{"id":45946,"date":"2022-10-01T02:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/analysis-of-the-lords-address-to-the-seven-churches-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:06:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:06:48","slug":"analysis-of-the-lords-address-to-the-seven-churches-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/analysis-of-the-lords-address-to-the-seven-churches-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis Of The Lord&#039;s Address To The Seven Churches &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All conditions ever to be found in a congregation of the Lords church at any time in history may be found (at least in principle) in one or more of the seven churches described in Revelation 2-3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We see a general pattern followed in each of the letters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Begins with a salutation containing a description of Christ.<\/li>\n<li>The Lord praises what can be commended in the particular church addressed.<\/li>\n<li>The Lord condemns what is wrong or contrary to His standard for the church.<\/li>\n<li>The Lord gives warnings to those churches.<\/li>\n<li>The Lord gives promises of blessings or rewards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The following is a list of the seven churches addressed, including a description of Christ, their commendation, condemnation, warning, and promise for overcoming:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Ephesus  Revelation 2:1-7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description of Christ  Revelation 2:1<br \/> Commendation  Revelation 2:2-3,6<br \/> Condemnation  Revelation 2:4<br \/> Warning  Revelation 2:5<br \/> Promise for overcoming  Revelation 2:7<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Smyrna  Revelation 2:8-11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description of Christ  Revelation 2:8<br \/> Commendation  Revelation 2:9<br \/> Condemnation  None<br \/> Warning  Revelation 2:10<br \/> Promise for overcoming  Revelation 2:10-11<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Pergamos  Revelation 2:12-17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description of Christ  Revelation 2:12<br \/> Commendation  Revelation 2:13<br \/> Condemnation  Revelation 2:14-15<br \/> Warning  Revelation 2:16<br \/> Promise for overcoming  Revelation 2:17<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) Thyatira  Revelation 2:18-20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description of Christ  Revelation 2:18<br \/> Commendation  Revelation 2:19<br \/> Condemnation  Revelation 2:20-21<br \/> Warning  Revelation 2:22-25<br \/> Promise for overcoming  Revelation 2:26-28<\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Sardis  Revelation 3:1-6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description of Christ  Revelation 3:1<br \/> Commendation  Revelation 3:1,4<br \/> Condemnation  Revelation 3:1-2<br \/> Warning  Revelation 3:2-3<br \/> Promise for overcoming  Revelation 3:5<\/p>\n<p><strong>6) Philadelphia  Revelation 3:7-13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description of Christ  Revelation 3:7<br \/> Commendation  Revelation 3:8-10<br \/> Condemnation  None<br \/> Warning  Revelation 3:11<br \/> Promise for overcoming  Revelation 3:12<\/p>\n<p><strong>7) Laodicea  Revelation 3:14-22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description of Christ  Revelation 3:14<br \/> Commendation  None<br \/> Condemnation  Revelation 3:15-17<br \/> Warning  Revelation 3:16-20<br \/> Promise for overcoming  Revelation 3:21<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Note that the application for overcoming to all seven churches is:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches<\/strong> (Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 2:29; Revelation 3:6; Revelation 3:13; Revelation 3:22).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All conditions ever to be found in a congregation of the Lords church at any time in history may be found (at least in principle) in one or more of the seven churches described in Revelation 2-3. 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