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Romans 13:11-12 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 – “But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”
Romans 13:11-12 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Romans 13:13-14 - “Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
John 5:45-47 – “Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My words?”
John 5:45-47 – “Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of Me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My words?” Our Lord! Text: Genesis 49
2nd Peter 3:8 – “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
ON THAT DAY: • Satan will be a defeated foe! • Jesus will reign on earth in His manifest presence in the fullness of His glory! • Jesus’ will WILL be done in earth as it is in heaven! • The earth SHALL BE FILLED with the knowledge of His glory!
Ephesus • Pergamos • Sardis 90-200 A.D. 325-500 A.D. 1000-1500 A.D. • Smyrna • Thyatira • Philadelphia 200-325 A.D. 500-1000 A.D. 1500-1900 A.D.
Where are we going…where have we been? • Laodicea Revelation 3:14-20 (1900- ??? )
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” • Revelation 4:1 “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”
Laodicea- (1900- Rapture)“The Rights of the People”(“Civil Rights”) • Commission • The name “Laodicea”
Romans 13:11-12 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Where are we going…where have we been? • Philadelphia “Brotherly Love andPhiladelphian Power” 1500-1900 A.D.
Laodicea • The Laodicean “SAY” • Commission • Character • Commendation • Condemnation • I am RICH • I am INCREASED W/Goods • I am in NEED of NOTHING
Laodicea • The Laodicean “STRAY” • Commission • Character • Commendation • Condemnation Wretched, Miserable, Poor, Blind and Naked
Laodicea • Commission • Character • Commendation • Condemnation • Correction • Challenge • Call
Philadelphia Subscribed Revelation3:7-13
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #1- The CHRIST we KNOW!
Ephesians 4:13 “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of thefulnessof Christ”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #1- The CHRIST we KNOW! • An OVERWHELMINGCOMPREHENSION of His HOLINESS
2nd Corinthians 7:1 “Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness inthe fear of God”.
Proverbs 13:13 “Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareththe commandment shall be rewarded.”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #1- The CHRIST we KNOW! • An OVERWHELMINGCOMPREHENSION of His HOLINESS • An UNQUALIFIEDSURRENDER to His TRUTH
John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I amthe way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.” • John 17:17 -“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
Romans 3:4(b) – “…: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar;….”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #1- The CHRIST we KNOW! • An OVERWHELMINGCOMPREHENSION of His HOLINESS • An UNQUALIFIEDSURRENDER to His TRUTH • An UTTERDEPENDENCE upon His AUTHORITY and ACCESS
Revelation 3:7 – “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;”
Isaiah 22:21-22 – “And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.”
Isaiah 22:24 – “And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.” • 2 Corinthians 4:7 – “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
Matthew 13:44 – “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.” • Matthew 13:38 – “The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one”
Matthew 28:18-19 – “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” • Mark 16:15 – “And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Revelation 3:7 – “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #1- The CHRIST we KNOW! • An OVERWHELMINGCOMPREHENSION of His HOLINESS • An UNQUALIFIEDSURRENDER to His TRUTH • An UTTERDEPENDENCE upon His AUTHORITY and ACCESS
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #2- The LIFE we LIVE!
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #2- The LIFE we LIVE! • PARTICIPATION In The WORK of the LORD
1st Corinthians 15:58 – “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
John 4:34 – “Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to dothe will of Him that sent me, andtofinish His work.” • John 17:4 – “I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.”
John 17:6 - “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.” • John 17:8 – “For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.” • John 17:18 – “As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.”
1st Corinthians 15:58 – “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vainin the Lord.”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #2- The LIFE we LIVE! • PARTICIPATION In The WORK of the LORD
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 – “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.”
