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Study the revelation of Jesus Christ and uncover the truth. Explore the importance of living faithfully and remembering the foundation through the scriptures. Discover the church that Jesus desires and be faithful even in the face of trials. Embrace the call to be a living sacrifice and fulfill your purpose in faithfulness. Experience the promise of eternal life for those who remain faithful until the end.
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STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans… … take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]!
UNCOVERING the uncovered A Study of the Revelation of Jesus Christ
UNCOVERING the uncovered LIVING FAITHFULLY! Part Six:
Revelation 2 verses 7, 11, 17, 29; 3 verses 6, 13, 22 • “‘The ONES HAVING AN EAR, LET THEM HEAR what the SPIRITSAYS to the congregations….’” Let Them HEAR
UNCOVERING the uncovered The CHURCH Jesus Desires IS to be FAITHFUL!
Revelation 2:10 • ‘Do not fear what you are about to suffer. • Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested, • and you will have tribulation ten days. …’
‘… BE FAITHFULEVEN TO DEATH, • andIWILL GIVE you the CROWN of LIFE.’ Revelation 2:10
Isaiah 49:7 • “… Because of the LORDWho is FAITHFUL, • the HOLY ONE of Israel Who has chosen You.” • Faithfulness is a part of Holiness
Psalm 33:4 • For the WORD of the LORD is upright; • And all His work is done in FAITHFULNESS [truth]. • FAITHFULNESS is BEING TRUEtoWHATweSAY!
1 John 4:16 • And we have come to KNOW and have BELIEVED the LOVE which God has for us. • GODISLOVE, • and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
SinceGodisFAITHFUL[Is 49:7; Ps 33:4] • andsinceGodisLOVE[1 Jn 4:16] • And since • “ LOVENEVERFAILS” [1 Cor 13:8a] • [FALL (and not get up again)]! • To NEVERFAILIS TO BE FAITHFUL!
‘… BEFAITHFUL….’ • -FUL a word-forming element attached to nouns or verbs and meaning • FULL of or CHARACTERIZEDby • FAITH!
FAITHFUL – G4103 • To BEWORTHY of BEINGBELIEVED, • To BETRUSTWORTHY, that is true, sure, believable • To BEFAITHFUL in DUTY to oneself and to others in…WHAT you SAY; • … and WHAT you DO. … WHAT you SAY; … and WHAT you DO.
UNCOVERING the uncovered To LIVE FAITHFUL IS to Live as a LIVING SACRIFICE!
1 Chronicles 16:29 • GIVE to the LORD the GLORYDUE His name; • BRING an OFFERING, and COMEBEFORE Him; • WORSHIP the LORD in the BEAUTY of HOLINESS.
Romans 12:1-2 – A More Literal Translation • [1] Now I BEG you brethren, THROUGH theMERCIESof God,PRESENTyour • bodies a SACRIFICELIVING, • SANCTIFIED, WELL-PLEASINGto God, Y • PRESENTyour bodies aSACRIFICE SANCTIFIED, YOURTHOUGHTFULWILLFULSERVICE.
[2] And NO LONGER • CONFORMYOURSELF • to this WORLD, • RATHER, ALLOW • YOURSELFto be • TRANSFORMED • by the RENEWING • of YOURMIND…
[2] … SO THAT YOUMAYPROVEWHATISthe WILL of God • that which is GOOD • and WELL-PLEASING • and COMPLETE.
[Also see Ps 44:22; 1 Cor 4:9; 15:30ff; 2 Cor 1:9; 4:10ff; 6:9; 11:23] Acts 20:24 • “But I DO NOT CONSIDER MY LIFE of any account as DEAR to MYSELF, • in order that I may FINISH my COURSE, and the MINISTRY which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the GRACE of God. and the MINISTRY which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the GRACE of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 • [7] ForGodHAS NOTCALLED us for the purpose of impurity, • but in SANCTIFICATION. • [8] Consequently, he who REJECTS this is NOTREJECTING man • but the GodWho givesHisHolySpirit to you.
1 Peter 1:13-16 • [13] Therefore, having GIRDEDUP your MIND, • being SOBER-MINDED, • HOPECOMPLETELY on the GRACEbeing BROUGHT to you in the REVELATION of JESUSCHRIST.
