Come to me, you weary 247 00:36:06,860 --> 00:36:11,860 Lay your burden at my feet 248 00:36:11,860 --> 00:36:19,080 I am not the God of endless striving 249 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,500 I am rest 250 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:26,240 I am peace 251 00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:33,800 Never let your soul breathe 252 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:38,580 The work is done, the weight is lifted 253 00:36:38,580 --> 00:36:43,620 Come and catch your breath in me 254 00:36:43,620 --> 00:36:51,080 Times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord 255 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:55,840 Not a dream of what once was 256 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,300 A gift in Jesus' word 257 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:03,300 He who rested on the seventh now 258 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:06,380 Has risen from the grave 259 00:37:06,380 --> 00:37:11,640 The rest he offers now is everlasting 260 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:16,080 It is safe to come to me 261 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,520 You weary 262 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:23,440 Lay your burden at my feet 263 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:30,500 I am not the God of endless striving 264 00:37:30,500 --> 00:37:34,380 I am rest 265 00:37:34,380 --> 00:37:40,180 I am peace 266 00:37:40,180 --> 00:37:45,320 Now flash, let your soul breathe 267 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:50,140 The work is done, the weight is lifted 268 00:37:50,140 --> 00:37:55,160 Come and catch your breath in me 269 00:37:55,160 --> 00:38:03,580 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden 270 00:38:03,580 --> 00:38:07,140 And I will give you rest 271 00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:12,400 Matthew 11, 28 272 00:38:33,580 --> 00:39:03,560 Thank you. 273 00:39:03,580 --> 00:39:09,680 I have carried what was never mine to hold 274 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:16,740 Running hard on roads that leave me worn and cold 275 00:39:16,740 --> 00:39:23,480 But you finished it, you spoke and said it's done 276 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:30,520 The seventh day you rested, you the Holy One 277 00:39:33,580 --> 00:39:39,580 If even you could stop and breathe 278 00:39:39,580 --> 00:39:46,580 Then who am I to say I have no need? 279 00:39:46,580 --> 00:39:51,580 Come to me, you weary 280 00:39:51,580 --> 00:39:57,580 Lay your burden at my feet 281 00:39:57,580 --> 00:40:02,580 I am not the God of endless striving 282 00:40:02,580 --> 00:40:09,700 I am rest, I am peace 283 00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:17,560 Now fast, let your soul breathe 284 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:22,360 The work is done, the weight is lifted 285 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:27,400 Come and catch your breath in me 286 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:34,980 The servant and the stranger got to rest. 287 00:40:34,980 --> 00:40:43,040 David at the Jordan, broken, spent. 288 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:49,160 You give your breath to the lowest and the least. 289 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:56,520 Lord, I come to you now, nothing more to prove. 290 00:40:58,740 --> 00:41:03,240 If even kings could stop and breathe. 291 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:10,680 And here I kneel, I'm coming home to thee. 292 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:16,620 Come to me, you weary. 293 00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:21,600 Lay your burden at my feet. 294 00:41:23,580 --> 00:41:28,840 I am not the God of endless striving. 295 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:32,240 I am rest. 296 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:35,940 I am peace. 297 00:41:35,940 --> 00:41:43,540 Now fast, let your soul breathe. 298 00:41:43,540 --> 00:41:48,340 The work is done, the weight is lifted. 299 00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:53,300 Come and catch your breath in me. 300 00:41:53,580 --> 00:42:00,820 Times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord 301 00:42:00,820 --> 00:42:05,580 Not a dream of what once was 302 00:42:05,580 --> 00:42:09,060 A gift in Jesus' word 303 00:42:09,060 --> 00:42:13,060 He who rested on the seventh now 304 00:42:13,060 --> 00:42:16,140 Has risen from the grave 305 00:42:16,140 --> 00:42:21,380 The rest he offers now is everlasting 306 00:42:21,380 --> 00:42:25,820 It is safe to come to me 307 00:42:25,820 --> 00:42:28,240 You weary 308 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:33,200 Lay your burden at my feet 309 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:40,240 I am not the God of endless striving 310 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:44,140 I am rest 311 00:42:44,140 --> 00:42:49,940 I am peace 312 00:42:49,940 --> 00:42:55,080 Now flash, let your soul breathe 313 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,900 The work is done, the weight is lifted 314 00:42:59,900 --> 00:43:04,920 Come and catch your breath in me 315 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:13,300 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden 316 00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:16,860 And I will give you rest 317 00:43:19,940 --> 00:43:23,940 Matthew 11:28. 