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The Book of Revelation (2002) - Part 2 - David Pawson

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over 40% of Christians scripture is in

the form of letters or

correspondence that's one of the biggest

contrasts between the old and the New

Testament there are very few letters in

the old but the new nearly half of the

scripture is in the form of

Correspondence some are quite short

addressed to one person like the letter to

fariman we actually have the longest

letter from the ancient world in the

letter to the Romans no other letter has

been preserved from those days that is

as long as that letter and that's

addressed to a church now the whole of

the Book of Revelation is a letter it is

in the form of a letter it is addressed

to all seven churches within the big

letter are seven smaller letters but we

mustn't lose sight of the fact that the

whole of the book is a letter and tucked

away in the beginning are these seven

small letters to the seven churches

now last night we talked about why the

book was written and How It Was Written

but this morning I want to begin with

where it was written not only is history

important to the Bible but geography is

also very

important the whole of Revelation takes

place in a small area in the southwest

corner of what is now turkey in the days

of the Roman Empire it was a province

called Asia but we now know it as

Southwest turkey I did show you last

night a picture of the Fortress

Monastery in uh Patmos the island I

found I had another little picture taken

from down at sea level looking up to the

top of the hill in Patmos and the fort

fortified Monastery is even more clear

and that marks the site but let's begin

fascinating here is a photograph of the

whole area taken from 200 mil out in

space and we can see very clearly Greece

here and turkey here the Mediterranean

in the South with Cyprus and cre just

below here the Black Sea up there

Istanbul and the bosis which leads

through to the Black Sea here and here is

turkey the Roman province of Asia was

around here now you notice that the

whole country is pretty Barren and dry

High mountainous Plateau it has little

rain and what rain does drop on the

mountains of turkey flows

West Through Rivers you notice that the

the northern part of turkey is green

because it gets some moisture in Rain

from the Black

Sea but I want you to notice that even

from space there is a green circle down

here in the southwest corner and it's

green because of the rain dropping in

the mountains here flowing through

Rivers through this very area it is

therefore the most fertile part of

turkey and therefore the richest part of

turkey in many ways so we're looking

down on the whole scene let's begin to

detail and a little more clearly I'm now

replacing that whole map with this

sketch and here we have modern Greece

and here we have modern turkey Black Sea

up in the corner the aian sea here with

the Greek Islands which are now Resort

holiday Resorts and the Mediterranean

Sea with Creek down here now we can see

the rivers that run into the Egan Sea

from the high mountains of turkey and

here is that fertile

Circle one of the rivers this one is very

very

Meandering and you may not be surprised

to learn that the name of it is the

river meander from which we get the word

which describes All Rivers which do this

so here is the area we're talking about

and the big question which we must ask

and try and answer is why did Jesus only

write letters to this little area did it

ever surprise you when you read that

Jesus never wrote a letter to the church

in Jerusalem or Antioch or

Rome only these

churches why were they so important to

Jesus well we'll hope to answer that

this morning let's zoom in now on this

little area on a map that will show us

more clearly what we're talking

about we're now looking at the southwest

corner of turkey this green circle very

fertile Circle fed by these Rivers

there's the river Meander Meandering its

way into the aan not far from Ephesus

there's another River here the river

hermis and what have we got up here the river

river

Becca and those are the rivers that make

this area such a fertile and prosperous

area here's

Ephesus and that City and its church

plays a larger part of the New Testament

than any other there is more about the

Ephesian Church in scripture than any

other church and again we ask

why there is of course Paul's letter to

the Ephesians in the book of Acts we

have a lot about the Church of the in

Ephesus and then here we have another

epistle to the Ephesians in the Book of

Revelation written by Jesus himself what

is so important about

Ephesus many apostles came to this town

Paul spent more in the city more time in

the city of Ephesus than anywhere else

why other Apostles came here some were

killed here Philip the apostle was

killed right

here what's going on what is focused in

this little area now I want you to

notice the roads in this

area this was covering the most

important Road in the ancient world

which led from Europe to Asia and Africa

and everything came through this road

and the road came from Rome crossed the

sea from Philippi to troas or ancient

Troy and then came down the coast of

turkey but when it got to pergamum the road

road

split and there were two ways you could

continue on to Africa and Asia one was

down the coast to Ephesus and from

Ephesus it cut East up the river valley

of the Meander and went on through

Tarsus and then onto India China

Africa but you could also take the

Inland route which went up this River

Valley and then cut over into the next

River Valley and the next and joined up

with the Coast Road here place called

Leo deia and from Leo

it went on as a single road all the

ancient traffic of the ancient world

therefore passed through either the

Coast Road or the Inland road before

going on to other continents it was

right on the most important trade route

furthermore this was the area where East met

met

West where the mystery religions of the

East collided with the religions of

Greece and Rome from the west and

because of its

Prosperity it was a highly cultured area

and today it's fascinating to spend as

we did a week there looking at the

ancient ruins magnificent ruins some of

which I will show you but you've got

something probably in your pocket that

came from this

area have any of you got any coins in your

your

pocket money was invented right here by

the king of Lydia and his name was

croesus before then whenever you wanted

to buy something you had to exchange

goods for it in barter but King crois

was so wealthy he wanted his wealth in a

different form than goods and he

invented coinage

money and there is a proverb we have it

in English I wonder if you have it in

America called as rich as

croesus anybody heard that proverb a few

yes well it came from this area and with

that money of course came culture when

you have enough wealth you can build

magnificent buildings you can develop

libraries and sports stadium and uh

you're the richest country in the world

here in America and I Marvel at some of

the buildings that you put up and the

money you have to spend on culture which

is of course a luxury

activity in poorer countries they

haven't money to spend on Leisure they

just have to scrape a living and survive

and keep an existence but when you get

wealth you get culture

developing and there's a very

interesting history here this is

probably the most prominent area to

which the Greek culture was exported there's

there's

theaters above all there's Sports you

know sport has no place in the Bible at

all as far as I can see except for one

text bodily exercise profits

little that's the only text I can find

in the Bible related to sport sport came

from ancient Greece from two centers of

sport one was Olympia from which we has

still have the Olympic Games

but the other big Sports Center was the

ionic games and they took place right

here so here we have a center which was

wealthy enough to develop Greek culture

Along Came the Romans after that and

they brought all their Law and Order

their magnificent buildings temples to

the emperor and so if you want to study

ancient culture you go to this little

circle you'll find two of the Seven

Wonders of the World in that little

circle and the best known one of course

is the Temple of Diana in Ephesus

itself so here was a whole area of the

highest of pagan culture and with it

Pagan religion all the Eastern mystery

religions had temples here the Western

gods of Greece and Rome all had temples

here it is a magnificent place if you're

interested in

archaeology and what a civilization it

must have been but that still doesn't

explain why Jesus should write letters

to seven churches right

here now comes the great surprise and

this is probably new to most of you

here this was the area where at the end

of the first century ad Satan had his

headquarters Satan of course can only be

in one place at once he's not

everywhere he has agents everywhere

demonic agents to do his will but he has

to go to and fro in the Earth or up to

heaven he has access to Heaven as Job

chapter 1 will tell you so he moves

around but on Earth he always has a base

a headquarters and and it is

always high on a

mountain because he loves looking down

on people he loves surveying his kingdom

and so he chooses always a mountain as his

his

headquarters and we know from jesus'