[14] AsOBEDIENT CHILDREN, • NOT CONFORMINGto YOURPASSIONS of YOURFORMERIGNORANCE, • [15] butJUSTLIKE the HOLYONEWho HASCALLEDYOU… 1 Peter 1:13-16
[15] … YOU ALSO BECOMEHOLY IN ALLyour BEHAVIOR; • [16] because it is written, • “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, • FORI AMHOLY.” 1 Peter 1:13-16
Deuteronomy 7:8-9 • [8] “BUT BECAUSE the LORDLOVED you AND kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, • the LORDBROUGHT YOU OUT by a MIGHTY HAND, ANDREDEEMED you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”
[9] “KNOW THEREFORE THAT the LORD your God, • HE IS GOD, the FAITHFULGOD, • WhoKEEPSHisCOVENANT and HisLOVINGKINDNESS… • with those who LOVEHim and KEEPHisCOMMANDMENTS; “ the FAITHFULGOD, Deuteronomy 7:8-9
1 Corinthians 10:13 • No temptation has overtaken YOU but such as is common to man; and • GOD IS FAITHFUL, • WhoWILL NOT ALLOW you to BE TEMPTED BEYOND what you are able…
… but with the TEMPTATIONWILLPROVIDE the WAY OF ESCAPE also, • THATYOU MAY BEABLE to ENDURE it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
UNCOVERING the uncovered The CHURCH Jesus Desires IS to be FAITHFUL Even to Death!
Revelation 2:10 • ‘DO NOT FEAR what you are about to SUFFER. • Behold, the DEVIL is about to cast some of you into PRISON, • that you may be TESTED, and you will have TRIBULATIONtendays. A PROMISE to the FAITHFUL!
Revelation 2:10 • ‘BE FAITHFULEVEN TODEATH, • and IWILL GIVEyoutheCROWNofLIFE. A PROMISE to the FAITHFUL!
Revelation 2:13 • ‘IKNOW WHERE you DWELL, where SATAN’S THRONE IS; • and youHOLDFASTMyname, • and DID NOTDENYMyfaith… An Exampleof FAITHFULNESS!
Revelation 2:13 • ‘… even in the days of ANTIPAS, • MyWITNESS, • MyFAITHFULONE, • whoWAS KILLED among you, where Satan dwells.’ An Example of FAITHFULNESS!
ANTIPAS (G493), in Revelation 2:13, • comes from antí (G473), ‘against’, • and pás (G3596), ‘all’. • Together the meaning is ‘AGAINSTALL’! • Church tradition says he was the ‘bishop’ of Pergamum • and was martyred under Domitian. An Example of FAITHFULNESS!
Revelation7:9-15 • [9] After these things I looked, and behold, a great CROWD, which no one was able to number, from every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands;
[10] and they cry out with a great loud voice, saying, • “The SALVATION of our GOD sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb.” Revelation7:9-15
[11] And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living beings; • and they fell on their faces before the throne and WORSHIPED God, Revelation7:9-15
[12] saying, “Amen, the praise and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the ability, to our GOD forever and ever. Amen.” Revelation7:9-15
[13] And one of the elders answered, saying to me, • “These ONES having BEEN CLOTHED in the white robes, • WHO ARE THEY, • andfrom where did they come?” Revelation7:9-15
[14] And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” • And he said to me, “These are the ones COMINGOUTOF the GREAT TRIBULATION, • and they HAVE WASHED their ROBES and WHITENED them IN the BLOOD of the LAMB.” Revelation7:9-15
[15] “Through THIS, they are BEFORE the THRONE of the GOD; • and SERVEHIM day and night in HISTEMPLE; • and HE sitting on the throne WILL TABERNACLE over them.” Revelation7:9-15
PERSONAL Make the BLESSING
Revelation 12:11 • [11] “And they OVERCAME him because of the BLOOD of the LAMB • and because of the WORD of their TESTIMONY, • and they DIDNOTLOVE their LIFEEVEN to DEATH.
Here is YOUR INVITATION to BE FAITHFUL even to DEATH, and TABERNACLE with God FOREVER!