WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.020 And seven stars, I know your works. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.380 You have the reputation of being alive when you are dead. 00:00:09.140 --> 00:00:13.140 Wake up and strengthen what remains and is about to die, 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:17.620 for I have not found your works complete in sight of my God. 00:00:18.500 --> 00:00:22.480 Remember, then, what you received and heard. 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:24.820 Keep it and repent. 00:00:25.539 --> 00:00:28.780 If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, 00:00:28.780 --> 00:00:32.539 and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:38.660 Yet, you have still a few names in Sardis, 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:42.219 people who have not soiled their garments, 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:46.180 and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 00:00:47.299 --> 00:00:51.260 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, 00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:55.620 and I will never cast his name out of the book of life. 00:00:55.619 --> 00:01:00.820 I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 00:01:01.859 --> 00:01:06.099 He who has near, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 00:01:06.099 --> 00:01:11.199 When I was a kid, our family took a vacation to California once, 00:01:11.899 --> 00:01:15.799 and while we were there, we went to this church called the Crystal Defeat Room. 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:19.839 When it was built, it was the largest glass building in the world, 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:25.340 10,000 paintings of glass, specially built to withstand 8.0 earthquake. 00:01:25.899 --> 00:01:29.259 It seated 3,000 people for multiple services on Sundays. 00:01:29.260 --> 00:01:32.460 The pastor was in the National TV program, 00:01:32.940 --> 00:01:35.420 and when we went there, we saw their concert production. 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:42.439 It included live donkeys, lambs, goats, peacocks, a camel, and even a tiger. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:44.740 It was quite impressive. 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:52.280 Five years ago, that same church filed for bankruptcy and sold their building. 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:56.519 Churches rise, and churches fall. 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:00.480 Sometimes churches begin with great energy and vigor, 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:04.400 and sometimes churches decline and eventually collapse. 00:02:05.320 --> 00:02:07.560 But very often, there's a current time in the middle 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:12.319 when a church appears to be lively and actively outside, 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.259 and on the inside, it's falling apart. 00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:19.819 And this is the case for the church in Sardis. 00:02:21.079 --> 00:02:22.519 And this letter is written to you. 00:02:22.539 --> 00:02:27.120 The first one said they had a reputation or a name of being alive, 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:29.539 but in reality, they were dead. 00:02:30.399 --> 00:02:33.319 There was an appearance of vitality and activity 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:37.379 and a reality of complacency and compromise. 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.459 Tonight, we'll be at Jesus' words to this church 00:02:41.459 --> 00:02:43.579 that looked very impressive on the outside, 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:45.800 and on the inside, it was dying. 00:02:47.380 --> 00:02:49.460 So if you want to look at this letter in two parts, 00:02:49.720 --> 00:02:50.580 we make those parts. 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:53.780 First, the warning that Jesus gives in verses 2 and 3, 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:58.920 and second, the promise that he extends in verses 4 and 5. 00:03:00.100 --> 00:03:03.800 So first, the warning that Jesus gives in verses 2 and 3. 00:03:04.340 --> 00:03:05.280 Now, a little bit of background. 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.660 The city of Sardis had an impressive history. 00:03:09.660 --> 00:03:12.280 In the 6th century B.C., it was one of the most powerful cities 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:14.099 in the ancient world. 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.580 It was the capital of an ancient kingdom called Lydia. 00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:21.020 It explained the thing was it was the first city 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:23.479 to make gold and silver coins. 00:03:24.139 --> 00:03:26.139 They mined gold from the river nearby, 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:30.240 and they claimed to have invented the process for dying gold. 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:33.460 The city was also in a powerful location. 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:35.680 It was on top of a 1,500-foot cliff. 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:37.900 Now, look at Eastrop that way. 00:03:37.900 --> 00:03:40.280 That's four times the height of Eastrop. 00:03:40.819 --> 00:03:42.560 And the city was on top of the cliff, 00:03:42.640 --> 00:03:43.700 but on three sides. 00:03:44.020 --> 00:03:46.379 It had these very steep cliff sides, 00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:49.480 and only one side was a way to reasonably approach it. 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:54.780 And so it was almost impossible to attack and conquer. 00:03:55.340 --> 00:03:56.620 Sometimes people would say, 00:03:57.140 --> 00:03:59.020 that would be like a conquering Sardis, 00:03:59.140 --> 00:04:01.140 which meant that's impossible. 00:04:01.139 --> 00:04:03.779 The city also expanded. 00:04:04.379 --> 00:04:06.979 It had both an upper site and a lower site. 00:04:07.619 --> 00:04:09.259 It had a leader, a stadium, a temple. 00:04:09.859 --> 00:04:11.079 It had a great reputation. 00:04:11.279 --> 00:04:13.699 But by the time this letter was written, 00:04:14.579 --> 00:04:16.139 Sardis had gone into some decline. 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:18.819 There was a magnificent temple, 00:04:19.379 --> 00:04:20.879 column 60 feet high, 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:22.579 that's about as high as the ceiling, 00:04:23.300 --> 00:04:24.360 built in the ancient world. 00:04:24.620 --> 00:04:25.419 It had been destroyed, 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:27.360 and it was only half rebuilt, 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:29.199 and it was never fully rebuilt. 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:30.519 Standing in the middle of the city, 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:32.779 half rebuilt. 00:04:34.159 --> 00:04:37.360 1817, there was a catastrophic earthquake. 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.339 Much of the city was destroyed, 00:04:40.860 --> 00:04:42.439 and the city was rebuilt. 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:44.639 It only was held five years, 00:04:44.719 --> 00:04:46.939 so that's the relief funds from the Roman Emperor. 00:04:47.980 --> 00:04:50.199 But it never achieved its former glory. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:54.120 It never got back to its glorious past. 00:04:54.259 --> 00:04:56.599 And Jesus is saying to the church of the city, 00:04:56.599 --> 00:04:57.620 he's saying beware, 00:04:57.620 --> 00:05:01.100 because the same thing can happen to your city, 00:05:01.899 --> 00:05:03.360 can also happen to your church. 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:05.920 It gives a strong warning. 