letters to the churches that

Satan at that time had his headquarters in

pergamum and from there he traveled to

to and fro in the Earth but always came

back here as his residence and when

Jesus wrote the letter to the church in

pergamum he said I know where you live

it's where Satan resides it's where he

has his

seat now what does all that mean when we

went to pergamum I understood it I never

understood it before pergamum is quite a

small City nestling at the root of a

mountain a Sugarloaf shaped Mountain

about 1,000 M High which Towers over the

city and over the whole area you can

only get up there through a narrow

winding track a little road you can get

up you can get a bus up there now and on

the top are the most magnificent

ruins one of the well the third largest

library in the ancient world was up

there on top of Mount

pergam And there are theaters up there

stadium and

temples and the biggest temple of all

was a gigantic Square Stone Temple

bigger than this

room and it was a unique Temple it was

built up on a platform with steps up to

it at the front and on the top there was

a row of columns on three sides if you

can imagine tall columns on three sides

and in the middle an altar and this was

the Temple of Zeus the king of all gods

in ancient

mythology and this was the residence of

Satan and from the altar every day every

night there was Smoke rising from a fire

that was kept going by the priests what

a sight it must have been from little

pergamum the city below you look up to

the top of this mountain and you see the

smoke as if it's a volcano ascending to

Zeus King of the

Gods but when we went there it was

gone you can still see the square where

it was it's now planted with trees but

the temple is gone and do you know where

it is it's in East

Berlin if whenever you go to

Berlin go down the main Highway through

the Brandenburg gate little further on

down the unen Lindon and then look to

the left and you will see a large Museum

called The Museum of

pergamon and inside you will find

Satan's residence a German archaeologist

at the end of the 19th century

transported it Stone by Stone to Germany

and rebuilt it and here's a picture of

museum here are the steps up to the

temple here are the three sides of the

column and the altar was here now then

just to give you the size of this I

wonder if you can see can you see a

person standing there

above my

finger that's a life-sized person who

had climbed up when this Photograph was

taken that's the size of the temple now

imagine all this built on a, M Sugarloaf

Mountain towering above the surrounding

Countryside from here you could see

miles and

miles and this was Satan's seat it's

like a huge armchair it is a throne and

Jesus says in the letter to pamma I know

where you live that's where Satan

resides that's where Satan's seat is and

you are now looking at Satan's

seat this does not mean that he is now

residing in

Berlin though Christians in

Berlin have gathered by the hundreds

here to pray that it may go go back to

Turkey Turkey wants it back

as others want uh things back from the British

British

museum many Christians have the idea

that moving this to Berlin at the

beginning of the 20th century had a

profound effect on Germany and what

happened in the last century there

whatever I'm quite sure Satan is not

living here now and don't all come and

ask me afterwards where I think he's

living now

I have my ideas but uh they're only my

speculation and that's not worth listening

listening

to however to go back to the map we

had this had an amazing influence on the

churches in the

area the churches that were nearest to

pergamum had one kind of problem as you

move further away from Satan's residence

the churches had a different kind of

problem and the the two churches

furthest away had a very different

problem from the others to put it simply

the two churches that were nearest to

Satan's residence were both being

corrupted From the Inside by idolatry and

and

immorality the next two churches further

away were both suffering not from the

inside but by persecution from the

outside and in both

cases Satan was using the Jews to

persecute the

Christians and Jesus even dared to call

their synagogue a synagogue of

Satan the Jews were used in the earliest

days of the Christian church to

persecute the Christians alas when the

Christians got power after the days of

Constantine the emperor after he was

converted Christians took their Revenge

and became anti-jewish and persecuted

the Jews for the next 17 centuries it's

a very sad part of church history that

we were responsible for the persecution

of the Jewish people for so long but the

story must be told truthfully in its

totality and the truth is that in the

earliest days Paul himself and his

converts and the churches he founded

were quite bitterly attacked by Jewish

people they saw these Jews believing in

a false sorry they saw the Christians as

believing in a false Messiah they did

not believe that Jesus was the Christ

and that was the root of their hatred of the

the Christians

Christians

so the two churches that were furthest

away from Satan he wasn't bothering at

all so what went wrong with those two

well one was Ephesus and they had lost

their first love and the other was

leoda and they had become

lukewarm and churches that have lost

their first love and become lukewarm

Satan doesn't bother them at all he

doesn't need to they're not a threat to

him they're not likely to attack his

kingdom they will just carry on as they

are so if you got the picture pergamum

Satan resides that's his base on Earth

why would he choose pergamum I've given

you the answer this area was the most

important area in the whole world to

control it sat right over the East West

Road the road between Europe Asia and

Africa passed right through here whoever

controlled this situation could control

the world could influence the world from

here news went out in every direction to

all three of the continents of the then known

known

world can you begin to see how strategic

it was Satan certainly thought so he

said that's where I can control the

world and Jesus thought the

same and so we have here a direct

conflict the church is caught in a

spiritual battle

and it's going to be very

Fierce so we have Satan pergamum then we

have two churches being attacked from

the inside by Satan through idolatry and

immorality compromised within the church

then you have a little further away

Satan attacking churches from the

outside and even using God's chosen

people the Jews to do it they are the

two churches about whom Jesus has no criticism

criticism

whatever Jesus has nothing but support

and sympathy for churches that are

suffering his major criticisms are

directed at churches that are not

suffering for him I find that

interesting and particularly those two

churches furthest from Satan that Satan

doesn't need to bother with Ephesus and

leoda we're going to be looking in more

detail at those two in a moment

but have I painted a picture for you

remember that this is the end of the

first century ad we're into second and

third generation

Christians and I'm afraid church history

is full of examples of a church that was

full of enthusiasm and life at the

beginning but gradually as they failed

to pass on the that Zeal for the Lord to

the second and third generation the

church becomes respectable

cool not very loving still doing all the

right things but somehow the fire has

died down Satan doesn't bother with

those churches now on a very simple

principle I look around the world today

and I say where are these kinds of

churches and I've come to the conclusion

that Satan's headquarters cannot

possibly be in

America or Britain or Europe

I see the signs of his activity in the third

third

world that's where the church today is

growing most

rapidly and where the tensions and

spiritual battles are most fierce so

somewhere in the third world I believe

Satan has his residence today I'm not

going to be more specific than

that but when I look at some of the

lukewarm churches and some of the

Loveless churches in our Western world I

know that Satan wouldn't even put them

on his list that he needs to pay

attention to they're really not much

threat to

him well now let's move on from that

history and geography lesson but you see

how the background is so important when

we come to the Book of Revelation and

because these are second and third generation

generation

churches Jesus is really

facing the acid test of whether his

church is going to remain faithful to

him quite simply if the churches could

survive here they would survive

anywhere if the churches could get

through the end of the first century ad

in the pressure of Greek and Roman

culture and the money and the pleasure

and everything going on here strangely

reminiscent of the modern world they had

everything that you've got on television

except the television set

they had drama they had comedy they had

sport they had everything that people

are watching in the western world today

but they had to go out for it and watch

it in situe whereas we can Lounge at

home and switch it on and watch it in

Comfort that's the only difference the

preoccupation of the Leisure Life here

was exactly what it is in the world

which you and I live

in their great

growth industry was

Leisure and it is ours too they had to

have entertainment then because every

person in that area had an ambition to retire

retire

early and get a slave to do their work

for them that was their ambition 2third

of the people living in this circle were

slaves imported from other countries to

do all the manual labor and the dirty

work does this sound strangely modern to

you and so they had imported conquered

enemies to do the work so that they

could be people of leisure and of course

that meant they had so much time on

their hands they had to fill it and so

the Leisure industry developed libraries

Sports Stadium you everything that we

have they had two that's the kind of

place and in those places little

churches had begun they'd all been

established through the major port of

Ephesus because from Ephesus everything

went up the

rivers to affect the interior for

example there's a place over here called

colosi which Paul never

visited but one of Paul's converts in

Ephesus went up the Meander River to

colosi and started a church and pH demon

was a member of that church and Paul

wrote a letter to the Colossians though

he'd never been there hadn't started the

church but one of his converts had done

so so Ephesus was a key City and the

early Church's missionary strategy was

to establish a church in a key City and

move away and leave that church to

evangelize its area around it that's a

good strategy go for the key Center of population

population

establish a church there and let that

church evangelize the whole area and

