Sermon, September 14, 2008 Revelation 2.8-11 The One Who Was Dead and Now Lives
Revelation 2.8-11 The One Who Was Dead and Now Lives
A. JESUS KNOWS ALL THAT TROUBLES YOU IN LIFE [9]
1. Hard times: tribulation
2. Hard luck: poverty
3. Hard words: blasphemy, slander
B. JESUS ADDRESSES WHAT REALLY TROUBLES YOU [10]
1. Imperatives
a. Do not fear
b. Be faithful until death
2. Reasons not to fear, but to be faithful
a. He knows what you are about to face
b. There’s a purpose to the troubles in your life
Heb 12.11; Jam 1.2-4; 1 Pet 1.6-7
c. There’s a limit to what you have to endure
d. There’s a limit to what your trouble can do to you [Matt 10.28]
C. JESUS HIMSELF IS THE SOLUTION TO ALL OF YOUR TROUBLES
1. Fix your eyes upon Jesus [8]
a. The First and the Last
b. The One who was dead
c. The One who has come to life
2. Fill your mind with the promise of Jesus
a. I will give you the crown of life [10b]
b. You will not be hurt by the second death [11]
1) The first death [20.12-13]
2) The second death [20.14]
3) The first resurrection [20.6]
John Olson