00:05:06.840 --> 00:05:08.139 There's five things that the Denver Church, 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:08.860 two and three systems, 00:05:09.139 --> 00:05:10.540 five commands, 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:11.079 imperatives, 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:11.800 wake up, 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:13.560 strengthen our veins, 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:14.540 remember, 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:15.459 keep, 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:16.319 repent. 00:05:17.860 --> 00:05:19.420 It's an urgent message, 00:05:20.139 --> 00:05:21.459 sort of like a fire alarm. 00:05:21.459 --> 00:05:25.019 It's not pleasant to hear. 00:05:25.599 --> 00:05:26.399 Eminent danger, 00:05:26.620 --> 00:05:27.979 immediate response required, 00:05:28.299 --> 00:05:28.919 wake up. 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:31.699 Jesus is saying, 00:05:31.779 --> 00:05:33.899 it's possible to have an impressive appearance. 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:36.319 Glorious history, 00:05:36.500 --> 00:05:37.180 awesome films, 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:39.079 and all kinds of exciting stuff going on. 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:40.539 Even think about our own church. 00:05:42.179 --> 00:05:42.620 Turn together, 00:05:42.740 --> 00:05:43.560 glorious history. 00:05:44.179 --> 00:05:45.219 We have a pretty cool story. 00:05:45.359 --> 00:05:46.359 You can read it on our website. 00:05:46.539 --> 00:05:47.439 15 years ago, 00:05:47.719 --> 00:05:48.879 the church was about to close. 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:50.759 There were 20 or 30 people, 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:52.939 and I brought a new pastor, 00:05:53.139 --> 00:05:53.980 this is the right time, 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:56.019 and brought new life to this church. 00:05:56.579 --> 00:05:57.680 It's a pretty cool history. 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:00.399 They're just pretty neat building. 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:01.600 Right? 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:02.899 If you like to take glass windows, 00:06:03.420 --> 00:06:04.939 they're pretty good at staying glass windows. 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:06.699 They're exterminators. 00:06:07.379 --> 00:06:07.620 They're, 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:07.879 you know, 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:08.839 they're a special kind. 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:10.980 They weren't in very many places. 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:12.060 Right? 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.079 We've got all kinds of exciting stuff going on. 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:16.139 New people coming into town. 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:18.120 Young families having kids. 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:18.639 a great pastor, 00:06:18.740 --> 00:06:19.259 John Stav, 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:20.240 excited to be through. 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:21.899 But the question is, 00:06:22.280 --> 00:06:23.000 for our church, 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:23.819 or for any church, 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:26.980 where does all of our activity come from? 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:29.040 Is our activity, 00:06:29.379 --> 00:06:32.160 is it rooted in a life-based relationship with Jesus, 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:33.220 or is it motivated 00:06:33.220 --> 00:06:37.579 by all kinds of other temporary motivations? 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:38.579 You know, 00:06:38.579 --> 00:06:39.579 people come to church, 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:41.579 and do church stuff 00:06:41.579 --> 00:06:43.120 for all kinds of reasons. 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:44.819 Here's just a few. 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:45.819 Some people, 00:06:45.819 --> 00:06:47.600 some kids don't please their parents, 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:47.980 right? 00:06:48.780 --> 00:06:50.600 That'll last until you grow up 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:51.399 and leave the house, 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:52.699 if that's the reason. 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:54.819 Some people come and please their 00:06:54.819 --> 00:06:55.660 boyfriend or girlfriend. 00:06:56.579 --> 00:06:58.759 That'll last until you break up 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:00.379 or you decide you can please 00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:01.139 your boyfriend or girlfriend 00:07:01.139 --> 00:07:01.980 in other ways, 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:03.240 and so it doesn't matter 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:04.319 too much about the church. 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:06.620 Some people come with their loan, 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:07.959 and more. 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:09.980 Nothing better to do. 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:10.980 Well, 00:07:10.980 --> 00:07:13.379 that'll last until you find a job, 00:07:13.579 --> 00:07:14.420 or find a new hobby, 00:07:14.420 --> 00:07:16.340 or find something else 00:07:16.340 --> 00:07:17.240 you want to do on Sundays. 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:19.360 Some people come 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:20.460 because they want to have power 00:07:20.460 --> 00:07:21.960 and be respected 00:07:21.960 --> 00:07:23.900 in coming to church. 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:26.020 Maybe not sometimes in Goodhaven, 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:27.259 maybe not in parts of the world, 00:07:27.340 --> 00:07:28.280 in parts of the country. 00:07:28.819 --> 00:07:29.740 That's the thing to do. 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:34.600 That's the perspective of the thing to do. 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:37.000 Some people come 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:37.740 because they're desperate. 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:39.360 Right? 00:07:39.460 --> 00:07:40.160 Some people realize, 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:42.020 my life is falling apart, 00:07:42.320 --> 00:07:43.260 I don't have any money, 00:07:43.640 --> 00:07:45.340 I'm going to come on the verge 00:07:45.340 --> 00:07:45.980 of being homeless, 00:07:46.900 --> 00:07:48.200 and I need help, 00:07:48.260 --> 00:07:48.840 I need to pray, 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:50.000 I need to go to church. 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:52.180 And then a couple months later, 00:07:52.260 --> 00:07:53.020 their life gets better. 00:07:54.140 --> 00:07:54.720 What happens? 00:07:55.260 --> 00:07:55.860 Right? 00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:56.460 Some people come 00:07:56.460 --> 00:07:57.520 because they've been going to church 00:07:57.520 --> 00:07:58.480 and prevented them 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.840 from having to deal with, 00:08:00.260 --> 00:08:02.660 it'll be sort of like a lucky charm. 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:04.640 I went to church this Sunday, 00:08:05.100 --> 00:08:06.260 I'll be okay this week. 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:08.060 Nothing really bad will happen to me. 