Lessons Learned from the Seven Churches of Revelation

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Lessons Learned from the Seven Churches of
Revelation

• By Joseph Lim

Apologetics for the Average Christian in the
21st Century www.AFTAC21.com
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• Church of Ephesus Forgot Its First Love
• Church of Smyrna Monetarily Poor
• Church of Pergamum False Doctrines
• Church of Thyatira Idolatry and Immorality
• Church of Sardis Dead Faith
• Church of Philadelphia Physically Weak
• Church of Laodicea Lukewarm Faith

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CHURCH

• EKKLESIA
• The Called Out Ones

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The Church of Ephesus(Revelation 21-7)

• Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for
  the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from
  the Lord you will receive the reward of the
  inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you
  serve.
• Colossians 323-24

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The Church of Smyrna(Revelation 28-11)

• Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not
  lean on your own understanding.
• Proverbs 35

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The Church of Pergamum(Revelation 211-17)

• For the word of God is living and active and
  sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as
  far as the division of soul and spirit, of both
  joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts
  and intentions of the heart.
• Hebrews 412

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The Church of Thyatira(Revelation 218-29)

• I am the Lord your God You shall have no other
  gods besides Me.
• Deuteronomy 56

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The Church of Sardis(Revelation 31-6)

• Serve the LORD with joy and gladnessCome before
  Him with joyful singing.
• Psalms 1002

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The Church of Philadelphia(Revelation 37-13)

• That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in
  weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
  persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am
  weak, then I am strong.
• II Corinthians 1210

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The Church of Laodicea(Revelation 314-22)

• I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor
  hot I wish that you were cold or hot. So because
  you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I
  will spit you out of My mouth.
• Revelation 315-16
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