that's why Paul moved from one strategic

City to another he didn't try and

evangelize everywhere but you find him

telling the Ephesians that from Ephesus

the gospel went out into the whole of

Asia his converts did the evangelizing

so Ephesus was the key place and not

only did Paul come there not only did

Timothy come

there but John came

there as an old man and he brought with

him Mary the mother of Jesus At The

Cross John had been told to look after

Mary and he wisely decided to take her

right away from the scene of her son's

death and Agony and he took her here and

they will show you what they claim to be

be Mary's house in Ephesus I can't prove

that that is and they can't but what I

have uh seen and prayed at is the tomb

of John the Apostle John's tomb is most

certainly there and you can go there and

as I stood at that tomb I thank the Lord

for his gospel and his Epistles and

above all the Book of Revelation it's a

very moving moment to be right there

knowing the John's remains were there

but knowing that he is alive and with

the Lord right now because God is the

god of the living not the

dead you can see therefore that Ephesus

is the key and these roads and the

rivers the whole Rich

cultural area was the biggest challenge

to the Church of Jesus

Christ if the churches here survived

into the second century

then Jesus church was Secure for all

time but if they went under

here then it would be a bad day for the

whole of church

history have I conveyed enough to you to

realize what a key area this was so

let's move on now to look at some of these

these

letters Jesus of course appeared to John

in prison and John was completely

overawed by his appearance

when I was preaching in Australia a lady

was in the

congregation who had been traveling by

air from Australia to New Zealand Over

the tasmin

Sea and halfway across to New Zealand

they had run into a violent electrical

storm and that the clouds seemed to be

on fire with lightning all around the

aircraft and and she was quite

frightened and the plane was being

tossed around with the wind and the air

pockets and the passengers panicked and

they were screaming they were holding on

to each other I think they all thought

the plane would break up and they would

all die and the lady noticed that the

lady sitting next to her against the

window was praying well anybody would

pray in that

situation but she said to her excuse me

but are you a Christian the lady said

yes and so they said said well let's pray

pray

together and together they said Lord you

still the storm 2,000 years ago please

do it

again but please still the storm inside

the plane as well as

outside and within 2 minutes everybody

in the plane was at peace and had

stopped screaming and was sitting

quietly but the storm continued outside

and she had a camera so she Lent over

across the new friend and she held the

camera at arms length against the window

and pressed the trigger hoping that she

might get a picture of this

extraordinary sight of the lightning

apparently setting the whole sky on

fire well she took the film to be

developed in New Zealand after she'd

landed safely because as soon as she

took the photograph the storm outside

stopped as well and they came into clear

air and landed safely in New

Zealand she took the film to be veloped

and the shop rang her up later and said

your photographs are ready but will you

please come and pick them up

yourself I want to talk to you and when

she went to collect the photograph she

said why do you want to talk to me and

the photographer said where did you get this

this

Photograph and she told how she'd held

the camera against the window of the

plane and how the storm had stopped as

photograph and the

photographer and his family all became

Christians that

afternoon it was originally a color

photograph I've only managed to get it

on black and white in this

transparency but this was how the

out I don't think you'll be able to see the

the

face you will one

day but that was what the camera saw she

didn't a figure in in perfect peace in

control of the

situation I have only once in my life

had the sheer privilege of having a

vision of Jesus I saw

him I can't describe his face to this

day but just to know that he was there

and he was

real but one day we shall see him and

see his face and we shall be like him

before we shall see him as he is

well John had that Vision but it was

frightening as I told you last night he

fell in a dead faint and a well-known

voice said don't be

afraid I was dead and now I am alive

forever more you know of every other

great world leader every other founder

of a religion you have to say they were

alive and they are now Dead Forever

More oh only of Jesus can you say he was

dead and is alive forever

more Confucius is dead Buddha is dead

Muhammad is dead but Jesus is

Alive well that overwhelming Vision was

followed by the order to write some

letters down and John was simply the

secretary to take them down there are

seven letters

each with seven parts to the letter and

they are addressed to seven churches

that's not a

coincidence seven is the perfect number

to God he does everything in

sevens creation was complete in seven

days you find seven all the way through

the Book of Revelation as we'll see but

here are seven letters to seven

churches and each has seven parts to it

before we do that I want you to realize

that the places to which he wrote were

all real

places one of the great joys of taking

people out to see these places and to

praise God in each was the joy of seeing

their faces as they understood it really did

did

happen I'm afraid too often we treat the

Bible as a book of fairy stories for

children but there were real

events in fact our Sunday School uh

superintendent or director once said to

me David I can tell which of our Bible

School teachers you have had to Israel

with you and which haven't I said how do

you tell he said it's not because they

say when I was in though a lot of people

who been to Israel they

can't deny the temptation of saying well

when I was in Galilee when I was in

Jerusalem but he said it's not that he

said it's the tone of voice in which

they tell the story from the Bible that

is completely changed I said what do you

mean he said well the teachers who

haven't been to Israel they have the

tone of voice as if it's not really true

now children I'm going to tell you about

a man called Daniel who was thrown into

a den of liines there's a kind of tone

of voice when you're telling children a

story that isn't true

but he said the people you've had to

Israel and come

back they use the same tone of voice as

if they were describing Saturday's football

football

match I found that a remarkable comment

and observation on his part and one of

the reasons I took people out to Israel

from our church regularly until

two-thirds of them had been out with me

and they said they learned more in 2

weeks from me out there than 6 months

back home I wasn't sure that was a

compliment but anyway because it all

suddenly became

real the dust the smells it all brought

it down to earth out of the stained

glass window and these were all real

places for example here's Ephesus and

they have reconstructed the facade of

the library in Ephesus that had 30,000

volumes but to give you an idea of what

Ephesus was like underneath the surface

there is an underground passage tunnel

from the library across to this corner

where there was a brothel full of

prostitutes and husbands used to say to

their wives I'm just off to the library

to change my library

book and straight through the tunnel and

in fact you can still see the

prostitutes advertisements scratched

into the

marble so though on the surface it was a

cultured wealthy marvelous city

underneath it was foul it was corrupt

and that was true of this whole area and

here were little churches struggling

against all this culture all this

immorality all this idolatry but there's

Ephesus and you can still walk down the

Main Street and when we were out

there the film crew decided they would

like to film it from the air and for

only 15 they fired a little plane on a

nearby Airfield to go up and photograph

it for us and they got up there and when

they looked down to their

astonishment Ephesus was empty now it's

usually crowded with thousands of

tourists but it was empty and then they

saw one woman walking down this street

and they flew low and waved to her and

she waved back and then to their horror

they noticed there were dozens of guns

pointing in at them whole circle of men

with guns all around Ephesus were

pointing at the little plane and it was

Hillary Clinton who was walking through

Ephesus and they hurriedly beat a

retreat before they were shot down but

there it was she wanted to see it as

well here is

Sardis and they had a huge Temple of

Diana with stone columns 90 ft High

there are only one or two of them Still

Standing but what moved me so greatly in

Sardis was that at the edge of the

Temple of Diana This Magnificent 90 ft

High columned facade there was a little

brick building and when I went into it I

realized it was a Christian

church and after the Great temple was no

longer used but for Pagan worship the

Christians built a little brick building

where they

worshiped and that went on far longer

than the Pagan Temple this happened all

over this area when the Christian Church

grew and all these Pagan temples fell into

into

Philadelphia and these are the remains

of the Christian church in Philadelphia

there's just a great

pillar still standing of the ancient

church and you know it was in the letter

to Philadelphia that Jesus said he who

overcomes I will make him into a pillar

in the church of his God and never to be

removed and all that's left of the

church there is the pillar interesting

here's Leo DEA I'm going to tell you

much more about that place later but for

the moment I want you to notice that big

rock with a hole in

it that's part of an

aqueduct of lukewarm water but I'll tell

you all about that later there's Leo

deia nobody lives there now down below

we've got um

thyra and once again there are ruins of

the Christian church that was built in

siarra in all seven places there's no

church now except in SMA as I told you

last night that is a suffering Church in modern

modern

turkey we've got smyrner up

here and this is a picture of the

ancient marketplace but above Smyrna

there's a huge hill crowned with temples

and castles and it's literally called

the crown of smyna so when Jesus wrote

to the people of smyna he said I will

give you the Crown of

Life the letters show that Jesus not

only knew everything that was happening

in each church he knew all about their

city and their situation and the

circumstances and here's the last one

which haven't I forgot there's pergamum

this is on top of that thousand M Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf