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:08.880 But then what if something 00:08:08.880 --> 00:08:10.140 really bad does happen to you? 00:08:11.280 --> 00:08:12.120 You're going to get angry, 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:12.800 you're not going to leave. 00:08:13.200 --> 00:08:14.600 You see, all those motivations 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:17.600 are temporary. 00:08:18.320 --> 00:08:19.440 They don't last. 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:22.500 Now, I just don't want to sleep. 00:08:23.400 --> 00:08:24.540 Why do I come to church? 00:08:25.900 --> 00:08:27.100 Maybe it's one of those weeks, 00:08:27.140 --> 00:08:27.960 I mean, to be honest, 00:08:28.580 --> 00:08:28.800 right? 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:30.300 I mean, I started coming to church 00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:31.120 before I knew it 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:32.019 with my parents' property. 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:33.199 I had no choice in that. 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:34.379 Right? 00:08:34.539 --> 00:08:36.159 None of us start coming to church 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:39.500 for purely God-centered reasons. 00:08:40.179 --> 00:08:41.279 We all come 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:42.939 for a mixed reason. 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:45.659 But the question is, 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:46.439 over time, 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:48.819 what does your reason become? 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:51.299 And if you begin to see 00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:52.319 that Jesus Christ 00:08:52.319 --> 00:08:54.620 is the greatest treasure 00:08:54.620 --> 00:08:55.480 in all the world, 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:58.860 He's the holy and awesome 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:00.340 King of the universe, 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:02.259 He's our merciful 00:09:02.259 --> 00:09:03.300 and faithful 00:09:03.300 --> 00:09:04.480 Savior 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:06.019 and advocate, 00:09:07.560 --> 00:09:08.840 you begin to see that. 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:10.580 Then, 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:12.399 you will begin to have 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.320 a truly lasting motivation 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:16.879 to come to church 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.480 and participate 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:20.180 in church activities. 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:21.500 And, 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:23.000 for the rest of your life. 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:24.700 because you'll be 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:25.840 abiding in Jesus, 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:26.679 that's what the Bible 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:27.159 calls it, 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:28.519 abiding in Jesus. 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:29.019 Jesus said, 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:29.980 I'm the vine, 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:31.500 you are the branches, 00:09:32.220 --> 00:09:33.600 and you abide in me 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:34.639 like a branch 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:36.620 is connected to the vine 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:38.820 and have my life 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:39.840 flowing into you, 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:41.120 then you'll bear 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:41.679 the fruit, 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:42.879 and the fruit 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:44.139 will last. 00:09:44.139 --> 00:09:46.899 That's what Jesus says. 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:49.299 It's a true life 00:09:49.299 --> 00:09:50.419 in a church 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:51.759 that has to come from 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:53.059 abiding in Jesus Christ. 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:54.340 And you can motivate people 00:09:54.340 --> 00:09:55.720 in all kinds of other ways. 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:58.240 But all those other ways 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:00.120 are eventually 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.620 are only going to be tempered. 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:04.419 And they won't matter. 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:08.340 So Jesus is warning 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:10.159 this church in Sarnis. 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:11.120 He says, 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:11.980 I know it hurts. 00:10:11.980 --> 00:10:14.440 You're doing all kinds of stuff. 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:16.620 It looks really impressive 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:17.500 on the outside. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.279 You've got a great reputation. 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:21.080 And I see the inside. 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.879 And you're not abiding 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:24.279 and rooted in 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:25.620 the life of Jesus. 00:10:27.060 --> 00:10:27.560 Verse 2, 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:27.820 he says, 00:10:27.899 --> 00:10:28.840 I've not found 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:30.019 your works complete 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:31.960 in the sight of my God. 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:32.460 And I say, 00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:33.300 what does that mean? 00:10:34.680 --> 00:10:35.060 I mean, 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:35.360 really, 00:10:35.460 --> 00:10:36.340 aren't all our works 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:37.580 in the sight of heaven? 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:38.019 Well, 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:38.960 in one sense, 00:10:39.019 --> 00:10:39.399 yes. 00:10:40.539 --> 00:10:41.560 In another sense, 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:41.879 no. 00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:43.840 In that same chapter, 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:44.500 John 15, 00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:45.879 where Jesus is talking about 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:47.279 abiding in Him 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:48.420 as the mind, 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:49.420 he says, 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:50.420 this is like women 00:10:50.420 --> 00:10:51.740 that you love 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:52.300 and others 00:10:52.300 --> 00:10:53.740 that you enjoy, 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:54.659 saying be, 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:55.620 complete 00:10:55.620 --> 00:10:57.200 or full. 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:01.519 So when we abide in Jesus, 00:11:02.300 --> 00:11:02.940 when we obey 00:11:02.940 --> 00:11:04.240 and love each other, 00:11:04.700 --> 00:11:05.200 He gives us 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:05.800 a fullness 00:11:05.800 --> 00:11:06.700 and a complete 00:11:06.700 --> 00:11:07.180 joy. 