February 28th 2010 Sunday Message Summary
Scriptures: Revelation 2 (Key verses – 7, 10, 17, 27), Read: Revelation 1~3
In your life of faith, each person has their own tribulations, various hardships, temptations from satan, people, and themselves. Each of us must overcome these things in Jesus’ name. If we overcome, he will be able to give to us freely everything he wants to give us.
The Lord called those who were in charge of the seven churches in Revelations as angels. Each church is referred to as a lamp stand. When Jesus spoke to the churches, he wanted them to take action immediately after listening attentively. He gave Apostle John the message to give to the churches so they could quickly take action.
All of you can receive revelations form the Lord. Those who listen to, accept, and keep the words of revelations are those who have received revelations.
The Lord first spoke to the church in Ephesus. The Lord told them that if they lost their fiery love, he would remove their lamp stand. He’s telling us to restore our first love and if we don’t, there are consequences. Lamp stand means the church. Those who lost their first love will be removed from the church. Our faith will stumble and we will find ourselves stop coming to church. The lamp stand also refers to a mission; the mission of brides. It means they have been removed from holiness and will no longer be the brides of the Lord.
Everyone can reflect and see how they first fell in love with the Lord. When we first started to come around. You need to love the Lord as intensely as you first did when you came to this history. We have truly lost our first love the Lord says. If you lost your first love, think of where, when, and how you lost it. If you don’t restore your first love, the lamp stand will be removed. We must repent until we move the Lord and he allows us to be forgiven. If we repent and restore ourselves and love Jesus even more passionately than before, he will show us fiery love and allow us to eat from the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.
You have to do things just as you did the first time. In this way, you will be able to restore your first love. Repentance alone is not enough. You have to love the Lord pouring out your whole mind and action. Those who do this will be able to eat the fruit. The tree of life is the Lord and the fruit is his love.
The love of the world diminishes to nothing over time, that is why it is an empty love. Think about it, when you grow older, you won’t be able to enjoy the love of the world because it no longer gives us joy, pleasure, and excitement anymore. It is only this time that people cry out. Yet the love of the Lord continues forever and it is not an empty love.
What were the Nicolaitans mentioned in the letter? They were a cult that confused the doctrines of the Lord. In the same way, we must not take part of any doctrine or books or writings of those who go against the Lord’s absolute doctrines.
If you fail to regain the first love, keeping faith becomes harder and harder so you won’t be able to endure. Therefore, find out from where you started to lose your first love, and turn around.
To the church in Smyrna. The Lord tells us that though we think we are poor, we are actually rich. He tells us not to be deceived by those who are actually controlled by satan. He also tells us to overcome the tribulations and persecutions and we will be given the crown of life. These crowns of life remain as yours and you wear them forever only if you overcome. You will also not be hurt by the second death if you overcome. The second death is the death of the spirit. The pain spirits go through when they go to hell is the second death. If you are spared from the second death, it means you will not end up going to hell. The first death is the pain we go through with our bodies, but if we overcome, we will not end up going through the second death.
If the Lord had not forgiven all of us, we would have received the second death. But we must never sin again and we must diligently repent for everything that we did wrong. Now that the Lord has forgiven us, we must repent even more and restore our first love. Then we will be able to walk the path of life and be able to restore ourselves.
What is more urgent than waiting is to be prepared. The Lord will certainly come, but only those who are ready will receive him. We don’t know the exact day of the Lord’s return, but we know that we must do it urgently. Despite what pains we go through, we must push through it and then we will receive the crown of life and be spared from the second death.
To the church in Pergamum. We must repent if we have held on to other teachings of the world. To those who overcome, we will receive the hidden manna and the white stone with a name written on it. In this time period, there are people who look down on the word and teach other things besides the Lord’s teachings. Those who are doing wrongful deeds know who they are. Therefore the Lord declares to everyone that we must repent. When we doubt the word or water it down or twist it to our own thoughts, that is wrong and like doubting the word. These types of people are like Judas Iscariot. We must overcome, discard the wrong teachings, and defeat it.
What is the manna? It is actual physical food and also spiritual food. It was first the delicious food that the Lord rained down from heaven to feed the Israelites in the time of the Old Testament. The Lord gives such physical food to those who overcome. The manna also means the spiritual food and the spiritual word for our spirits. If we don’t keep these words and discard them, then the Lord will cut us off from the manna both physically and spiritually.
What is the white stone? The white stone refers to the Lord. As brides of the Lord, we must only receive the words of the Lord. A white stone is the Lord, a new name written on it is the word of the Lord. The Lord said that no one knows the name written on it unless they receive the white stone. It means the mission of the word is given to one person and no one else.
To the church in Thyatira. We must not accept Jezebel and repent. Then we will receive the iron scepter to rule the nations and receive the morning star. The Lord commended this church and also rebuked them. Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab that led people to worship other gods. Those who worship idols will be cast on a bed of sufferings; various diseases and even death. When the Lord tells us to repent, we must repent. The Lord can see through to our hearts. We can deceive people, but we cannot deceive the Lord. Keep your faith! Those who are possessed by evil spirits are like Jezebel. Among people of God’s History, some have left and accepted Jezebel. Think about in your own life if you’ve accepted any teachings or words other than the words preached by the Lord. You should not live your life of faith centering on anyone else.
If a person accepts another who loves them sexually, they are those who have accepted Jezebel. They are given a chance to repent, but if they don’t, they will be cast on a bed of suffering. You must truly offer repentance to the Lord.
The iron scepter is the word of life from the Lord. If you receive the iron scepter, you will be able to defeat satan. The morning star symbolizes the Lord. Those who have received the word are those who have received the Lord.
The Lord said, “Each person must overcome the tribulation and persecution, hardship and pain. They must overcome Satan and temptation, sexual love and money. They must overcome fame and everything else that they put more importance on than Me, Jesus. Then I will be able to freely give what I desire to give them.”
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