318 00:43:49,940 --> 00:43:58,500 I have carried what was never mine to hold 319 00:43:58,500 --> 00:44:05,540 Running hard on roads that leave me worn and cold 320 00:44:05,540 --> 00:44:12,320 But you've finished it, you've spoken, said it's done 321 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:19,320 The seventh day you rested, you, the Holy One 322 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:26,500 If even you could stop and breathe 323 00:44:26,500 --> 00:44:33,480 Then who am I to say I have no need 324 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:39,540 Come to me, you weary 325 00:44:39,540 --> 00:44:44,560 Lay your burden at my feet 326 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:51,700 I am not the God of endless striving 327 00:44:51,700 --> 00:44:58,540 I am rest, I am peace 328 00:44:58,540 --> 00:45:06,380 Now fast, let your soul breathe 329 00:45:06,380 --> 00:45:11,180 The work is done, the weight is lifted 330 00:45:11,180 --> 00:45:16,220 Come and catch your breath in me 331 00:45:16,220 --> 00:45:23,800 The servant and the stranger got to rest 332 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:31,880 David at the Jordan, broken spent 333 00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:37,980 You give your breath to the lowest and the least 334 00:45:37,980 --> 00:45:41,760 Lord, I come to you now 335 00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:45,360 Nothing more to prove 336 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:52,240 If even kings could stop and breathe 337 00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:56,060 And here I kneel 338 00:45:56,060 --> 00:45:59,840 I'm coming home to thee 339 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:05,420 Come to me, you weary 340 00:46:05,420 --> 00:46:10,400 Lay your burden at my feet 341 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:17,640 I am not the God of endless striving 342 00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,060 I am rest 343 00:46:21,060 --> 00:46:24,780 I am peace 344 00:46:24,780 --> 00:46:28,800 Now fast 345 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:32,360 Let your soul breathe 346 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:37,160 The work is done, the weight is lifted 347 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:42,200 Come and catch your breath in me 348 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:49,640 Times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord 349 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:54,400 Not a dream of what once was 350 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,920 A gift in Jesus' word 351 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,880 He who rested on the seventh now 352 00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,920 Has risen from the grave 353 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:10,200 The rest he offers now is everlasting 354 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:14,640 It is safe to come to me 355 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,080 You weary 356 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:22,000 Lay your burden at my feet 357 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:29,060 I am not the God of endless striving 358 00:47:29,060 --> 00:47:32,960 I am rest 359 00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:38,740 I am peace 360 00:47:38,740 --> 00:47:40,500 Now flash 361 00:47:40,500 --> 00:47:43,900 Let your soul breathe 362 00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:46,940 The work is done 363 00:47:46,940 --> 00:47:48,720 The weight is lifted 364 00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:53,740 Come and catch your breath in me 365 00:47:53,740 --> 00:47:58,780 Come to me 366 00:47:58,780 --> 00:48:02,120 All who labor and are heavy laden 367 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:05,700 And I will give you rest 368 00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:10,920 Matthew 11, 28 369 00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:58,760 Thank you. 370 00:48:58,780 --> 00:49:28,760 Thank you. 371 00:49:28,780 --> 00:49:58,760 For more information, visit www.fema.org 372 00:49:58,780 --> 00:50:28,760 Thank you. 373 00:50:28,780 --> 00:50:58,760 Thank you. 374 00:50:58,780 --> 00:51:28,760 Thank you. 375 01:02:28,780 --> 01:02:45,560 Just in just a few moments this morning, and first we'll start waiting to introduce you 376 01:02:45,560 --> 01:02:46,560 in. 377 01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:52,500 We're waiting to start to clear screen here quickly and we will move to, uh, that's a 378 01:02:52,500 --> 01:02:58,760 little fun for Melbourne and then get opportunities in the low part of where I want to see the 379 01:02:58,760 --> 01:03:06,880 is the glory of Christ in the world, very close to the midst of that. 380 01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:12,420 Struggles, regardless of that struggle, is external circumstances that are squeezing, 381 01:03:12,420 --> 01:03:17,680 it's internal insufficiencies that I'm not strong enough or good enough, 382 01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:23,560 whether it's in the struggle with sin or the struggle with the sin of pride or all of these things, 383 01:03:23,720 --> 01:03:28,980 There is a sufficiency in Christ who is near to us, 384 01:03:28,980 --> 01:03:32,740 who knows us, ultimately equips us in the midst of that, 385 01:03:32,740 --> 01:03:34,220 and then leads us to hope. 386 01:03:34,220 --> 01:03:36,140 So that's where we're going. 387 01:03:36,140 --> 01:03:37,480 We're going to pray real quick, 388 01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:40,580 and then we'll just move through this quickly. 389 01:03:40,580 --> 01:03:44,240 Father in heaven, thank you for Jesus and for grace and for hope. 390 01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:49,200 I thank you so much for these six chapters this morning. 391 01:03:50,240 --> 01:04:00,920 There is so much wonder and depth and connection and help and encouragement and correction in these verses. 392 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:06,540 So I just ask that you would help us to see, most of all, the glory of your Son. 393 01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:14,320 that you would help us to see his glory, his nearness, his knowledge, 394 01:04:14,320 --> 01:04:23,500 his words to us in the midst of our struggles and the help and the hope that he brings to our lives. 