Mountain and they carted the stone all

the way up and built these Magnificent

the size of them is

overwhelming now all this Pagan culture

Now lies in

ruins it was replaced by the church

which spread from what is now uh

Istanbul used to be Byzantium and these

were Byzantine churches but uh when

Constantine took it over he changed the

name to

Constantinople and moved the

headquarters of the Roman Empire from

Rome to Constantinople so it was from

there that these churches came it's

fascinating to go and look at all this

but now let's get to the seven letters

we really must get down to that Time

Marches On doesn't

it there are seven letters to seven

churches but each has seven Parts very

very clearly and in fact on the sheet

that you've got you'll find them listed

down the left hand column of the sheet

you'll find the seven churches listed

along the top of your sheet and the

Seven parts of each letter down the left

and we've laid out the letters side by

side I found that that is by far the

best way to study them it's what we call

the synoptic view synoptic means to view

together sin means together and optic

you know what that means to look and so

a synoptic view is to look together at

something to view things side by side

and compare them and it's when we do

that that we see able things but before

we do that let me just run through the

seven parts of each letter they did a

very sensible thing in those days they

put the address to which the letter was

addressed and then immediately after who

the letter was

from now I get loads of letters far too

many to deal with people send me their

life story on 20 Pages closely written

quite sure that I'm the one God has sent

out help them with that personal problem

but if I answered all those letters I

couldn't be here teaching you this

morning but uh isn't it a silly custom

that we have to put the name of the

sender on the last page of a letter

that's crazy so I get a thick letter and

I've got to turn each page and get right

to the end before I know who it's from

No Such uh silliness in the ancient world

world

address name of sender

who it's to who it's from and of course

they wrote on a scroll and they rolled it

up and they rolled it up from the end

from the bottom so that the postman just

had to unroll the first bit to see who

it was to and who it was from and that's

why the Book of Revelation is a letter

and these seven letters are all letters

that's the form of an epistle in the ancient

ancient

world so the address comes first and

each the letters begins to the angel of

the church in Ephesus to the angel of

the church in SMA to the angel of the

church in

pergam now some commentators are quite

sure that it wasn't an angel that the

letter would be addressed to and so they

changed that to

pastor but I have news for you not all

pastors are

angels and I don't believe that that's a

legitimate interpretation throughout the

Book of Revelation an angel is an Angel

and the book is full of them it is

because Angels were much more real to

the early Church in their thinking and

experience that they had no difficulty

with this and apart from anything else

there was no way that John could get the

letter to them unless an angel took it

but the letter is addressed to the angel

who is the messenger of God to that

church but that's the address then comes

who it's from and it's interesting that

Jesus Jus who is sending the letter

never uses his

name simply this is from he

who and a description of one of our

Lord's attributes is in place of the

sender's name I find that

fascinating because I believe he is

describing that part of his own being

that they have either

forgotten or overlooked or that part of

his being they have not heard about but

which they need to

know we need to remember all the names

of Jesus but there may be particular

ones that we have overlooked and

forgotten you know some years ago I was

talking to God and I said God I know

your name but I find it very difficult

to say I know your name is Yahweh or at

least I think that's how it's said

because I can never get a Jew to say it

they are so frightened of taking the

name of the Lord in vain they will never

use it and I've tried to catch Jews out

and I've said to Jews in Israel how is

it you pronounce the name of God and

they say yeah you're not going to catch

me and they won't use it so I'm hoping

I'm saying it rightly but

Yahweh I am it's actually not even I am

it's it's a participle of the verb to be

being and I said Lord I'm not sure that

I can use your

name uh in prayer and talking to

you it's a lovely name but it doesn't

come easily to me would you please give

me an English word that would mean the

same to you as this and I only tell you

what immediately came into my mind as I

said it the word

always always and from then on I got so

excited the name of my God is

always always and that's only his first

name he has an awful lot of second names

he is always my

helper always my strength always my

glory always always isn't that beautiful

that's the nearest I think you can get

in English

to the name Yahweh God is

always and then one of the 300 titles of

Jesus I love to use Jesus is called

called

yes did you know that's one of his names

he is the yes to every promise of

God that beautiful fancy having a father

called Always and a son called

yes you can't have a more positive Faith

than that if you tried well here is

Jesus reminding the churches of some of

his titles some of his names because his

names always point to his nature he is

saying this is from the one who is like

this and he's reminding the church how

they need to think about him the third

element in each letter is

approval he commends them he thanks his

father for them he says what's good now

here's a little lesson for you from

Jesus himself if you're going to

criticize someone say something nice

first it's a simple lesson in personal

relations but you find Jesus does it

here Paul does it in every one of his

letters even when he writes to Corinth

the church that was messed up getting

drunk at the Lord's table that stop

believing in the resurrection there was

such a mess but Paul Begins by saying I

thank God you have every spiritual gift

and he always tried to begin his letters

with something good something positive

something that he could commend there

was only one letter Paul wrote where he

could find nothing to commend the church

and it's the letter to the

Galatians and it's a RedHot letter

written on as best as paper I think

because Paul was just angry right at the

beginning with what was happening

another go gospel was destroying them

and he went straight into that but

normally in every letter like Jesus

himself Paul said something good and so

Jesus says I know all about you and I'm

so glad about this I congratulate you on

that notice that Jesus is always

concerned with Deeds with what people do

and he knows everything that's done in

every Church she knows everything you do

and everything I do I know your

deeds and so he commends them then he

moves to criticism and accusation and he

says but I have this against you and

then he criticizes

them moving on from that he gives

counsel or advice what they need to do

about the situation to put things right

in the church

and it's good advice it's more than that

it's a command of him to some of the

churches he said if you don't take my

advice and put this right I will close

your church

down Jesus is not only in the business

of opening churches but closing them

down he doesn't want churches that are

an insult to him he will close a church

down and remove their lampstand so that

the light will be removed because the

light is being distorted it it is misleading

misleading

people but he says please put it right

yourself so that I won't need to come

and deal with it myself he gives every

Church the chance to put it right before

he has

to from advice he moves on to Assurance

he wants to give them encouragement and

he offers a reward to those who

overcome I want you to notice that the

first place you learn to

overcome difficulties and pressures is

inside the

church you will never resist the

pressures outside the church unless you

can overcome those

inside I told you that I've had more

trouble in the last 10 years than in the

previous 30 in my Ministry alas I have

to tell you sadly it came comes most of

it from inside the church more of it is

now coming from outside but most of it

has come from the inside I've had to

learn to overcome that because it's not

easy when it comes from your brothers

and sisters whom you're supposed to love

and who are supposed to love you but

that's where you first learn to overcome

now though these churches were in quite

a small circle you could walk around it

in a few days the one thing he never

says is I advise you to go to the the

church down the

road there's a an astonishing absence of

that kind of advice now of course they

didn't have automobiles in those

days but nevertheless it still applies

and unfortunately we've developed a kind

of Supermarket Christianity if a church

doesn't us Shoot Us suit us in our style

then we get in the car and we go down

the road and we choose another and there

are plenty to choose from there are

three or four with in 2 minutes walking

of this

building and what a Temptation that is

to us to become Supermarket Christians

and choose a church that suits us Jesus

says to all these people even to the

worst Church of the seven he says he who

overcomes he who stays right there but

doesn't let the wrong things in the

church get on top of him he's the one I

will reward you don't run away from Bad

situations you endure and you

overcome that may be a little word from

know then finally he makes an appeal

finishes the letter off if you've got

ears then hear what the spirit is saying

to the churches now that saying is very

common on jesus' lips if you read the

gospels after most of his Parables which

which were stories and he never drew out

the moral he never said now that story

is to teach this he just told the story

and then said he that has ears to hear

Let Him hear and what he means is this

you may have enjoyed the story but have

you heard

it I remember watching a mother with a

rather rebellious little boy and she

said uh to the boy sit

down and he stood up and she said sit

down and he still

stood sit

down and he still stood and she finally

said said did you hear

me well of course he heard her but that

phrase when she said did you hear me

meant something far more than that it

meant why did you not do something about

it and when Jesus said let him that has

ears let him hear he is really saying

did you hear me what are you going to do

about this in other words it's an RSVP

he's saying I want to reply to this

letter I want a response to what I've told

told

you let him hear what the spirit is

saying to the churches now that is the

outline of each letter except for one

rather unusual thing halfway through

after dictating three letters in this

order he suddenly reverses 6 and S and

in the last four letters the appeal

comes before the promise of reward and

Assurance did you notice that don't ask

me to explain it you'll have to ask

him and I can only assume that after

dictating three letters he thought again

and thought you know it would be better

if I just revers those last two things

and carried on with the other four

letters who knows but you need to just

note that now then let's take the

synoptic view of these

letters when we put them side by side we

notice far

more for example we

notice that under the approval there are

two churches he has nothing good to

say and you may not notice that Gap when

you've just read the letters straight

through but put them side by side and it

becomes terribly obvious

the two of them have nothing good about

them in jesus' eyes and listen those two

are the two most successful in human

terms they are the two biggest they have

the biggest offerings they have the

biggest congregations and yet Jesus says

I wish I could find something to commend

about you but I can't and then when it

comes to accusation of what is wrong

again we notice there are

two about whom there is nothing wrong in Jesus sight see the most important thing

Jesus sight see the most important thing for you and me is to find out what Jesus

for you and me is to find out what Jesus thinks about the church we go to not

thinks about the church we go to not what people think not what the pastor

what people think not what the pastor thinks not what the Press think but what

thinks not what the Press think but what Jesus thinks about the church and his

Jesus thinks about the church and his opinion is usually very very

opinion is usually very very different from the world's opinion we

different from the world's opinion we talk about successful churches and so

talk about successful churches and so often particular particularly here in

often particular particularly here in America that means the numbers on the

America that means the numbers on the membership list whether their membership

membership list whether their membership is nominal or real or

is nominal or real or whatever got to be big to be

whatever got to be big to be successful if I was asked what is the

successful if I was asked what is the god of America I'd say success but I

god of America I'd say success but I must be careful not to say more but it's

must be careful not to say more but it's got right into the church world too and

got right into the church world too and we have our ideas to what a successful

we have our ideas to what a successful church is but that may not be jesus'

church is but that may not be jesus' idea at all

idea at all have you ever asked Jesus what he thinks

have you ever asked Jesus what he thinks of your

of your church may I commend to you what I call

church may I commend to you what I call interrogatory

interrogatory prayer I've seen many books on prayer

prayer I've seen many books on prayer but I've never seen anyone talk about

but I've never seen anyone talk about interrogatory prayer intercessory prayer

interrogatory prayer intercessory prayer yes but interrogatory prayer is asking

yes but interrogatory prayer is asking God

God questions do you ever do that and expect

questions do you ever do that and expect him to

him to answer I learned some years ago to pray

answer I learned some years ago to pray practice this kind of prayer and to ask

practice this kind of prayer and to ask God in a situation how do you feel about

God in a situation how do you feel about this and I was engaged in a public

this and I was engaged in a public debate with a communist and he was

debate with a communist and he was aggressive and even abusive towards me

aggressive and even abusive towards me publicly but I just sent up a little

publicly but I just sent up a little 10-second prayer Lord how do you feel

10-second prayer Lord how do you feel about that

about that man and you know what I burst into

man and you know what I burst into tears in front of

tears in front of everybody and I wept

everybody and I wept and I realized Jesus wept over his the

and I realized Jesus wept over his the whole state of his soul change my

whole state of his soul change my attitude towards

attitude towards him CU I can give as good as you get and

him CU I can give as good as you get and I could have given him some real verbal

I could have given him some real verbal punch-ups but when I asked Jesus what he

punch-ups but when I asked Jesus what he felt and he shared with me how he did

felt and he shared with me how he did feel the whole debate

feel the whole debate changed and in fact uh though it was a

changed and in fact uh though it was a bunch of unbelieving students and staff

bunch of unbelieving students and staff in the University attending the debate

in the University attending the debate hundreds of them well the Lord won the

hundreds of them well the Lord won the debate and the overwhelming vote was for

debate and the overwhelming vote was for the Lord at the end from a whole bunch

the Lord at the end from a whole bunch of unbelievers but that might not have

of unbelievers but that might not have happened if I hadn't asked that

happened if I hadn't asked that question and I assume when I ask God a

question and I assume when I ask God a question that the next thing that comes

question that the next thing that comes to into my mind however unexpected is

to into my mind however unexpected is his answer it's not always right about

his answer it's not always right about eight or nine out of 10 so so far I'm

eight or nine out of 10 so so far I'm getting better at it and I make mistakes

getting better at it and I make mistakes but I assume he wants to talk to me ask

but I assume he wants to talk to me ask God

God questions and expect an

questions and expect an answer and if you want to try this

answer and if you want to try this here's the first question I suggest you

here's the first question I suggest you ask ask the Lord is there anything in my

ask ask the Lord is there anything in my life you don't

life you don't like try asking that question and see if

like try asking that question and see if you get an answer from him I told a lady

you get an answer from him I told a lady to try this one she said I've never

to try this one she said I've never heard God speak to me I said well just

heard God speak to me I said well just ask him this question is there anything

ask him this question is there anything in my life you don't like and she

in my life you don't like and she immediately said I know what it'll

immediately said I know what it'll be and I said no you don't it might be

be and I said no you don't it might be something quite different you go and ask

something quite different you go and ask him but next Sunday when she came to

him but next Sunday when she came to church she said it

church she said it was but she'd never thought of asking

was but she'd never thought of asking God questions but when you read the

God questions but when you read the lives of Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses

