A Spiritual Examination

Breaking the Code
A Spiritual Examination

I. Introduction

A. There are some people who never examine themselves !

B. Revelation 2:1-7 (NLT)

1. “Angelos” means “ or pastor of the church.”

2. “Hold” (“Kraton”) – – holding the

3. The is the hope of the world!

II. A Spiritual Examination

A. The factor

1. Revelation 2:2a (NLT) “I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance.”

B. The factor

1. Revelation 2:4 (NLT) “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!”

2. Acts 20:36-37 (NLT) ³⁶When he had finished speaking, he knelt and prayed with them. ³⁷They all cried as they embraced and kissed him good-bye.

3. Has your for God become greater than your for God?

4. Revelation 2:5a (NLT) “Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first.”

C. The factor

1. Revelation 2:8-11 (NLT)

2. “Victorious” – – “Whoever , whoever doesn’t give up, whoever overcomes, whoever conquers.”

3. The second death is death!

D. The factor

1. Revelation 2:12-17 (NLT)

2. Acts 15:28-29 (NLT) ²⁸”For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay no greater burden on you than these few requirements: ²⁹You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will do well.”

3. They were treating very loosely!

4. Revelation 2:16 (NLT) “Repent of your sin, or I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.”

5. Revelation 2:17c (NLT) “And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it.”

6. You will have an —and closeness—and belonging with God that you’ve craved for your whole life!

III. Conclusion