395 01:04:23,500 --> 01:04:25,100 It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 396 01:04:25,100 --> 01:04:30,440 I was riding in a car this weekend over the course of the car ride. 397 01:04:30,440 --> 01:04:36,860 We started talking about car movies, and it may have been when we were passing a fuel truck, 398 01:04:36,940 --> 01:04:45,100 And I suggested we do a Fast and Furious with the Kia Sorento and, you know, maybe take care of the gas problem for a little bit. 399 01:04:45,100 --> 01:04:59,060 So we began talking about car movies and I was remembering back to a time I was in college and it was I was watching a movie in the midst of driving cars really fast, maybe being chased by police. 400 01:04:59,060 --> 01:05:05,760 I don't remember. And right in the middle of this movie, my my friend calls and goes, hey, I'm broke down 20 minutes away. 401 01:05:05,820 --> 01:05:12,480 I was like, there has never been a better time for me to drive somewhere than right now, right? 402 01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:19,720 Because all of that speed and all of the driving, and so I jump into the car just like the hero in the movie and me 403 01:05:19,720 --> 01:05:27,840 and like my 1997 red Chevy Lumina blasting down the road, thinking I was very, just wishing I had driving gloves. 404 01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:34,780 There is a tendency for us, I think, oftentimes to put ourselves in the place of heroes. 405 01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:41,720 when we watch a movie when we read a book when we see events happening i would have done this 406 01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:47,160 i could have done this there is often a tendency to put ourselves in the place 407 01:05:47,160 --> 01:05:55,800 that elevates us and i think sometimes the same is true spiritually it's very easy for us to want 408 01:05:55,800 --> 01:06:02,040 to see ourselves as as those who are good and strong and who stand firm and can carry the weight 409 01:06:03,640 --> 01:06:06,460 But the reality is, as we've seen over this summer, 410 01:06:06,460 --> 01:06:10,160 is that sometimes there is a deep and abiding tiredness. 411 01:06:10,160 --> 01:06:16,800 There's a struggle when everything just seems to keep coming and coming, 412 01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:21,220 or as Asaph in the 73rd Psalm, as he looks around and he sees his struggles 413 01:06:21,220 --> 01:06:24,380 and he compares them to the good times of the wicked. 414 01:06:24,380 --> 01:06:29,000 There is times when we struggle. 415 01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:32,640 And so what I want to do for just a moment this morning 416 01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:35,440 is take a look at seven churches. 417 01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:38,400 Very quickly, we're not going to go into a lot of detail in each one. 418 01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:41,200 But as Jesus writes to these churches, 419 01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:43,920 he reveals seven different struggles. 420 01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:49,160 And what I want you to see is the different types of struggles. 421 01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:52,480 Some people are struggling with just sort of a deep exhaustion. 422 01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:56,660 Some people are struggling with external forces that are seeking to crush. 423 01:06:56,660 --> 01:07:00,660 Some people are dealing with external forces that are seeking to tempt and to pull. 424 01:07:00,660 --> 01:07:05,480 some people are dealing with internal forces that are trying to lead them astray or to cause 425 01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:11,680 division some people are proud some people are weak that the range of struggle that you see in 426 01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:18,900 Revelation chapter 2 and chapter 3 covers almost every area of life and as we look at this struggle 427 01:07:18,900 --> 01:07:26,020 then we'll take a look at the glorious reality of Jesus who steps in to the midst of struggle 428 01:07:26,020 --> 01:07:31,380 And so the first church that we see in the first struggle is in Revelation chapter 2. 429 01:07:31,380 --> 01:07:32,540 And it's the church of Ephesus. 430 01:07:32,540 --> 01:07:39,000 And one of the things we learn about Ephesus from both Scripture and history is there was a temple there to Artemis. 431 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:47,300 The God of the Ephesians is what the people chant for hours in Acts chapter 19 as they throw a riot against the apostle Paul. 432 01:07:47,300 --> 01:07:51,980 And this church, there is so much that is good about it. 433 01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:55,100 And if you read all of the commendations of Christ, 434 01:07:55,100 --> 01:07:57,500 they work hard, they'll patiently endure, 435 01:07:57,500 --> 01:08:01,380 they don't tolerate evil, they test for truth at every opportunity, 436 01:08:01,380 --> 01:08:05,340 and they have had struggles, and they just keep going. 437 01:08:05,340 --> 01:08:09,820 And in the midst of the good of this church and of these people, 438 01:08:09,820 --> 01:08:13,920 because churches are made up of people, there is a struggle. 439 01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:16,660 And I think the struggle is this, 440 01:08:16,660 --> 01:08:20,240 that their faith has become simply going through the motions. 