lives of Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses they were always asking questions of God

they were always asking questions of God and expecting him to answer

and expecting him to answer well ask him what he thinks of your

well ask him what he thinks of your church try and find out because that's

church try and find out because that's the most important question about any

the most important question about any church what does Jesus think about

church what does Jesus think about it so there we have it now when you've

it so there we have it now when you've got that little um chart with all those

got that little um chart with all those letters side by side this is what I did

letters side by side this is what I did with it I got some colored

with it I got some colored pencils and I started filling in the

pencils and I started filling in the colors of all the things that were the

colors of all the things that were the same and a pattern began to emerge from

same and a pattern began to emerge from this it's obvious that the first to the

this it's obvious that the first to the angel of the church in is identical

angel of the church in is identical wording all the way across the only

wording all the way across the only change is the place the address

change is the place the address changes and then these are the words of

changes and then these are the words of him who goes right

him who goes right across but what follows those words

across but what follows those words changes for each church and fits their

changes for each church and fits their situation

situation and then he's constantly saying I know I

and then he's constantly saying I know I know your Deeds I know your Reflections

know your Deeds I know your Reflections I know I know your

I know I know your Deeds can't you see that

Deeds can't you see that one I know your Deeds

one I know your Deeds again there it is every letter I know I

again there it is every letter I know I know I know these things begin to emerge

know I know these things begin to emerge as important things that Jesus wants to

as important things that Jesus wants to say

say and so on right to the end let him hear

and so on right to the end let him hear what the spirit says to the churches

what the spirit says to the churches that goes right the way through though

that goes right the way through though it changes places halfway through and so

it changes places halfway through and so on I noticed that there's more about

on I noticed that there's more about Satan in these letters than the letters

Satan in these letters than the letters of Paul and John and Peter put

of Paul and John and Peter put together because Jesus knew who his foe

together because Jesus knew who his foe really was he had battled Satan before

really was he had battled Satan before and so he mentions Satan

and so he mentions Satan frequently and I can't just see too

frequently and I can't just see too clearly where it is but I put a

clearly where it is but I put a different color for Satan and then I

different color for Satan and then I began to notice words like

began to notice words like remember and words like repent his

remember and words like repent his advice was full of

advice was full of remember remember what you used to be

remember remember what you used to be like those of you who've lost your first

like those of you who've lost your first love recall how you felt when you first

love recall how you felt when you first fell in love with Jesus what happened is

fell in love with Jesus what happened is the honeymoon over remember what it was

the honeymoon over remember what it was like and in fact he told e is that the

like and in fact he told e is that the way to recapture your first

way to recapture your first love is to do the things you used to do

love is to do the things you used to do when you first had that love isn't that

when you first had that love isn't that interesting now that means that many men

interesting now that means that many men here will Rush from this meeting and buy