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:09.659 Or in James, 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:09.940 it says, 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:11.020 testing your faith 00:11:11.020 --> 00:11:12.040 and persevere 00:11:12.040 --> 00:11:13.840 and let persevere 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:14.740 and finish its work 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:15.260 so you'll be 00:11:15.260 --> 00:11:17.580 mature and complete. 00:11:19.400 --> 00:11:19.820 See, 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:20.520 the problem 00:11:20.520 --> 00:11:21.000 with the church 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:21.840 in Sardis 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.000 is that they 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:25.460 weren't persevering 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:27.420 in Jesus. 00:11:28.420 --> 00:11:29.040 They weren't 00:11:29.040 --> 00:11:31.220 abiding in Jesus, 00:11:31.280 --> 00:11:32.020 so they didn't have 00:11:32.020 --> 00:11:32.820 that completeness 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:33.220 of joy, 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:33.980 that completeness 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:34.360 that God 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:35.460 builds in us 00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:36.840 as we persevere 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:37.600 and as we 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:38.420 abide in Jesus. 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:43.220 It seems like, 00:11:43.540 --> 00:11:44.540 it seems like 00:11:44.540 --> 00:11:45.080 what happened 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:46.180 is the church 00:11:46.180 --> 00:11:46.700 in Sardis 00:11:46.700 --> 00:11:47.080 just sort of 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:48.060 blended into 00:11:48.060 --> 00:11:49.639 the pagan society 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:50.860 that they lived in. 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:51.820 And the way 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:52.780 temple opened their city, 00:11:53.460 --> 00:11:54.259 it wasn't a temple 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:55.200 just wanted to God, 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:55.639 it was a temple 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:56.180 of the hearts 00:11:56.180 --> 00:11:58.019 of the Greek 00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:59.000 pagan gods. 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:02.039 And it seemed 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:03.720 like in this pagan city 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:04.179 the churches 00:12:04.179 --> 00:12:05.440 just wanted to 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:06.100 blend in. 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:08.379 And if you notice, 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:09.860 all the letters 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:10.600 you've read so far 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.299 in the other four 00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:11.639 churches, 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:12.179 Ephesus, 00:12:12.700 --> 00:12:13.320 Philadelphia, 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:14.779 Thyatira, 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:15.559 Pergamum, 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:16.960 all four of those 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:17.860 churches were 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:18.980 experiencing opposition 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:20.059 from the outside. 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:21.539 Or, 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:23.159 some false teachers 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:24.419 tried to undermine 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:25.100 from the inside 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:25.720 in Sardis, 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:26.919 there's no reference 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:27.679 to either of those. 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:29.039 they don't seem 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.539 to be facing 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:30.319 any opposition 00:12:30.319 --> 00:12:31.919 from the surrounding 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:32.359 altar, 00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:33.000 from the surrounding 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:33.419 world, 00:12:33.839 --> 00:12:34.500 and they don't seem 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:34.919 to be having 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:36.259 any false teaching 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:37.299 that's destroying 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:37.899 the church, 00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:39.839 but they just 00:12:39.839 --> 00:12:40.579 were pointing in. 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:42.659 So, 00:12:43.359 --> 00:12:43.859 they're not facing 00:12:43.859 --> 00:12:44.199 opposition 00:12:44.199 --> 00:12:44.819 because they're 00:12:44.819 --> 00:12:45.059 just, 00:12:45.979 --> 00:12:46.579 you can't really 00:12:46.579 --> 00:12:46.879 tell them 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.500 to be different. 00:12:50.599 --> 00:12:51.039 So, 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:51.500 Jesus says, 00:12:51.579 --> 00:12:52.039 wake up, 00:12:53.199 --> 00:12:53.799 spread the wrong 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.259 names. 00:12:56.839 --> 00:12:57.559 Then he says, 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:59.039 remember and repent. 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:01.099 He tells them 00:13:01.099 --> 00:13:02.739 how to find 00:13:02.739 --> 00:13:03.919 life again. 00:13:04.239 --> 00:13:04.579 And what he 00:13:04.579 --> 00:13:05.559 basically says is, 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:06.439 go back to where 00:13:06.439 --> 00:13:07.039 you started. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:09.759 Remember what you 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.000 received and heard. 00:13:11.079 --> 00:13:11.619 If you get lost 00:13:11.619 --> 00:13:12.239 in the woods, 00:13:13.319 --> 00:13:13.679 I don't know if 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:14.039 you've ever been 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:14.859 lost in the woods, 00:13:16.239 --> 00:13:16.839 what the same 00:13:16.839 --> 00:13:17.679 thing to do 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:20.859 is to retrace 00:13:20.859 --> 00:13:21.500 your steps 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:23.359 until you find 00:13:23.359 --> 00:13:24.359 a landmark 00:13:24.359 --> 00:13:25.059 that you recognize. 00:13:25.059 --> 00:13:27.019 you're lost 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:28.279 on the roads, 00:13:29.599 --> 00:13:29.859 right, 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:30.979 my tendency is, 00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:31.799 I'm going to 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:32.479 find a shortcut, 00:13:32.739 --> 00:13:32.959 right? 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:33.719 There's a triangle 00:13:33.719 --> 00:13:34.439 over here, 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:34.759 I'm going to 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.359 find a shortcut. 