441 01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:22,080 What Jesus says, I have this against you, 442 01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,460 that you have abandoned your first love. 443 01:08:24,460 --> 01:08:26,340 Now, this is a church that on the outside 444 01:08:26,340 --> 01:08:28,780 looks like they're doing everything right 445 01:08:28,780 --> 01:08:31,740 with tons of energy, even in the midst of trial, 446 01:08:31,740 --> 01:08:35,240 but inwardly, and it may be a spiritual exhaustion. 447 01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:37,740 We fought for so long. 448 01:08:37,740 --> 01:08:40,260 It may be that they're discouraged. 449 01:08:40,260 --> 01:08:43,000 It may be that the opposition is fierce. 450 01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:47,300 And the struggle that we see first in Revelation 2 451 01:08:47,300 --> 01:08:50,300 are people who are outwardly doing very well, 452 01:08:50,440 --> 01:08:55,660 But inwardly, there is a depth of struggle and emptiness. 453 01:08:55,660 --> 01:09:01,440 And then we just move a few verses forward to the church at Smyrna. 454 01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:06,640 Historically, this is a church that worships Rome and its emperors. 455 01:09:06,640 --> 01:09:14,480 Loyalty to Rome and worship of those who ruled Rome was very much at the heart of this city. 456 01:09:14,480 --> 01:09:18,860 And their struggle, what you find, is they simply don't have enough. 457 01:09:19,380 --> 01:09:22,140 There is tribulation and there is pressure. 458 01:09:22,140 --> 01:09:28,820 And what you find as you read through these verses is that their tribulation is that the church is being squeezed. 459 01:09:28,820 --> 01:09:31,720 And they are not sufficient. 460 01:09:31,720 --> 01:09:34,760 That's what poverty means. 461 01:09:34,760 --> 01:09:38,900 That they're being squeezed and they say, I'm not strong enough. 462 01:09:38,900 --> 01:09:46,480 And what happens, as you look at the struggle of this church, it just gets worse. 463 01:09:47,480 --> 01:09:49,840 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. 464 01:09:49,840 --> 01:09:53,960 There's going to be prison, more tribulation, and even death. 465 01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:56,100 And so if you're sort of keeping track, 466 01:09:56,100 --> 01:09:58,780 you have people who are outwardly very productive, 467 01:09:58,780 --> 01:10:02,640 inwardly are empty and tired and broken. 468 01:10:02,640 --> 01:10:05,300 And then you have a church and people who are being squeezed, 469 01:10:05,300 --> 01:10:09,780 and they're not strong enough, and they're not able to hold up. 470 01:10:09,780 --> 01:10:16,040 And then you come to the next struggle. 471 01:10:16,980 --> 01:10:19,000 And it's happening in Pergamum. 472 01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:23,780 Pergamum has a temple to Augustus. 473 01:10:23,780 --> 01:10:26,400 It's the home to the great altar of Zeus. 474 01:10:26,400 --> 01:10:30,500 And there was a temple to Asclepius, who was a medical guy. 475 01:10:30,500 --> 01:10:32,500 His symbol is a giant serpent. 476 01:10:32,500 --> 01:10:36,940 Jesus refers to the throne of Satan. 477 01:10:36,940 --> 01:10:38,980 And there's a lot of great options in this town. 478 01:10:38,980 --> 01:10:40,760 There's a lot of evil. 479 01:10:40,760 --> 01:10:44,340 Jesus says Satan has his throne here. 480 01:10:44,340 --> 01:10:46,340 It's a difficult place. 481 01:10:46,980 --> 01:10:49,740 And the good of this church is they've held fast in the name of Jesus, 482 01:10:49,740 --> 01:10:52,880 even in the face of persecution and death. 483 01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:57,000 But the problem at the heart is that there is compromise. 484 01:10:57,000 --> 01:10:59,740 I have a few things against you. 485 01:10:59,740 --> 01:11:02,420 You have some there who hold to the teachings of Balaam, 486 01:11:02,420 --> 01:11:05,500 who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, 487 01:11:05,500 --> 01:11:10,820 a reference back to Israel in Exodus as they come through the wilderness 488 01:11:10,820 --> 01:11:15,180 and the struggle that is here is spiritual and it's compromised, 489 01:11:15,460 --> 01:11:19,980 and it doesn't begin with a big, idolatrous, immoral decision, 490 01:11:19,980 --> 01:11:23,580 but it begins so small and so quietly, 491 01:11:23,580 --> 01:11:27,660 and the next thing you know, the church is compromising down the line. 492 01:11:27,660 --> 01:11:31,220 The issue is not that they're not opposing the throne of Satan. 493 01:11:31,220 --> 01:11:34,260 The issue is that they've been making little decisions 494 01:11:34,260 --> 01:11:38,920 that compromise and compromise and compromise down the road, 495 01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:40,120 and the church is struggling. 496 01:11:40,120 --> 01:11:43,140 And then you move to the next struggle, 497 01:11:43,300 --> 01:11:45,600 And it's the church in Thyatira. 498 01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:53,340 And the issue here is not that they're compromised, but now they are entangled. 499 01:11:53,340 --> 01:11:59,520 And so historically, this is a town filled with guilds, bronze, wool, leather, linen. 500 01:11:59,520 --> 01:12:00,680 Keep an eye on the bronze. 501 01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:05,780 It comes back in just a moment to be part of your guild and to ply your trade. 502 01:12:05,780 --> 01:12:12,220 You often had to eat with your guild and worship with your guild that oftentimes involved immorality. 503 01:12:13,260 --> 01:12:16,180 And so if you are unwilling to participate in those things, 504 01:12:16,180 --> 01:12:19,780 you found yourself not just out of the guild, but out of an occupation. 505 01:12:19,780 --> 01:12:24,300 So you're not just talking about, oh, I can't sell here or sell there, 506 01:12:24,300 --> 01:12:31,040 but I no longer have anything or any ability to have any money. 507 01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:39,020 And what you find is that this church has become very, very, very much entangled. 