Posted on May 31, 2008 by Tim A.
The Church With the Open Door
Revelation 3:7-13
I want to see Jesus revealed in His glory as sovereign, and ruling in His Church, determining when and where His Church and people are to minister, and preach the gospel of grace, and the whole counsel of God.
The city of Philadelphia was founded by a King whose name [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2008 by Tim A.
The Church That Needed The Spirit of God
Revelation 3:1-6
 It appears that complacency is a problem. We get in a place where the temperature is just right, the seats are soft and comfortable, there is no trouble to speak of, and we fall asleep. Suddenly, we awake and we find ourselves plagued with problems, or we [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2008 by Tim A.
THE CHURCH FACING THE COMING JUDGE
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Revelation 2:18-29
In these verses we will see that Jesus, as the holy and righteous Judge will not tolerate wickedness, corruption in His Church, but that He exposes and judges it, and sets apart those within the body who are not partakers of the vileness. Jesus introduces Himself to the church [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2008 by Tim A.
THE CHURCH WITH A COMPROMISING PROBLEM
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Revelation 2:12-17
Pergamum was a city of compromise. There were many temples of worship there. From emperor worship, there was also Dionysus, Esculapius (the healing serpent god), and Zeus. These were worshipped as well as others. It was legal to worship anything you please as long as you bowed first to [...]
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Posted on May 3, 2008 by Tim A.
THE CHURCH OF A DIFFERENT SAVOR
Revelation 2:8-11
If we look at this dispensationally; In the Church Age Smyrna represents the churches of the second and third centuries A.D.. That era was a time of great persecution for the Christian faith, and many was tried and died standing firm.
Smyrna was located 35-50 miles north of Ephesus. It [...]
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Posted on April 26, 2008 by Tim A.
The Church That Lost Its First Love
Revelation 2:1-7
I. Beginning the letter to the church of Ephesus, our Lord reminds the church of who holds the seven stars and walks among the “seven golden lampstands”.
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+ Jesus identifies Himself as the One “That holdeth the seven stars [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2007 by T. A. Blankenship
What is the Biblical place for men in worshipping God? It is sad to say, but over the years it has been mostly women who have kept most small churches going. I do not want to come down on men, however, I do believe they have had a mistaken idea of what church and worship [...]
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Posted on October 3, 2007 by T. A. Blankenship
I want to apologize for no devotional for the day. I am still on the primitive means of internet, and that is dial-up, and our phone was out of service when I attempted to go online this morning. I am going to post only the Wednesday Bible Study, and the Lord willing will have the [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2007 by Tim A.
You may be reading this and be far away from your home. You may be at a point where you are really homesick, your ready to get back home. For some reason you just don’t feel like now is the time to head back. You have things keeping you from going home, but O, how [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2007 by Tim A.
When you have received a phone call that a good friend or a family member you have not seen in a long time is coming to see you; you get excited and start preparing, getting the house in order and making sure that your calendar is clear so you can spend time with them. At [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2007 by Tim A.
Ask, Seek, and Knock
Matthew 7:7-29
Though Jesus has taught us not to “Judge…lest ye be judged”; He has also given us commandment to make certain judgments. That can be seen in these things we will look at now. Jesus teaches us to Ask, Seek, and Knock. Could it be that the power of A.S.K. is that [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2007 by Tim A.
It seems that no matter where you go or what church you attend there are problems within. People become disgruntled, discouraged, and discontented, and some will leave because things are not going quite like they think they ought.Â
There are two letters in the New Testament addressed to a church like this. It is a church [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2007 by Tim A.
There was a day when there were three essentials for learning in our public schools. Basics is probably a better term to use. Three basics for learning, and they were called the three R’s. That is “Reading, Riting and Rithmetic”, and of course that is Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic.
There is a verse in Scriptures where [...]
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