00:13:36.119 --> 00:13:36.599 And it never 00:13:36.599 --> 00:13:37.099 works. 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.179 Right? 00:13:39.319 --> 00:13:39.559 Sometimes, 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:40.839 when I was 00:13:40.839 --> 00:13:41.679 dating my wife, 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:43.879 we were up 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.539 with my family 00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:45.119 in the White 00:13:45.119 --> 00:13:45.379 Mountains 00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:45.960 in New Hampshire, 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:49.259 we went for a 00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:49.620 drive, 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.519 watched the sunset, 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.019 and we were 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:52.620 driving on this 00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:52.840 road, 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:53.439 and I thought, 00:13:53.779 --> 00:13:54.539 we've gone here, 00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.899 we're over here, 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:56.740 we just need to 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.240 go here. 00:13:58.200 --> 00:13:59.100 And I led us 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:00.740 through a dirt 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.500 road, 00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:02.980 saw a moose, 00:14:03.700 --> 00:14:05.080 and it was 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:06.019 not best, 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.000 it was a couple 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.639 weeks before I 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:08.240 was riding on the 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:08.539 road, 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:09.480 it wasn't quite 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:10.000 the best thing 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.340 that I did, 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:13.179 to show my 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:14.059 trustworthiness, 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:15.079 right, 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:15.639 and wisdom, 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:18.419 or my 00:14:18.419 --> 00:14:19.159 stubbornness, 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:20.539 we wanted to 00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.000 get it home, 00:14:21.219 --> 00:14:21.419 but, 00:14:21.619 --> 00:14:22.819 anyway, 00:14:23.959 --> 00:14:24.500 go back to 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:24.679 where we 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.019 started, 00:14:25.339 --> 00:14:25.659 and he said, 00:14:25.739 --> 00:14:26.299 remember what 00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:26.879 you received 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:28.099 and heard. 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.259 So, 00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:31.859 all the facts 00:14:31.859 --> 00:14:32.059 mean, 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:32.939 remember the 00:14:32.939 --> 00:14:33.359 gospel, 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:34.419 Jesus Christ 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:34.819 is what he 00:14:34.819 --> 00:14:35.079 said, 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:35.459 right? 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.199 They received 00:14:36.199 --> 00:14:37.259 a message 00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:38.500 about Jesus, 00:14:39.099 --> 00:14:39.779 who lived, 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.739 who died, 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.699 who rose again, 00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:42.259 who ascended 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.719 to heaven, 00:14:42.839 --> 00:14:43.239 who ascended 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:43.740 in his Holy 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.159 Spirit, 00:14:45.060 --> 00:14:45.379 he said, 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:46.399 remember that. 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.399 Remember the 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:48.840 thing that 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:50.180 first brought 00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:50.779 you to life 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:51.519 as a Christian? 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.379 What was the 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:53.700 thing that 00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:54.879 you first heard 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:57.000 and God did 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.560 something in your 00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:57.919 heart and 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:58.259 who said, 00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:59.100 and you woke 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:00.940 up and got 00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.519 brought you to 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:01.799 life? 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:03.700 Remember that 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:04.240 message, 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:05.039 that first 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:05.539 brought you to 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:05.820 life, 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:06.600 and don't 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.240 never let it 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:07.560 go. 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:11.080 Don't ever 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.620 turn away 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.000 from it. 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:13.860 turn back 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:15.659 to the 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:16.299 Lord Jesus. 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.299 He said, 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:17.600 Luke, 00:15:17.680 --> 00:15:18.139 the morning 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:19.639 in the section 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:20.519 of verse 3. 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:21.720 He said, 00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:22.519 if you don't, 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.299 wait up. 00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:24.360 If you will 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:24.759 come, 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.919 you're excused, 00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:27.659 that here 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.259 this morning, 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.320 I will not 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:30.899 let you leave, 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.120 and you won't 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.779 know what hour 00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.200 I can be 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:33.740 against you. 00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.919 And the people 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.680 of Sardis 00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:38.799 probably will 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.440 never let 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:39.860 you 00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:40.240 back. 