here will Rush from this meeting and buy some flowers and some

some flowers and some chocolates for their wives see remember

chocolates for their wives see remember the things you used to do when you were

the things you used to do when you were in

in love it's a very simple bit of advice

love it's a very simple bit of advice but oh how wise it is when when you

but oh how wise it is when when you first fell in love with Jesus what did

first fell in love with Jesus what did you do about

you do about it then remember and go and do it again

it then remember and go and do it again to other churches he has to say very

to other churches he has to say very strongly repent turn around turn away

strongly repent turn around turn away from that renounce it cut it out finish

from that renounce it cut it out finish with it and repentance is not just

with it and repentance is not just saying I'm sorry for all my sins that

saying I'm sorry for all my sins that that's not repentance at all I remember

that's not repentance at all I remember a young man coming to my front door once

a young man coming to my front door once on a motorbike with handlebars up here

on a motorbike with handlebars up here and mirrors stuck out like a porcupine

and mirrors stuck out like a porcupine and he was in leather black leather

and he was in leather black leather covered with brass metal studs I think

covered with brass metal studs I think you know the kind of guy and there he

you know the kind of guy and there he was and he rang my front doorbell and I

was and he rang my front doorbell and I said hello Paul what can I do for you

said hello Paul what can I do for you and he said I want to talk I said come

and he said I want to talk I said come on in then and he sat down on

on in then and he sat down on R and the marks still show where he

R and the marks still show where he squirmed his brass jacket into the Moet

squirmed his brass jacket into the Moet cover and I said 'what do you want to

cover and I said 'what do you want to talk about Paul he Saidi want to be

talk about Paul he Saidi want to be baptized I said good but I said Paul do

baptized I said good but I said Paul do you know how we baptize people here he

you know how we baptize people here he said yeah you duck them in the water I

said yeah you duck them in the water I said so you want to be ducked in the

said so you want to be ducked in the water right but I said Paul do you know

water right but I said Paul do you know what the word repent

what the word repent means no I said well Paul go home and as

means no I said well Paul go home and as Jesus is there anything in my life you

Jesus is there anything in my life you don't like and when he tells you cut it

don't like and when he tells you cut it out and come back three weeks

out and come back three weeks later I heard him coming for a half a

later I heard him coming for a half a mile away and there he is at the front

mile away and there he is at the front door and I said what what is it Paul he

door and I said what what is it Paul he said

said there I said what do you mean

there I said what do you mean there I've stopped biting my

nails so I said Paul I will now baptized you and I

you and I did it showed me he repent Paul Paul

did it showed me he repent Paul Paul said this I was not disobedient to the

said this I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision so I

heavenly vision so I preached to the Gentiles that they

preached to the Gentiles that they should repent and turn to God and prove

should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their

their repentance by their deeds many of you weren't even asked if

deeds many of you weren't even asked if you'd stop biting your nails when you

you'd stop biting your nails when you were

were baptized you were not asked for any

baptized you were not asked for any proof of repentance but that's the New

proof of repentance but that's the New Testament approach you're baptized not

Testament approach you're baptized not on profession of Faith but on proof of

on profession of Faith but on proof of repentance in the New Testament and

repentance in the New Testament and Jesus here has to say to churches repent

Jesus here has to say to churches repent and that doesn't mean feel sorry it

and that doesn't mean feel sorry it means change turn around get rid of what

means change turn around get rid of what you doing walk away from it that's

you doing walk away from it that's repentance and boy what a need there is

repentance and boy what a need there is for repentance

for repentance today so that's his advice and it comes

today so that's his advice and it comes out when you start adding these colors

out when you start adding these colors well you take that chart home and do a

well you take that chart home and do a little homework on it for

little homework on it for yourself I thought I'd talk about one or

yourself I thought I'd talk about one or two of the churches now we haven't time

two of the churches now we haven't time to go through it all but I've made a

to go through it all but I've made a video it's on The Book Stall just out

video it's on The Book Stall just out there or a few copies are oh there it is

there or a few copies are oh there it is thank you

thank you yes this is Bob Harvey who distributes

yes this is Bob Harvey who distributes my tapes and videos in America bless

my tapes and videos in America bless him and here it is letters of Jesus to

him and here it is letters of Jesus to his churches I believe believe this is a

his churches I believe believe this is a prophetic message for the church today

prophetic message for the church today as It prepares for the troubles that lie

as It prepares for the troubles that lie ahead it's had a tremendous impact on

ahead it's had a tremendous impact on many a church buy one for your church

many a church buy one for your church and play it to the house groups or

and play it to the house groups or whatever goes through each letter in

whatever goes through each letter in detail and it also we've put in the

detail and it also we've put in the scenes that the film crew uh captured uh

scenes that the film crew uh captured uh so you can go to the places and live in

so you can go to the places and live in it but I can't we haven't time to go

it but I can't we haven't time to go through each letter this morning but let

through each letter this morning but let me give you a little taste of some of

me give you a little taste of some of them here's that Main Street in

them here's that Main Street in Ephesus it's magnificent even though

Ephesus it's magnificent even though it's in Ruins now like and Hillary

it's in Ruins now like and Hillary Clinton was walking just down here when

Clinton was walking just down here when they saw her there's that magnificent

they saw her there's that magnificent Library along to the right is a huge

Library along to the right is a huge Theater seating thousands of people and

Theater seating thousands of people and I went into the theater and I stood at

I went into the theater and I stood at the center of the stage and our people

the center of the stage and our people went up and sat at the very back far

went up and sat at the very back far away I could just see them and speaking

away I could just see them and speaking in a normal voice without a microphone

in a normal voice without a microphone they heard every word the Acoustics were

they heard every word the Acoustics were astonishing but it was in that very

astonishing but it was in that very theater that there was a public Riot

theater that there was a public Riot when Paul was hauled before the populace

when Paul was hauled before the populace and accused of attacking Diana of

and accused of attacking Diana of Ephesians I want to show you what they

Ephesians I want to show you what they were talking about

were talking about this is Diana of the

Ephesians and it was a huge statue 40 ft high in the temple of Diana

statue 40 ft high in the temple of Diana originally called emis she changed her

originally called emis she changed her name and became Diana in Roman

name and became Diana in Roman mythology now why is she like this it

mythology now why is she like this it was because long ago a

was because long ago a meteorite fell out of space out of the

meteorite fell out of space out of the sky shy and fell on

sky shy and fell on Ephesus it was an

Ephesus it was an extraordinary meteorite it was black and

extraordinary meteorite it was black and it was covered with

it was covered with knobs which from one angle looked just

knobs which from one angle looked just like female

like female breasts and from that meteorite they

breasts and from that meteorite they believed they'd been visited by Diana

believed they'd been visited by Diana the Queen of Heaven and so they modeled

the Queen of Heaven and so they modeled this Idol with all these knobs looking

this Idol with all these knobs looking like breasts of course it is a fertility

like breasts of course it is a fertility symbol most Pagan religion is concerned

symbol most Pagan religion is concerned about the fertility of Mother Earth and

about the fertility of Mother Earth and by the way she doesn't exist it's

by the way she doesn't exist it's amazing how many people are talking

amazing how many people are talking about Mother Earth today and I've never

about Mother Earth today and I've never met the lady but there we are there has

met the lady but there we are there has been a lot of talk about this part some

been a lot of talk about this part some say it's actually a collection of bulls

say it's actually a collection of bulls testicles and certainly the bull was an

testicles and certainly the bull was an anci ancient symbol of fertility others

anci ancient symbol of fertility others say it's a bunch of grapes Whatever It

say it's a bunch of grapes Whatever It Is What You worship you become like and

Is What You worship you become like and in fact Ephesus was a Cess pit of sexual

in fact Ephesus was a Cess pit of sexual perversion as the result of worshiping

perversion as the result of worshiping di of the

di of the Ephesians now here's a lesson for us

Ephesians now here's a lesson for us today Paul never said a word against

today Paul never said a word against Diana he was accused of doing so

Diana he was accused of doing so but when the crowd was

but when the crowd was shouting he attacks our goddess the town

shouting he attacks our goddess the town Clark bless him stood up in front of the

Clark bless him stood up in front of the whole crowd and said he hasn't I will

whole crowd and said he hasn't I will testify that he hasn't what he had done

testify that he hasn't what he had done was robed Diana of all her

was robed Diana of all her customers and that's the way to go about

customers and that's the way to go about cleaning things

cleaning things up not to protest but to take the

up not to protest but to take the customers

customers away and they still sell today to

away and they still sell today to tourist these little models of Diana

tourist these little models of Diana usually in plastic or something today

usually in plastic or something today but then it was in silver and the silver

but then it was in silver and the silver Smiths made a bomb out of it they really

Smiths made a bomb out of it they really had a a going trade everybody wanted to

had a a going trade everybody wanted to take home this ugly little goddess to

take home this ugly little goddess to worship and now they' gone out of

worship and now they' gone out of business after Paul had been preaching

business after Paul had been preaching there and yet he never once preached

there and yet he never once preached against Diana isn't that

against Diana isn't that interesting but he took the customers

interesting but he took the customers away because once you found the real God

away because once you found the real God you don't have anything to do with that

you don't have anything to do with that kind of

kind of stuff so that's Ephesus and you know it

stuff so that's Ephesus and you know it was a church that had many good things

was a church that had many good things going for it they were Orthodox in

going for it they were Orthodox in Doctrine they guarded their Pulpit they

Doctrine they guarded their Pulpit they had Zeal for the Lord they were

had Zeal for the Lord they were enthusiastic it was Al live active

enthusiastic it was Al live active church

church but Jesus said you've lost your first

but Jesus said you've lost your first love now I've got a question for you and

love now I've got a question for you and we'll take a vote on it all right the

we'll take a vote on it all right the question is do you think they had lost

question is do you think they had lost their love for the

their love for the Lord or their love for each

Lord or their love for each other or their love for the

other or their love for the Lost let's take a vote on that if you

Lost let's take a vote on that if you got the question do you think they'd

got the question do you think they'd lost their love for the Lord or for each

lost their love for the Lord or for each other or for the Lost take a vote who

other or for the Lost take a vote who thinks they' lost their love for the

thinks they' lost their love for the Lord could I

Lord could I see who thinks they'd lost their love

see who thinks they'd lost their love for each other

for each other and who thinks they'd lost their love

and who thinks they'd lost their love for the

for the lost that's an interesting

lost that's an interesting vote you're all

vote you're all right because if one of these loves

right because if one of these loves begins to fade the other two will fade

begins to fade the other two will fade too they're all tied together you can't

too they're all tied together you can't love the Lord without loving each other

love the Lord without loving each other John says in his letter if you don't

John says in his letter if you don't love your brother you're not loving the

love your brother you're not loving the Lord because the Lord is in you brother

Lord because the Lord is in you brother so all this love is tied up together and

so all this love is tied up together and there they will were a zealous Church an

there they will were a zealous Church an Orthodox Church very careful about

Orthodox Church very careful about choosing preachers oh they wanted

choosing preachers oh they wanted everything right in the Pulpit they were

everything right in the Pulpit they were zealous to do the work of the Lord so

zealous to do the work of the Lord so much going for them but you know without

much going for them but you know without love it's all a waste of time one of my

love it's all a waste of time one of my favorite stories in the Bible is about

favorite stories in the Bible is about poor old Peter I have real sympathy with

poor old Peter I have real sympathy with Peter he had foot and mouth disease and

Peter he had foot and mouth disease and every time he opened his mouth he put

every time he opened his mouth he put his foot in it

his foot in it and there he was he denied the Lord

and there he was he denied the Lord three times over a charcoal

three times over a charcoal fire where he was warming himself in the

fire where he was warming himself in the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest

courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest there is only one other charcoal fire

there is only one other charcoal fire mentioned in the New Testament and it's

mentioned in the New Testament and it's after the resurrection when the

after the resurrection when the disciples have gone back to Galilee

disciples have gone back to Galilee Jesus has told them in he'll meet them

Jesus has told them in he'll meet them there and they've waited and waited and

there and they've waited and waited and he hasn't turned up and they're getting

he hasn't turned up and they're getting a bit fed up so finally Peter said I'm

a bit fed up so finally Peter said I'm going fishing I can't wait any longer

going fishing I can't wait any longer let's go fishing and they toed all night

let's go fishing and they toed all night and caught nothing and in the morning as

and caught nothing and in the morning as the sun came up and by the way I've

the sun came up and by the way I've spent a whole night on Galilee with the

spent a whole night on Galilee with the fishermen I'll never forget it but when

fishermen I'll never forget it but when the sun came up they saw someone

the sun came up they saw someone standing on the shore and he said you're

standing on the shore and he said you're doing it all

doing it all wrong throw your net that way not that

wrong throw your net that way not that way now here's a word of advice if ever

way now here's a word of advice if ever you see a man fishing and and he hasn't

you see a man fishing and and he hasn't caught anything he wants you to give him

caught anything he wants you to give him advice as to how he should do it he will