508 01:12:42,380 --> 01:12:45,960 And their entanglement here is not the compromise of Pergamum. 509 01:12:45,960 --> 01:12:50,600 It's moved to this place where they're so wrapped up in sin. 510 01:12:50,600 --> 01:12:52,340 And it may have been one little bit at a time. 511 01:12:52,340 --> 01:12:54,900 It may be overwhelmed and looking for a way out. 512 01:12:54,900 --> 01:12:56,860 And this person comes in and says, I have a message. 513 01:12:56,860 --> 01:12:58,840 And then she begins moving people. 514 01:12:58,840 --> 01:13:03,680 And now the church is struggling because they've tried to find their own way. 515 01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:10,260 And the next struggle we see is in the church in Sardis. 516 01:13:11,460 --> 01:13:18,640 This city was once influential, however, the reality no longer matched the reputation. 517 01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:24,700 Twice it has faced attacks, and they've said in the middle, nobody can climb these cliffs. 518 01:13:24,700 --> 01:13:30,040 So they left the cliffs unguarded, and the city was taken in both of those instances. 519 01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:36,000 And so when Jesus says, I come like a thief, he's referencing the fact that this city is so confident in their position, 520 01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:39,720 they didn't even guard one of the avenues into it. 521 01:13:40,660 --> 01:13:44,600 And the city is very much resting on its formal glory. 522 01:13:44,600 --> 01:13:52,760 And the problem in Sardis is they have adopted the attitude of the struggle of the city, 523 01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:55,120 and they have become complacent, right? 524 01:13:55,120 --> 01:13:56,920 I've done enough. 525 01:13:56,920 --> 01:14:00,140 And Jesus says, I know your works, your reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 526 01:14:00,140 --> 01:14:03,100 Wake up, strengthen what remains and is about to die, 527 01:14:03,100 --> 01:14:06,540 for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 528 01:14:06,700 --> 01:14:10,340 And the problem here is they look back and they said, 529 01:14:10,340 --> 01:14:14,620 you know what, we've done enough, just like the culture of their city. 530 01:14:14,620 --> 01:14:19,420 If you're seeing every one of these churches is struggling 531 01:14:19,420 --> 01:14:20,960 and the people within them are struggling, 532 01:14:20,960 --> 01:14:26,280 whether it's with an exhausted spirit, whether it's with sin, 533 01:14:26,280 --> 01:14:32,240 whether it's with complacency, just saying we've done enough. 534 01:14:32,240 --> 01:14:36,200 And then we come to the town of Philadelphia. 535 01:14:36,700 --> 01:14:41,060 and this is a church whose struggle 536 01:14:41,060 --> 01:14:43,780 is simply that they're small and they're empty. 537 01:14:43,780 --> 01:14:45,340 I know your works. 538 01:14:45,340 --> 01:14:47,200 Behold, I have set before you an open door 539 01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:48,680 which no one is able to shut, 540 01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:51,920 and I know that you have but little power, 541 01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:54,600 but yet you have kept my word 542 01:14:54,600 --> 01:14:56,180 and have not denied my name. 543 01:14:56,180 --> 01:14:57,980 Right? 544 01:14:57,980 --> 01:14:59,060 They are standing there, 545 01:14:59,060 --> 01:15:00,980 and they just don't have anything left. 546 01:15:00,980 --> 01:15:02,340 They have no strength, 547 01:15:02,340 --> 01:15:03,680 and they have no power, 548 01:15:03,680 --> 01:15:05,100 and they are so small, 549 01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:10,380 and they're discouraged, and Jesus only has things to say to them about keeping them, 550 01:15:10,380 --> 01:15:12,340 and it always focuses on him. 551 01:15:12,340 --> 01:15:16,560 As you continue through their words, I know, I have said, I will make, I will keep. 552 01:15:16,560 --> 01:15:22,220 It's all about what Jesus does, and their struggle is they're small, and they're empty. 553 01:15:22,220 --> 01:15:27,340 And then we come to the seventh church, the church at Laodicea. 554 01:15:27,340 --> 01:15:32,500 They're a church, they're a city that is in many ways very wealthy, 555 01:15:33,340 --> 01:15:35,520 with a lot of great things going on, 556 01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:40,400 but ultimately their water coming into the city 557 01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:42,660 is sort of lukewarm and filled with minerals, 558 01:15:42,660 --> 01:15:44,680 and Jesus uses that as a picture. 559 01:15:44,680 --> 01:15:47,560 You're neither cold nor hot, right? 560 01:15:47,560 --> 01:15:49,880 You're neither refreshing or healing. 561 01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:53,500 And I will spit you out of my mouth. 562 01:15:53,500 --> 01:15:57,840 And their struggle is they have self-sufficient. 563 01:15:57,840 --> 01:16:00,420 Sardis has been complacent, 564 01:16:00,420 --> 01:16:03,320 but Laodicea says we've got it all taken care of. 565 01:16:03,340 --> 01:16:13,700 So much so, that when Jesus shows up in church, he has to knock on the door, and they don't let him in. 566 01:16:13,700 --> 01:16:16,840 Every one of these churches struggles. 567 01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:25,220 Some are struggling against evil or with evil, or some are losing their jobs, others losing their lives, some are losing their hopes, some are filled with fear. 568 01:16:28,220 --> 01:16:31,140 And it's not just the churches, it's the people in them. 569 01:16:31,140 --> 01:16:34,180 And their struggles are our struggles. 570 01:16:34,180 --> 01:16:40,820 And so the answer to these struggles, wondrously, is the glory of Christ. 571 01:16:40,820 --> 01:16:46,600 And if we go back just one chapter, John, who writes to this church, 572 01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:48,960 he writes about when he's writing. 