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Where are we going… where have we been?

Where are we going… where have we been?. Smyr na. Commission Character Commendation Condemnation Correction Call Challenge. Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical). Where are we going… where have we been?. “ S ee d and Situation ”.

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Where are we going… where have we been?

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  1. Where are we going… where have we been?

  2. Smyrna • Commission • Character • Commendation • Condemnation • Correction • Call • Challenge

  3. Application: • Historical • Devotional (Inspirational) • Doctrinal (Prophetical)

  4. Where are we going…where have we been? “Seed andSituation”

  5. Church history is nothing more than the movement of Godthrough the course of time, nations, and people to accomplish His three-fold plan for the universe, the earth, and your life…ANDit is the movement of the devil through the course oftime, nations, and our lives to counter, counterfeit, and/or confound God’s three-fold plan.

  6. Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 - “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”

  7. Where are we going…where have we been? “Information andInformed”

  8. Ephesus 90-200 A.D.

  9. Smyrna 200-325 A.D.

  10. Smyrna-“Myrrh”(Bitterness/Death) • Commission • The name “Smyrna”

  11. Smyrna • Commission • Character • “The First and the Last” • “was dead, and is alive”

  12. Smyrna • Commission • Character • Commendation • This was a: PERSECUTED,WORKING, RICH church.

  13. The 10 Official Roman Persecutions 1st- Under NERO, 67 A.D. • 2nd- Under DOMITIAN, 81 A.D. • 3rd- Under TRAJAN, 108 A.D. • 4th-Under MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONIUS, 162 A.D. • 5th-Commencing with SEVERUS, 192 A.D. • 6th- Under MAXIMUS, 235 A.D. • 7th- Under DECIUS, 249 A.D. • 8th- Under VALERIAN, 257 A.D. • 9th- Under AURELIAN, 274 A.D. • 10th- Under DIOCLETIAN, 303 A.D.

  14. Fox’s Book of Martyrs (pg 12): “But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the gospel shone with resplendent brightness, and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success.”

  15. Fox’s Book of Martyrs (pg12): “Tertullian, who lived in this age, informs us that if the Christians had collectively withdrawn themselves from the Roman territories, the empire would have been greatly depopulated”.

  16. Smyrna • Commission • Character • Commendation • Condemnation

  17. The Apostolic Church Fathers: • Clement of Rome. • Ignatius • Papias • Epicurus • Basilides • Polycarp • Justin Martyr • Origen

  18. 2 Timothy 1:13 “Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.”

  19. Proverbs 30:5-6 – “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”

  20. Origen -The Father of the “Allegorical Method of Bible Study”- Changes the Bible from Antioch in 30,000 places.

  21. Romans 10:17 – “ So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

  22. Divisions • Deviations • Distinctions • Developings • Deceptions

  23. Smyrna • FurtherDeviations

  24. Further Deviations: • God is finished with the Jews.

  25. God has a plan and so does the devil. • The God of the Bible is the God of History. • The devil does not want you to identify him in history. • History repeats itself. • Don’t remove the ancient landmark.

  26. Proverbs 22:28 – “Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.” • Proverbs 23:10 - “Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless”

  27. Further Deviations: • God is finished with the Jews. • (our Lord calls this teaching Satanic and blasphemous)

  28. 3 common divisions Church history- Apostles to the “Dark Ages”: • TheApostolic Church Fathers. • The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers. • ThePost-Nicene Church Fathers.

  29. The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers: • Because the Christian is a spiritual Jew…

  30. Romans 2:26-29 – “Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”

  31. The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers: • Because the Christian is a spiritual Jew… • Then he must also be a physical Jew.

  32. The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers: • Therefore ALL the promises in the Bible given to the Jew, are now given to Christians.

  33. The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers: • Therefore ALL the promises in the Bible given to the Jew, are now given to Christians. • And because of that, God is finished with the Jew.

  34. Further Deviations: • God is finished with the Jews. • The Christian has replaced the Jew. • The Church has replaced Israel. • The Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven are the same.

  35. Proverbs 22:28 – “Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.” • Proverbs 23:10 - “Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless”

  36. Smyrna • FatherlessDevelopments

  37. What Is God's Plan Of Salvation? • The gospel must be heard.Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." • The gospel must be believed.John 8:24 "I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins."Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. " • Sins must be repented of.Luke 13:3,5 "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."Acts 2:38 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." • Christ must be confessed.Matthew 10:32 "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven."Romans 10:9,10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." • There must be baptism (immersion) for the remission of sins.Acts 2:38"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."1 Peter 3:21 "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:" • There must be Christian growth and faithfulness.1 Peter 2:2 "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:"2 Peter 3:18 "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen."Revelation 2:10 "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."

  38. Acts…

  39. Acts… • From an Old Testament structure to a New Testament structure.

  40. Hebrews 9:15-16 - And for this cause He is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.”

  41. Acts… • From the Nation of Israel to the Body of Christ.

  42. John 1:11-12 - “He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”

  43. Acts… • From God working primarily with the Jew, to God working primarily with the Gentile.

  44. Acts… • From a Kingdom of Heaven (literal) message to a Kingdom of God (spiritual) message.

  45. Matthew 10:5-6 – “These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

  46. Matthew 24:13 – “But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” • Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

  47. Peter • Matthew 16:18-19(a)- “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven:…”

  48. Stephen

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