advice as to how he should do it he will really welcome if you say you're doing

really welcome if you say you're doing it all wrong cuz he's so disappointed

it all wrong cuz he's so disappointed after working for hours and not catching

after working for hours and not catching anything that he he will welcome any

anything that he he will welcome any help at

help at all I'm afraid that's not true with

all I'm afraid that's not true with fishermen and yet the amazing thing is

fishermen and yet the amazing thing is they said well we might as well try and

they said well we might as well try and they caught

they caught 153 fish now on the night I spent on

153 fish now on the night I spent on Galilee with fishermen when they threw

Galilee with fishermen when they threw their wide net they might catch five 10

their wide net they might catch five 10 at most then you throw it again

at most then you throw it again 153 unheard of so do you know what the

153 unheard of so do you know what the Bible commentators have done they've

Bible commentators have done they've tried to find a meaning to

tried to find a meaning to 153 and the most popular scholarly

153 and the most popular scholarly comment is that if you take the 12

comment is that if you take the 12 apostles and square 12 you get 144

apostles and square 12 you get 144 and if you take the Trinity which is

and if you take the Trinity which is three and Cube the Trinity that's

three and Cube the Trinity that's another nine and 144 + 9 is

another nine and 144 + 9 is 153 and they've got a

sermon I will tell you the real meaning of 153 cuz I know the real meaning of

of 153 cuz I know the real meaning of that figure the real meaning is that's

that figure the real meaning is that's an awful lot of

fish and then John said to Peter it's the Lord

the Lord must be and Peter jumped into the water

must be and Peter jumped into the water and splashed ashore and came face to

and splashed ashore and came face to face with a charcoal

face with a charcoal fire and he immediately must have

fire and he immediately must have remembered the other charcoal

remembered the other charcoal fire and Jesus had cooked breakfast for

fire and Jesus had cooked breakfast for them Resurrection bodies can cook

them Resurrection bodies can cook breakfast for unresurfaced

I've got a question I'd like to ask you you've rather let me down haven't

you you've rather let me down haven't you I'd HED to make you the first pastor

you I'd HED to make you the first pastor of the church but I think I'll have to

of the church but I think I'll have to you can give out the H books at the

door no he didn't say that did he say Peter I'll put you on

that did he say Peter I'll put you on probation for a couple of years and

probation for a couple of years and we'll see how you turn out and if you if

we'll see how you turn out and if you if you turn over a new Leaf we'll

you turn over a new Leaf we'll reconsider your position as apostle

reconsider your position as apostle no he

no he didn't and he didn't say Peter you'll

didn't and he didn't say Peter you'll have to go to Purgatory for 25 years

have to go to Purgatory for 25 years before you'll get to

before you'll get to heaven what did he say he said Peter do

heaven what did he say he said Peter do you love me that's all he said it's

you love me that's all he said it's three

three times and Peter refused to use the word

times and Peter refused to use the word love he said I'm very fond of

love he said I'm very fond of you oh do you love me more than these

you oh do you love me more than these others you know I like your so much oh

others you know I like your so much oh you only like me you know everything

you only like me you know everything Lord I'm not going to lie to you then

Lord I'm not going to lie to you then feed my

feed my sheep you see Jesus is not interested in

sheep you see Jesus is not interested in a live active church that's doctrin his

a live active church that's doctrin his sound that's not the big thing it's how

sound that's not the big thing it's how much do you

much do you love that's what he's

love that's what he's after my wife can put up with my

after my wife can put up with my mistakes and worse than that things I do

mistakes and worse than that things I do to Hur her if I've done it

to Hur her if I've done it she can put up with a lot of things

she can put up with a lot of things provided she's

provided she's sure that I love

sure that I love her if that isn't true the rest would

her if that isn't true the rest would Loom

Loom enormously and problems my marriage

enormously and problems my marriage would break up like everybody else's

would break up like everybody else's seems to be

seems to be doing but if she's sure that I love her

doing but if she's sure that I love her she can cope with the

she can cope with the rest now that's why

rest now that's why Ephesus wasn't being persecuted from

Ephesus wasn't being persecuted from outside or corrupted from

outside or corrupted from inside it was just the love had

inside it was just the love had gone the other church I'll say a bit

gone the other church I'll say a bit about is Le

about is Le oia let's have a picture of

oia let's have a picture of leoda now that's not exactly what you

leoda now that's not exactly what you expected I think is it some of you may

expected I think is it some of you may have been to this place in turkey called

have been to this place in turkey called pamal and pamala is is a mountain range

pamal and pamala is is a mountain range which for about three

which for about three 3 kilometers or two miles is pure

3 kilometers or two miles is pure white it looks as if it's permanently is

white it looks as if it's permanently is snowcapped and covered but it's not this

snowcapped and covered but it's not this is

is salt there are hot springs because the

salt there are hot springs because the Earth's crust is very thin at leod deia

Earth's crust is very thin at leod deia very thin and the rain goes through the

very thin and the rain goes through the crust and immediately touches the red

crust and immediately touches the red hot molten rock underneath and comes

hot molten rock underneath and comes straight back up as hot steaming water

straight back up as hot steaming water and it comes up full of salts of all

and it comes up full of salts of all kinds of chemicals and then it flows

kinds of chemicals and then it flows down the mountain and the salts

down the mountain and the salts gradually crystallize out until the

gradually crystallize out until the whole Mountain I've never seen anything

whole Mountain I've never seen anything like it it's just white a whole

like it it's just white a whole mountain and uh of course it's a tourist

mountain and uh of course it's a tourist Resort you can get sunburned on both

Resort you can get sunburned on both sides there cuz the Sun comes back up

sides there cuz the Sun comes back up from the white underneath you and and

from the white underneath you and and the waters are just just hot beautiful

the waters are just just hot beautiful and so you get tourists in swimming

and so you get tourists in swimming costumes all over Leo deia now Leo DEA

costumes all over Leo deia now Leo DEA itself is 2 miles away but it has no

itself is 2 miles away but it has no springs of water so the Romans built an

springs of water so the Romans built an aqueduct from here to take the water

aqueduct from here to take the water across 2 miles of Countryside and there

across 2 miles of Countryside and there it supplied fountains which you can

it supplied fountains which you can still see in the marketplaces and

still see in the marketplaces and running water for everybody however by

running water for everybody however by the time it got to leod DEA it was

the time it got to leod DEA it was lukewarm and if you drank it it acted

lukewarm and if you drank it it acted like a tic it made you

like a tic it made you sick you threw up if you drank that

sick you threw up if you drank that water and then it went on into the river

water and then it went on into the river Meander until it was cold but at Leo DEA

Meander until it was cold but at Leo DEA the water was lukewarm and made you feel

the water was lukewarm and made you feel sick I've had that experience when I

sick I've had that experience when I lived in Arabia our water came out of an

lived in Arabia our water came out of an artisian well through a natural deposit

artisian well through a natural deposit of Epsom

of Epsom salts and you can imagine what it was

salts and you can imagine what it was like we could either drink it boiling

like we could either drink it boiling hot or we put it in the fridge and we

hot or we put it in the fridge and we drank it cold but if we drank it as it

drank it cold but if we drank it as it was lukewarm we were sick too we had to

was lukewarm we were sick too we had to mix it with all kinds of cordial to get

mix it with all kinds of cordial to get the taste out of it I can understand all

the taste out of it I can understand all this and Jesus knew about their water

this and Jesus knew about their water supply and Jesus said to leod DEA

supply and Jesus said to leod DEA you make me

you make me sick I will spew you out of my

sick I will spew you out of my mouth why because they were a warm

mouth why because they were a warm Church Jesus said I can coope with you

Church Jesus said I can coope with you when you're hot I'd even rather you were

when you're hot I'd even rather you were Stone Cold about me but lukewarm

Stone Cold about me but lukewarm half-heartedness that's an insult to the

half-heartedness that's an insult to the Lord and yet I've noticed that churches

Lord and yet I've noticed that churches prefer to describe themselves as warm

prefer to describe themselves as warm these days we pride ourselves on being a

these days we pride ourselves on being a warm

warm Fellowship we give you a warm welcome

Fellowship we give you a warm welcome have you heard to like this you know

have you heard to like this you know what we should say we're a hot

what we should say we're a hot fellowship and we give you a hot welcome

fellowship and we give you a hot welcome and we preach the hot gospel

and we preach the hot gospel here but lukewarmness to be half-hearted

here but lukewarmness to be half-hearted and not sold out on the Lord that is an

and not sold out on the Lord that is an insult but there are plenty of lukewarm

insult but there are plenty of lukewarm churches

churches around the trouble is that Leo deia was

around the trouble is that Leo deia was a very rich

a very rich place it was the center of the fur coat

place it was the center of the fur coat trade special black wool was used to

trade special black wool was used to make special coats which sold well it

make special coats which sold well it was the center of uh a pharmaceutical

was the center of uh a pharmaceutical industry that produced ointment for

industry that produced ointment for eyes and because it was rich it was a

eyes and because it was rich it was a banking

banking center where you changed your Travelers

center where you changed your Travelers checks the money trading went on leod

checks the money trading went on leod deia because of course it was where the

deia because of course it was where the two roads the Inland and the Coast Road

two roads the Inland and the Coast Road met again to go to the other continents

met again to go to the other continents it was fabulously

it was fabulously wealthy and of course there were loads

wealthy and of course there were loads of Beggars who came along and lined the

of Beggars who came along and lined the streets hoping to get a coin from the

streets hoping to get a coin from the rich people in their fur coats as they

rich people in their fur coats as they passed unfortunately the church

passed unfortunately the church reflected the situation they had big

reflected the situation they had big congregations big

congregations big collections people turned up in the

collections people turned up in the finest faur coats for the service there

finest faur coats for the service there was only one thing wrong with the

was only one thing wrong with the church Jesus never attended

church Jesus never attended it he was completely out of it he was

it he was completely out of it he was outside the church and they didn't know

outside the church and they didn't know it you know a church can have big

it you know a church can have big congregations big Collections and never

congregations big Collections and never know that Jesus has stopped attending

know that Jesus has stopped attending the services

the services meetings amazing but it

meetings amazing but it happens and Jesus wrote to them and said

happens and Jesus wrote to them and said you think you're rich in my sight you're

you think you're rich in my sight you're desperately poor you're a beggar you

desperately poor you're a beggar you think you can see to me you're blind and

think you can see to me you're blind and you need to come to me for ironment to

you need to come to me for ironment to open your eyes so you can see your real

open your eyes so you can see your real condition and then he said a word to

condition and then he said a word to them which is the most abused and

them which is the most abused and misquoted text in the whole new

misquoted text in the whole new testament he said behold I stand at the

testament he said behold I stand at the door and

door and knock if anyone opens the door I'll come

knock if anyone opens the door I'll come in and Su with him and he with

in and Su with him and he with me that has nothing to do with becoming

me that has nothing to do with becoming a Christian it has nothing to do with

a Christian it has nothing to do with conversion it should never be used in

conversion it should never be used in counseling an Inquirer but I'm afraid

counseling an Inquirer but I'm afraid evangelist the world over quote that the

evangelist the world over quote that the door in that word is the door of a

door in that word is the door of a church and it's Jesus who's knocking at

church and it's Jesus who's knocking at a church full of Believers it is a word

a church full of Believers it is a word not to unbelievers but to Believers

not to unbelievers but to Believers who've lost Jesus from their church and

who've lost Jesus from their church and it's a beautiful promise it takes only

it's a beautiful promise it takes only one member of that church to get me back

one member of that church to get me back inside it isn't that a beautiful word

inside it isn't that a beautiful word just one person who realizes that Jesus

just one person who realizes that Jesus has left the church who will go and open

has left the church who will go and open the door and say Jesus please come back

the door and say Jesus please come back into our church

into our church he didn't say I'll come back to the

he didn't say I'll come back to the whole church but he said I'll come back

whole church but he said I'll come back to that person and I'll s with him

to that person and I'll s with him perhaps a reference to the Lord's Supper

perhaps a reference to the Lord's Supper so that when that person took the Lord's

