Revelation study #3

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September 7, 2011 -A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION- (3)
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LETS GO TO....... Revelation 1:4 & 5
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V.4A “John to the seven churches which are in Asia:”
-A MYSTERY....WE WILL BE COVERING....FOR A WHILE-
(Through the first three chapters of Revelation
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Questions like.......
Why Jesus chose these particular 7 Churches?
And the deeper meaning....their letters hold?
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We will start digging deeper into it..when we get to Verse 11.
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-JOHN’S GREETING-
Even though this is....a very common greeting:
Found all over the New Testament:
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We still shouldn’t just.....slide over it!
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V.4B “Grace [be] unto you,”
-GOD’S DESIRE....FOR ALL OF HIS CHURCHES-
(That we would grow in Grace
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Not the “unmerited favor”...that saved us:
But the other kind of Grace:
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That supernatural strength and ability:
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E.G. The Grace to endure trials; etc.
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V.4C “and peace,”
-AN UNDERESTIMATED PART....OF THE FAITH-
(The peace...that the Lord can give us
That peace that passes all understanding:
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A place where the Lord wants us to be.
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-A SUPERNATURAL.....FRAME OF MIND-
God’s peace can give us contentment:
In any situation:
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Because we know that the Lord’s in control!
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V.4D “from him”
-THE ONE.....WHO IS GIVES US THIS “GRACE” AND “PEACE”-
(The Godhead
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And as we are going to see:
All three persons of the Godhead:
Are equally capable....of giving us grace & peace.
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V.4E “which is, and which was, and which is to come;”
-GOD....THE FATHER....GIVES US GRACE AND PEACE-
(The great “I AM”
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The Self-existent one:
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This is the way:
The LORD likes....to refer to Himself as!
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V.4F “and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;”
-GOD....THE HOLY SPIRIT....GIVES US GRACE AND PEACE-
(The third person of the Trinity
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One of the ways....the Holy Spirit is referred to:
In the book of Revelation:
As seven Spirits: (The number of perfection
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Note: It is significant that these seven Spirits:
Are found in front of God’s throne:
(With the other two persons of the Godhead.)
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-THE ONLY OTHER REFERENCES....TO “SEVEN SPIRITS”-
See
➀Revelation 3:1,
➁Revelation 4:5
➂Revelation 5:6
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Some other aspects....of the Holy Spirit!
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V.5A “And from Jesus Christ,”
-AND GOD....THE SON.....GIVES US GRACE AND PEACE-
(The Lord’s...continued ministry to His Church
In providing us....with the things we need!
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-JUST A REMINDER...ABOUT THE CHAPTERS AND VERSES-
(You may have noticed
This last point...was in the 1st part of the next verse:
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Some times it is needed to ignore chapter & verse numbers:
Because they were not inspired!
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