573 01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:50,860 He's on the Lord's Day. He's in the Spirit. 574 01:16:50,860 --> 01:16:53,640 He's in exile in this Isle of Patmos. 575 01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:55,820 He is not removed from the struggle. 576 01:16:56,240 --> 01:17:01,100 And in the midst of his time of worship, I want you just to hear these words. 577 01:17:01,100 --> 01:17:05,800 I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me. 578 01:17:05,800 --> 01:17:08,580 And on turning, I saw seven golden lampstands. 579 01:17:08,580 --> 01:17:11,140 And in the midst of the lampstands was one like a Son of Man, 580 01:17:11,140 --> 01:17:15,180 clothed with a long robe and a golden sash around his chest. 581 01:17:15,180 --> 01:17:19,400 The hairs of his head were white like wool, like snow. 582 01:17:19,400 --> 01:17:21,420 His eyes were a flame of fire. 583 01:17:21,420 --> 01:17:24,580 His feet were burnished bronze, refined in the furnace. 584 01:17:24,760 --> 01:17:27,020 His voice was like the roar of many waters. 585 01:17:27,020 --> 01:17:29,340 And in the right hand he held seven stars. 586 01:17:29,340 --> 01:17:31,640 From his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword. 587 01:17:31,640 --> 01:17:36,540 And his face was like the sun shining at full strength. 588 01:17:36,540 --> 01:17:41,040 And what John sees is startling and it's wonderful. 589 01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:45,500 So much so that it says he fell at his feet as though dead. 590 01:17:45,500 --> 01:17:49,760 This vision was so wonderful and so glorious. 591 01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:52,940 And look what the glorious Christ does. 592 01:17:52,940 --> 01:17:54,560 When I saw him, I fell at his feet. 593 01:17:54,760 --> 01:17:58,120 as though dead, but he laid his right hand on me, saying, 594 01:17:58,120 --> 01:18:01,380 Fear not, I am the first, the last, the living one. 595 01:18:01,380 --> 01:18:04,280 I died, and behold, I am alive evermore, 596 01:18:04,280 --> 01:18:06,820 and I have the keys of death and of Hades. 597 01:18:06,820 --> 01:18:09,260 Now, I want you to picture this, because here is Christ, 598 01:18:09,260 --> 01:18:11,860 in all his glory, in high priestly garments, 599 01:18:11,860 --> 01:18:15,540 in a picture of purity and wisdom and eyes that see, 600 01:18:15,540 --> 01:18:18,760 and words that both attack and defend, 601 01:18:18,760 --> 01:18:21,040 feet that are immovable. 602 01:18:22,100 --> 01:18:27,680 And he stands with stars in his right hand in the midst of candlesticks, 603 01:18:27,680 --> 01:18:31,200 and John falls on his face as though dead. 604 01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:36,260 And notice the closeness of Jesus, but he laid his right hand on him. 605 01:18:36,260 --> 01:18:40,280 If somebody has fallen on the ground, standing like this, 606 01:18:40,280 --> 01:18:41,700 how do you lay your hand on them, right? 607 01:18:41,700 --> 01:18:43,980 He doesn't just come over and pat him on the head, right? 608 01:18:43,980 --> 01:18:51,740 The picture here is Christ in all his glory comes down to John. 609 01:18:52,100 --> 01:18:54,320 and reaches down to him. 610 01:18:54,320 --> 01:18:57,280 And the closeness isn't just found here 611 01:18:57,280 --> 01:18:59,600 as he deals with John. 612 01:18:59,600 --> 01:19:06,560 His closeness is found where he is. 613 01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:09,480 The seven stars you saw in my right hand 614 01:19:09,480 --> 01:19:10,960 and the seven golden lampstands 615 01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:13,800 are the angels or the messengers of the seven churches. 616 01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:16,780 And the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 617 01:19:16,780 --> 01:19:18,400 To these people in the midst of their struggle, 618 01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:21,740 Jesus is both holding them and among them. 619 01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:28,980 that Jesus is both glorious, he's close, he knows, 620 01:19:28,980 --> 01:19:34,120 and in fact, each of these churches, Jesus will say, 621 01:19:34,120 --> 01:19:40,500 I know to each of them, that Christ is near and that he knows, 622 01:19:40,500 --> 01:19:44,480 and it's not just to them, but it is to us. 623 01:19:44,480 --> 01:19:51,580 And what I want you to see this morning is that Christ brings hope, 624 01:19:52,100 --> 01:19:55,260 Specifically, both help and hope. 625 01:19:55,260 --> 01:19:58,820 I want to begin here in Revelation 21, 626 01:19:58,820 --> 01:20:03,900 and then I want to put Revelation chapter 1 and 21 together with these churches. 627 01:20:03,900 --> 01:20:06,160 I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 628 01:20:06,160 --> 01:20:10,720 The dwelling place of God is with man, he will dwell with them, 629 01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:15,020 and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God, 630 01:20:15,020 --> 01:20:19,120 and he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, 631 01:20:19,660 --> 01:20:25,440 And neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. 632 01:20:25,440 --> 01:20:30,560 If you've read the Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones, 633 01:20:30,560 --> 01:20:38,160 which I think may be a reference to Tolkien, she will say that in Christ everything sad comes untrue. 634 01:20:38,160 --> 01:20:42,760 Seven churches would have seen that and heard that. 635 01:20:42,760 --> 01:20:47,940 You and I see this, and we hear this, and I want you to know 636 01:20:47,940 --> 01:20:52,320 that there is both help and hope. 637 01:20:52,320 --> 01:20:55,320 There is help and hope. 638 01:20:55,320 --> 01:20:59,420 The help is found in our glorious Christ 639 01:20:59,420 --> 01:21:02,080 in Revelation chapter 1, 640 01:21:02,080 --> 01:21:05,520 and the hope is found in his return in the city 641 01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:09,140 with God on the throne. 