so that when that person took the Lord's Supper they would know Jesus was with

Supper they would know Jesus was with them and it would be truly

them and it would be truly communion well that's how the verse

communion well that's how the verse ought to be understood but alas it's

ought to be understood but alas it's not one of the most famous paintings in

not one of the most famous paintings in the world is in St Paul's Cathedral in

the world is in St Paul's Cathedral in London but it's been reproduced the

London but it's been reproduced the world

world over have any of you seen this

over have any of you seen this picture I am the light of the world no

picture I am the light of the world no it's the wrong way around let's put it

it's the wrong way around let's put it the other way around any of you seen

the other way around any of you seen that

that picture yes quite a few was painted by a

picture yes quite a few was painted by a man called hman hunt I'm afraid I'm

man called hman hunt I'm afraid I'm going to spoil the painting for you but

going to spoil the painting for you but painted by a man called hman hunt who

painted by a man called hman hunt who was quite a mixed character and he chose

was quite a mixed character and he chose three three girls to model Christ for

three three girls to model Christ for him and one girl modeled the hair for

him and one girl modeled the hair for him another the face and the other the

him another the face and the other the figure dressed up in Bishop's robes and

figure dressed up in Bishop's robes and it was painted in an orchard not far

it was painted in an orchard not far from where I live where there's an old

from where I live where there's an old barn with a door that you can't open and

barn with a door that you can't open and hman Hunt thought Revelation 3:20 is a

hman Hunt thought Revelation 3:20 is a lovely verse I'm going to paint it

lovely verse I'm going to paint it behold I stand at the door knock and he

behold I stand at the door knock and he thought the door was the door of the

thought the door was the door of the human heart and that it had no handle on

human heart and that it had no handle on the outside and could only be open from

the outside and could only be open from the inside oh preachers have used this

the inside oh preachers have used this all over the world but it's very

all over the world but it's very misleading you see it's patronizing we

misleading you see it's patronizing we don't invite Jesus in we're not saying

don't invite Jesus in we're not saying we'll give room for you in our hearts

we'll give room for you in our hearts that's not the way round at all the

that's not the way round at all the sinner is knocking at the door of the

sinner is knocking at the door of the kingdom and it's Jesus who decides to

kingdom and it's Jesus who decides to let him in and in fact Jesus is the door

let him in and in fact Jesus is the door itself he said that we should never use

itself he said that we should never use this to counsel unbelievers it doesn't

this to counsel unbelievers it doesn't mention repentance it doesn't mention

mention repentance it doesn't mention baptism it doesn't mention receiving the

baptism it doesn't mention receiving the holy spirit it's totally inadequate to

holy spirit it's totally inadequate to counsel someone into the kingdom but

counsel someone into the kingdom but hman hunt painted another

hman hunt painted another picture and I love his other picture of

picture and I love his other picture of Jesus here it

Jesus here it is that's the other picture he did of

is that's the other picture he did of our Lord Jesus I'll make it bigger so

our Lord Jesus I'll make it bigger so that you can see it

that you can see it do you recognize

Jesus if you know the Book of Leviticus you do Leviticus 16 once a year the Jews

you do Leviticus 16 once a year the Jews took a goat and they laid their hands on

took a goat and they laid their hands on its head and confess their sins and then

its head and confess their sins and then they drove it out of Jerusalem and it

they drove it out of Jerusalem and it had to wander away into the Judean

had to wander away into the Judean Wilderness where it died near the Dead

Wilderness where it died near the Dead Sea and that was a type or prefiguring a

Sea and that was a type or prefiguring a foreshadowing of Jesus who would take

foreshadowing of Jesus who would take away the sins of the people outside

away the sins of the people outside Jerusalem and halman hun went and camped

Jerusalem and halman hun went and camped by the shores of the Dead Sea for two

by the shores of the Dead Sea for two years to paint this picture a very

years to paint this picture a very dangerous thing to do because Bandits

dangerous thing to do because Bandits controlled the country in those days and

controlled the country in those days and he camped alone and there he is looking

he camped alone and there he is looking over the salt Dead Sea to the mountains

over the salt Dead Sea to the mountains of Moab that's Mount Nebo where Moses

of Moab that's Mount Nebo where Moses died with his last limbs of the holy

died with his last limbs of the holy land and here is mcus where John the

land and here is mcus where John the Baptist had his head cut off to please a

Baptist had his head cut off to please a dancing girl it's full of memories this

dancing girl it's full of memories this place and he has painted this

place and he has painted this goat even the eyes speak of Jesus

goat even the eyes speak of Jesus compassion and the goat is dying

compassion and the goat is dying weighted down with the sins of the

weighted down with the sins of the people and there's last year's goat or

people and there's last year's goat or the remains of it behind I find that

the remains of it behind I find that picture very moving it's in a private

picture very moving it's in a private collection so it's not on public view

collection so it's not on public view but it's seen something more I think

but it's seen something more I think here do you know that in the year that

here do you know that in the year that Jesus died the Jews will tell you this

Jesus died the Jews will tell you this the

the scapegoat came back into Jerusalem and

scapegoat came back into Jerusalem and brought all the sins of the people

brought all the sins of the people back they didn't get rid of them that

back they didn't get rid of them that way that year because now we don't need

way that year because now we don't need a scapegoat we've got Jesus who's done

a scapegoat we've got Jesus who's done this for us

this for us well that's Leo deia I have one more

well that's Leo deia I have one more picture to show

you it's a painting in

painting in Scotland and not easy for you to see

Scotland and not easy for you to see from here it's the inside the dark

from here it's the inside the dark interior of a

interior of a cathedral which is brilliantly lit at

cathedral which is brilliantly lit at the far end where all the priests are at

the far end where all the priests are at the altar and where everything's

the altar and where everything's happening here people are sitting

happening here people are sitting looking to that brilliantly Lit end but

looking to that brilliantly Lit end but way at the back here is a woman

way at the back here is a woman kneeling she's weeping she's confessing

kneeling she's weeping she's confessing her sins she doesn't feel worthy to join

her sins she doesn't feel worthy to join the rest of the congregation or to go

the rest of the congregation or to go any nearer to the priests at the

any nearer to the priests at the front but when you look at the picture

front but when you look at the picture carefully and I'm sorry this is a poor

carefully and I'm sorry this is a poor reproduction it's the only one I could

reproduction it's the only one I could make but it's such a lovely picture the

make but it's such a lovely picture the figure of Jesus is at the back of the

figure of Jesus is at the back of the cathedral with with the

cathedral with with the woman he's supping with one person and

woman he's supping with one person and she with him she's got him into the

she with him she's got him into the cathedral through her prayer I love that

cathedral through her prayer I love that picture well that's the letter to Leo

picture well that's the letter to Leo deia how's the time going dear me it's

time I'll leave this one up for you to copy if you

copy if you wish it's a summer of the seven churches

wish it's a summer of the seven churches their character According To

their character According To Jesus

Jesus Ephesus loyal but

Ephesus loyal but Loveless

Loveless smyrner Afflicted but affluent they were

smyrner Afflicted but affluent they were persecuted and poor but Jesus said to me

persecuted and poor but Jesus said to me you're rich rich in faith rich in

you're rich rich in faith rich in loyalty

loyalty pergamum faithful but terribly flawed

pergamum faithful but terribly flawed there was Dreadful immorality

there was Dreadful immorality woman prophetes was encouraging people

woman prophetes was encouraging people to have sex in the name of Jesus with

to have sex in the name of Jesus with people they were not married to always

people they were not married to always been one of the weaknesses in the church

been one of the weaknesses in the church thyra

thyra committed but

committed but compromised they were always starting

compromised they were always starting things for Jesus but never getting them

things for Jesus but never getting them finished Sardis

finished Sardis Dynamic but

Dynamic but dying they had the reputation of being a

dying they had the reputation of being a live church but Jesus knew they were

live church but Jesus knew they were actually dying on their feet and were on

actually dying on their feet and were on the way

the way out Philadelphia

out Philadelphia small but significant I've opened a door

small but significant I've opened a door before you that nobody can

before you that nobody can shut you're a church with great

opportunity and finally Le O deia crowded but

deia crowded but christless when we meet together this

christless when we meet together this afternoon we'll talk about how to apply

afternoon we'll talk about how to apply these letters to our churches

these letters to our churches today how do we learn from them what do

today how do we learn from them what do we do with them but I'm ready for lunch

we do with them but I'm ready for lunch and so are some of you and some of you

and so are some of you and some of you are

are fasting but uh we're all ready to leave

fasting but uh we're all ready to leave so let's

pray we remember Lord Jesus that you said I will build my church

said I will build my church forgive us if we think that we build it

forgive us if we think that we build it it's your church it belongs to you

it's your church it belongs to you forgive us if we've ever talked about my

forgive us if we've ever talked about my church or even our church and teach us

church or even our church and teach us to say his

to say his church the bride belongs to the

church the bride belongs to the bridegroom the church is yours and

bridegroom the church is yours and therefore we thank you that one day the

therefore we thank you that one day the church will be

church will be complete and successful in the right way

complete and successful in the right way because you are for building it by your

because you are for building it by your holy

holy spirit thank you for what we've learned

spirit thank you for what we've learned in this session but may it remain with

in this session but may it remain with us may we take it to heart and may we

us may we take it to heart and may we realize that you are constantly walking

realize that you are constantly walking among the churches and looking at the

among the churches and looking at the churches and that you know everything

churches and that you know everything about us and to you be the glory and the

about us and to you be the glory and the praise and the honor forever and ever

praise and the honor forever and ever amen

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