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.200 because twice 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:41.539 in your 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.000 street, 00:15:42.940 --> 00:15:43.279 they are 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:44.000 an uncomfortable 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:45.039 city on top 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.600 of the cliff 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.200 that you 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:46.600 conquer. 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.100 And you 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.460 don't mind 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:49.019 having both 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.620 times, 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.240 because they 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.840 weren't watchful. 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:55.600 Right? 00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:55.940 In the 00:15:55.940 --> 00:15:56.340 90s, 00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.620 Persians had 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.200 a really good 00:15:59.200 --> 00:15:59.840 rock climb. 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.539 And he 00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.039 climbed up 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:02.440 the face 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:02.980 of the cliff 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.899 where nobody 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.879 expected it to, 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:06.500 and he 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.000 found his 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.519 way inside 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:07.899 the city 00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:08.179 and then 00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.600 he ran 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.100 to the gate 00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:09.500 and opened 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.980 the gate 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.419 for the 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:10.799 army to 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.240 come in. 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.360 And they 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:14.759 were coming. 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.139 And then, 00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:17.120 300 years 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.419 later, 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:17.779 it happened 00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:18.320 again. 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.799 The Greeks 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:22.039 sent 15 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.100 guys who 00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.639 climbed up 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.019 into the 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.460 wreckage. 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:27.019 And again, 00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:29.460 they thought, 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:29.720 ah, 00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.059 they're going 00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.320 to come up 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.700 that way. 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:31.220 It's a park. 00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:32.000 We're just 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.600 flying up 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.419 off this hill. 00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.159 Nobody's 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:34.500 ever going to 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.100 talk for us 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.539 until they 00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:35.940 did once 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:37.460 before a 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:37.840 long time 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.340 to go out. 00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:38.679 It's just 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.360 300 years 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:39.559 ago. 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.620 Yes, 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.179 it did. 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:43.799 It's the 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:44.600 same thing 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.179 that we 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.419 used to 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:45.740 spiritually. 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:52.299 But the 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:52.679 church 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:54.659 died. 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.139 And you 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.279 know, 00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:56.960 if you're 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.820 in church 00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:58.220 history, 00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.179 there are 00:16:59.179 --> 00:16:59.700 some churches 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.100 that have 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.620 actually 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:03.220 been wiped 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.500 out. 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:06.539 Christians 00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.460 called 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.220 historians 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.460 complicated 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:11.180 and they 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:11.759 went to 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.160 China 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:13.059 in the 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.359 7th 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:13.680 century 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:13.819 and 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.220 established 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.599 Christian 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:14.980 churches 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.279 in the 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:15.819 7th 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:16.119 cities 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:16.680 of China. 