642 01:21:09,140 --> 01:21:15,120 And it's interesting because it's not just an opinion. 643 01:21:16,100 --> 01:21:19,500 Each of these seven letters began and contained a description of Christ. 644 01:21:19,500 --> 01:21:26,280 And each of these seven letters, that description of Christ goes back to the glory that he has in chapter 1. 645 01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:34,400 And each of these letters contains a promise for those who endure or conquer or keep going. 646 01:21:34,400 --> 01:21:41,540 And that promises are all found in Revelation 20, 21, and 22. 647 01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:46,660 So the church in Ephesus, who worked hard and stood and endured for righteousness, 648 01:21:46,660 --> 01:21:48,880 they tested all the claims to truth. 649 01:21:48,880 --> 01:21:53,020 Jesus says, I'm walking among you and in you. 650 01:21:53,020 --> 01:21:54,520 And remember, this is the church. 651 01:21:54,520 --> 01:21:56,400 He says, you've left your first love. 652 01:21:56,400 --> 01:22:02,940 And the one who walks next to them is saying, you may have left your love, but I have not left you. 653 01:22:02,940 --> 01:22:08,600 The picture in chapter 1 of the church among the lampstands for Ephesus is Jesus saying, 654 01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:11,700 I'm still here and I am still with you. 655 01:22:12,080 --> 01:22:15,200 And then he ends his words to this church 656 01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:19,820 that there is a tree of life that you can come and you can eat from. 657 01:22:19,820 --> 01:22:22,280 Remember, this is the home of the Temple of Artemis. 658 01:22:22,280 --> 01:22:25,240 And what's interesting, historically, it was a sanctuary, 659 01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:28,280 often for those who were accused of crimes. 660 01:22:28,280 --> 01:22:32,380 And so much so that it was often filled with evil. 661 01:22:32,380 --> 01:22:35,580 The Roman emperor eventually deals with these kind of sanctuaries. 662 01:22:35,580 --> 01:22:40,320 And in this town, this sanctuary was attacking God's people. 663 01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:45,720 And the promise from the end of Revelation that you see to Ephesus 664 01:22:45,720 --> 01:22:47,720 is there's going to be a tree, there's going to be a life, 665 01:22:47,720 --> 01:22:52,300 there's going to be a sanctuary, and its gates never have to close 666 01:22:52,300 --> 01:22:55,080 because no one is going to chase you ever again. 667 01:22:55,080 --> 01:22:58,940 And so to those who are struggling and they're empty inside, 668 01:22:58,940 --> 01:23:00,800 they say, I can't do it and I can't go on. 669 01:23:00,800 --> 01:23:03,140 Jesus says, I'm right here among you, 670 01:23:03,140 --> 01:23:07,400 and there is a promise of a sanctuary that no one can take away. 671 01:23:08,520 --> 01:23:15,360 To the church in Smyrna, they're poor and they're slandered and they know that the worst things are coming. 672 01:23:15,360 --> 01:23:17,860 Jesus says, I'm the first and last. 673 01:23:17,860 --> 01:23:22,640 There's no one, nowhere you can go that I haven't already been. 674 01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:32,080 And then in Revelation 20, 21 and 22, there is a promise that the second death will never touch you. 675 01:23:32,080 --> 01:23:34,020 Death only gets one turn. 676 01:23:34,020 --> 01:23:38,000 And Jesus goes, then it's my turn. 677 01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:41,680 To Pergamum, the church where Satan's throne is. 678 01:23:41,680 --> 01:23:44,620 Jesus says, I have a sword. 679 01:23:44,620 --> 01:23:49,360 And what's remarkable is that the Romans ruled by swords. 680 01:23:49,360 --> 01:23:52,920 And Jesus is saying, chapter one, I've got a sword. 681 01:23:52,920 --> 01:23:56,620 And my sword is better than the Roman sword. 682 01:23:56,620 --> 01:24:01,060 And to the church that struggles with where to eat and with food. 683 01:24:01,060 --> 01:24:06,500 He says, I'm giving you a new name and a new meal and a new place to go. 684 01:24:08,100 --> 01:24:11,660 To the church in Thyatira with their guilds of bronze, 685 01:24:11,660 --> 01:24:16,200 Jesus says, my eyes are a flame of fire and my feet are made of bronze 686 01:24:16,200 --> 01:24:19,720 and I know you're tangled in something you think you can't afford to leave, 687 01:24:19,720 --> 01:24:22,520 but I am promising you, and you go to the end of Revelation, 688 01:24:22,520 --> 01:24:25,500 to the morning star, which is myself. 689 01:24:25,500 --> 01:24:30,900 To those who are entangled, he says, I am coming. 690 01:24:30,900 --> 01:24:34,440 I'm stronger and I'm greater and I will untangle you 691 01:24:34,440 --> 01:24:36,080 and I will bring you home safely. 692 01:24:37,460 --> 01:24:40,440 And to Sardis, the church has just been going through the motions. 693 01:24:40,440 --> 01:24:46,240 Jesus says, I'm the one who holds the seven spirits and the seven stars. 694 01:24:46,240 --> 01:24:50,400 And what he is saying to them is that the thing you can't keep alive, I can. 695 01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:57,500 And he promises that their name will be written in a book that can never be blotted out. 696 01:24:57,500 --> 01:25:02,340 To those who are tired, they've tried and they've worked. 697 01:25:02,340 --> 01:25:05,840 Jesus says, I am your strength and I am your hope. 698 01:25:06,240 --> 01:25:10,500 To the church with little power, Jesus says, I hold the key of David. 699 01:25:10,500 --> 01:25:12,500 Earlier he says, I hold the key to death and Hades. 700 01:25:12,500 --> 01:25:16,720 He says, there is a door that you can't open, but I hold the key to every door. 701 01:25:16,720 --> 01:25:20,160 And I will open it in front of you, and I'm going to make you a pillar. 