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Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches – part 1 (Introduction)

02/07/2016
Jesus Christ is revealed as the Glorious God, First and Last, Alpha and Omega, Beginning and the End, The Divine Son of Man. Jesus has the right to Evaluate His…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 1:1-20
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

FOCUS: Jesus’ Hatred of Idolatry

02/14/2016
To understand Rev. chptrs 2 & 3 we must understand the Hebraic / Israeli / Jewish symbolism and concepts presented therein. And, we cannot understand chapters 2 & 3 without…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 1:1-20
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

Ephesus –> Desirable – Jesus Christ’s Desire is to be our First LOVE

02/21/2016
Jesus Christ evaluates the church of Ephesus, first. How does this EVALUATION relate to us, today? Is Jesus Christ, really, our "FIRST LOVE" in our lives? Are we Jealously Guarding…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 2:1-7
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

SMYRNA – Sweet Sacrifice – The Key That Unlocks the Mystery of the 7 Churches

02/28/2016
The local church of Smyrna was a church that was Praised by Jesus Christ, Himself. Smyrna was a Living Sacrifice of Love unto Christ. They were Faithful unto Death for…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 2:8-11
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

PERGAMOS – Bad Marriage of “church & state”

03/06/2016
The "church" of Pergamos represents a Grand Compromise with Paganism, Idolatry, Power, and Government. It represents a period of time within the "Church Age" which describes perfectly the rise of…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 2:12-17
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

Thyatira: Royal goddess of Purple

03/13/2016
We are looking at the second phase of the Pagan Invasion into the Roman church, typified by the "church of Thyatira" and Jezebel's teachings. Idolatry, sexual immorality and other doctrinal…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 2:18-29
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

SARDIS – The DEAD Church that has a NAME

03/20/2016
The Final Phase of this Pagan-Idolatrous Church that is DEAD to God. She thinks she is Worldly Popular (has a NAME) and she thinks she is ALIVE, but she is…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 3:1-6
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

Philadelphia – Church of the Open Door for the Gospel

03/27/2016
Philadelphia is a perfect template of the Protestant Reformation ... Jesus Opened the Doors for the Gospel to the Ends of the Earth. She upholds simple implicit faith in Christ,…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 3:7-13
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

The “church” of LAODICEA – “The Peoples’ Choice Church”

04/03/2016
The "church" of LAODICEA - "The Peoples' Choice Church" - She Serves a Lukewarm, Compromising, Worldly, Nice, Feel-Good Gospel. She is a church in which Jesus is on the outside,…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 3:14-22
Service Type: Worship Celebration
Jesus Christ Evaluates His Churches

Jesus Evaluates His Churches – part 10: Implications & Impact

04/10/2016
What are the Implications and Impact of those 7 churches in Revelation 2 & 3? What can we learn from what we've studied for the last 9 weeks? What Impact…
Pastor : Pastor Andy Thomas
Passage: Revelation 1:1-3:22
Service Type: Worship Celebration

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Recent Sermons

  • The Goal: Reproducing Disciples
    Pastor Andy Thomas, 12/30/2018
  • Blessing The Nations
    Pastor Andy Thomas, 12/16/2018
  • Earnestly Contending For Our Faith
    Pastor Andy Thomas, 12/09/2018
  • Obedience of the Faith & the 3 P’s
    Pastor Andy Thomas, 12/02/2018
  • The FUEL for the Mission
    Pastor Andy Thomas, 11/25/2018

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