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:17.900 But 200 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:18.460 years later, 00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:18.779 they were 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.240 completely 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.779 extinct. 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:21.920 And the 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.400 reason 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.880 that they 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.480 died out, 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:24.960 is the best 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.480 thing you can 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:25.859 know, 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:26.819 is they 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.400 lost 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:28.359 their 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:28.799 Christian 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.819 distinctiveness. 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:31.379 they 00:17:31.379 --> 00:17:31.679 became 00:17:31.679 --> 00:17:32.059 dependent 00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.679 on favors 00:17:32.679 --> 00:17:33.000 from the 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.299 Chinese 00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:33.679 emperor, 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:34.899 and then 00:17:34.899 --> 00:17:35.220 the emperor 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:35.779 turned against 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:35.960 them, 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.179 and they 00:17:36.179 --> 00:17:36.500 didn't have 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.039 the strength 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.980 to stand 00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:38.279 on their 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.819 persecution. 00:17:40.179 --> 00:17:40.579 And they 00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.019 blended 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.779 with 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:44.819 Buddhism and 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.279 Taoism. 00:17:46.859 --> 00:17:47.579 And they 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.119 lended them 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.839 so much 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:50.019 that you 00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.240 couldn't 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.819 really tell 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.240 what was 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.559 Christian 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:51.939 anymore. 00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:52.859 They 00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.460 lost their 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:53.859 pursuit of 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.339 distinctiveness 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.759 and so 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:56.079 they 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.439 were wiped 00:17:56.439 --> 00:17:56.759 out. 00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.019 They 00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.179 didn't 00:17:58.179 --> 00:17:58.659 last. 00:17:59.979 --> 00:18:00.259 Many 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:00.459 other 00:18:00.459 --> 00:18:00.859 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00:26:54.380 maybe they 00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.620 don't 00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:54.839 send 00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:54.940 them 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.259 out 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.420 but 00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.620 they're 00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.160 long 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.680 long 00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.180 speeches 00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.180 they're 00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.539 a little 00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.059 boring 00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.120 most people 00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.400 you don't 00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.740 know 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:03.039 why do you 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.359 go to 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.920 graduation 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:06.019 why do you 00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.420 travel 00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.299 thousands of 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.620 months 00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:07.980 and help 00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:09.019 every spring 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.779 to New Haven 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.920 to attend 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.079 college or 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.660 high school 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.000 or other 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.539 graduations 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.120 why do you 00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:15.299 care 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:17.599 do you care 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.059 because you 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.779 come for one 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.200 person 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:21.099 you come to 00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.740 see them 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:23.420 walk up to 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.940 the front 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.500 and have 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.059 your name 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.700 called 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.940 and be 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.359 publicly 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.920 honored 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.660 and publicly 00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.400 recognized 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.220 and publicly 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.120 given 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:34.239 the 00:27:34.239 --> 00:27:34.559 degree 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.079 they 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.519 will 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.899 receive 00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:39.719 something 00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.539 special about 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.339 what Jesus 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.739 is saying 00:27:41.739 --> 00:27:42.739 is that 00:27:42.739 --> 00:27:43.919 there's going 00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.159 to be 00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.859 a graduation 00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.599 and all 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.399 renovations 