702 01:25:20,160 --> 01:25:24,780 And this goes all the way to the end of Revelation, where you are strong and you are not shaken. 703 01:25:24,780 --> 01:25:32,540 And I know you feel small and little here, but you are not in the scope of eternity through my grace and by my power. 704 01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:39,680 to Laodicea, the church that thinks they need nobody, Jesus says, I'm the faithful and true 705 01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:46,420 witness. I see things the way they truly are. And I am calling you to come to a place where 706 01:25:46,420 --> 01:25:51,520 there is true healing. There's true restoration of your sight. There's true water that refreshes 707 01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:57,940 your soul. The one thing that you think that you can buy, you can't. And he's not saying that their 708 01:25:57,940 --> 01:26:02,340 wealth is bad he's saying that their hope has been placed in the wrong spot 709 01:26:02,340 --> 01:26:06,540 and he calls them both through the image you find in Revelation 1 710 01:26:06,540 --> 01:26:10,260 and the image you find of heaven in Revelation 711 01:26:10,260 --> 01:26:14,380 21 and 22. And the call here 712 01:26:14,380 --> 01:26:17,820 is to look to our glorious Savior. Behold 713 01:26:17,820 --> 01:26:22,320 blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of 714 01:26:22,320 --> 01:26:25,880 this book. He says it two more times and he says this 715 01:26:25,880 --> 01:26:31,100 the spirit and bride say come let the one who hears it say come and let the one who is thirsty 716 01:26:31,100 --> 01:26:39,360 come and let the one who desires take the water of life without price John then responds as Jesus 717 01:26:39,360 --> 01:26:45,080 says i'm coming soon John says come Lord Jesus to the one who takes the struggling the insufficient 718 01:26:45,080 --> 01:26:50,080 the one who feels like they're being torn apart or stretched or pulled or squeezed or pressured 719 01:26:50,080 --> 01:26:56,920 Jesus points first of all to his glory in chapter one in his truth and his strength and his power 720 01:26:56,920 --> 01:27:02,600 and applies that to every struggle of their heart in chapters two and three and at the end in the 721 01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:09,360 glorious picture of heaven right the promise at the end of all of these churches and two 722 01:27:09,360 --> 01:27:16,220 and three is found in Christ let's pray and then we'll stand and sing father in heaven thank you 723 01:27:16,220 --> 01:27:22,880 for Jesus and for grace thank you for hope thank you that you take our brokenness 724 01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:28,300 whether that's through the pressure that surrounds us the things that tear us the 725 01:27:28,300 --> 01:27:35,060 things that tempt us and you both give us what we need and you give us a promise of future hope 726 01:27:35,060 --> 01:27:41,260 we thank you for Jesus in his name we pray amen we're going to stand and sing the lion and the lamb 727 01:27:46,220 --> 01:28:16,200 Thank you. 728 01:28:16,220 --> 01:28:46,200 Thank you. 729 01:28:46,220 --> 01:28:48,220 What do you have to do with all of your friends? 730 01:28:48,220 --> 01:28:50,220 I have a lot of friends. 731 01:28:50,220 --> 01:28:52,220 I have a lot of friends. 732 01:28:52,220 --> 01:28:54,220 I've had a lot of friends in the past. 733 01:28:54,220 --> 01:28:56,220 What do you have to do with all of your friends? 734 01:28:56,220 --> 01:28:58,220 I've had a lot of friends. 735 01:28:58,220 --> 01:29:00,220 I've had a lot of friends in the past. 736 01:29:00,220 --> 01:29:02,220 I've had a lot of friends in the past. 737 01:29:02,220 --> 01:29:04,220 I've had a lot of friends in the past. 738 01:29:14,220 --> 01:29:17,000 I don't know if you can get out of here. 739 01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:20,200 You can have to take a look at what you can do. 740 01:29:20,200 --> 01:29:23,460 You can have to take a look at what you can do. 741 01:29:23,460 --> 01:29:25,780 You can see what you can do with that kind of stuff. 742 01:29:25,780 --> 01:29:28,460 You can see what you can do with that kind of thing. 743 01:29:28,460 --> 01:29:31,380 You can see what you can do with that kind of thing. 744 01:29:31,380 --> 01:29:35,160 You can see what you can do with that kind of thing. 745 01:29:40,640 --> 01:29:42,060 I don't know if you can do that. 746 01:29:42,060 --> 01:30:12,040 We are going to go ahead and have a word of prayer and then we'll read the Revelation. 747 01:30:12,040 --> 01:30:19,040 and I think that our folks gather and that is thank you for allowing us to gather the employees who worship each other. 748 01:30:19,040 --> 01:30:23,040 We pray together. We thank you for the encouragement of this family. 749 01:30:23,040 --> 01:30:30,040 We're gathering together to share our needs and our hearts and our toys and our flowers and our coats. 750 01:30:30,040 --> 01:30:35,040 We thank you for your blessings. We just ask today to reach our loose-proof end-rease, 751 01:30:35,040 --> 01:30:43,040 as he's pitched their eyes on the floor, and he's been surprised to see his face in the face of the face of the face of the face of the face of the face of the face. 752 01:30:43,040 --> 01:30:52,040 And then the election 22, 20, 21, he says, "Can you talk to us about the beginning of the day, but surely I'm coming to sleep." 753 01:30:52,040 --> 01:30:59,040 The traffic is on the window, and the margin is really to regard to these early beginning of the day. 754 01:30:59,040 --> 01:31:03,040 We're going to see the same, the older version, 755 01:31:03,040 --> 01:31:05,040 and it's pretty flat from people. 756 01:31:05,040 --> 01:31:07,040 That's always in the younger version. 757 01:31:29,040 --> 01:31:59,020 Thank you. 758 01:31:59,040 --> 01:32:29,020 Thank you. 759 01:32:29,040 --> 01:32:40,960 Thank you.