00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:48.699 and King 00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:49.299 Jesus 00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:51.259 is going 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.439 to 00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.919 stop 00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:54.399 one 00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.639 night 00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:56.099 he 00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.619 is going 00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:56.839 to 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.159 be 00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:58.000 the 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.439 names 00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:58.899 of 00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.619 all 00:27:59.619 --> 00:27:59.899 these 00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.259 people 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.480 who have 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.579 been 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.779 in his 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.140 grace 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.359 that 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.500 go 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.779 forth 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:04.599 and he 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:04.720 will 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.160 confess 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.319 that 00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.579 before 00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.779 his 00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.160 father 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.359 in 00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.680 heaven 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.079 before 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.279 the 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.579 angels 00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:07.900 before 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.039 the 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.339 arms 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.519 in 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.839 heaven 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.579 before 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.240 all 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.920 creation 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.940 years 00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:15.940 can 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.340 saying 00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:20.259 so 00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.100 live 00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.800 that 00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.820 jesus 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:33.779 to call our enemies. 00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.359 He will give us 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:39.359 the opportunity 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:41.119 that he will say, 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.059 you're my children. 00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:45.220 You can now 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.599 rule with me 00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:48.759 in the new creation, 00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.599 in the new heavens, 00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.599 in the new earth. 00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.939 That's the promise. 00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:56.240 You see, Jesus gives a strong warning 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.460 to this church. 00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:00.059 That's all the sleep church 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.319 that's doing all this stuff 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.980 that they've lost 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.980 from the name of Jesus 00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.740 as a whole. 00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.819 And he says, 00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:07.000 if you have to make faithful, 00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.179 hang in there. 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.419 And he says, 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:12.519 if everyone in the Lord comes, 00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.799 I'll give this promise. 00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.639 Because we're part of 00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.919 anything you can have this world. 00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.159 Hold on. 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.899 Whoever has a year, 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.319 let's hear. 00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.639 The Spirit says 00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.539 that the church is blessed. 00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.779 Let's pray. 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.759 Father, 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.960 we thank you for this word 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:35.779 to the church at Sardis. 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.079 We thank you for that 00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.879 you speak to us, 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.460 both as individuals 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:43.059 and as a church body. 00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:48.019 Lord, we pray that 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:52.099 we would listen to the warning, 00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.680 take it seriously, 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.619 and pray that we would, 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:56.680 that it would, 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:59.059 that we would not just guard it. 00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.660 Lord, we pray that 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:05.740 we would remember 00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:08.039 what we have seen at the time, 00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.559 and hold on, 00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.599 and never let it go. 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.480 And Lord, 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.359 we pray that we would 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.400 fix our eyes 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.480 and pray promises. 00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:18.540 Lord, we thank you that 00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:20.080 we promise 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:23.140 it's greater than anything else 00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.680 in this world. 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.780 We pray that we would 00:30:25.780 --> 00:30:27.060 treasure you above all of us. 00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.820 We would say we pray. 00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:30.620 Amen.