The Revelation of Jesus Christ

1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ

2. It’s December 31!

3. It’s December 31! • Hogs play tomorrow at 1PM! Wooooooo – pig – sooie!

4. It’s December 31! • Hogs play tomorrow at 1PM! • Death of John Wycliffe in 1384

5. It’s December 31! • Hogs play tomorrow at 1PM! • Death of John Wycliffe in 1384 “Though they digged up his body, burnt his bones, and drown his ashes, yet the Word of God and the truth of his doctrine, with the fruit and success thereof, they could not burn; which to this day … doth remain.” John Foxe

6. It’s December 31! • Hogs play tomorrow at 1PM! • Death of John Wycliffe in 1384 3. New Years Resolutions

7. It’s December 31! • Hogs play tomorrow at 1PM! • Death of John Wycliffe in 1384 • New Years Resolutions • No bungee-jumping from high bridges

8. It’s December 31! • Hogs play tomorrow at 1PM! • Death of John Wycliffe in 1384 • New Years Resolutions • No bungee-jumping from high bridges • No preaching past 12:45 PM

9. It’s December 31! • Hogs play tomorrow at 1PM! • Death of John Wycliffe in 1384 • New Years Resolutions • No bungee-jumping from high bridges • No preaching past 12:45 PM • No okra

10. It’s December 31! • Hogs play tomorrow at 1PM! • Death of John Wycliffe in 1384 • New Years Resolutions A new year is a great time for renewal of our spiritual commitments.

11. The Laws of Revival(Revelation 2-3)a message by Bill EubanksGrand Prairie Bible Church12/31/06

12. Outline of Revelation (1:19) Prologue I. The things which you have seen(1) (Vision) II. The things which are(2-3) (Letters to the seven churches) • The things which shall take place hereafter(4-22) (Tribulation / Return / Millennium)

13. Outline of Revelation (1:19) Prologue I. The things which you have seen(1) (Vision) II. The things which are(2-3) (Letters to the seven churches) • The things which shall take place hereafter(4-22) (Tribulation / Return / Millennium)

15. The Laws of Revival(Revelation 2-3)a message by Bill EubanksGrand Prairie Bible Church12/31/06

16. The Laws of Revival • The Law of Listening • The Law of Coram Deo • The Law of Repentance

17. The Law of Listening • “To the angel of the church in _____ write:” • “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (1:7, 11, 17, 29, …) The written Word of God is the voice of God. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”

18. The Law of Listening  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…” (Heb. 3:7; cf. 3:15; 4:7; Ps. 95:7-8)

19. The Law of Listening So we have the prophetic word made more certain, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. (2 Peter 1:19)

20. The Law of Coram Deo I saw seven golden lampstands; and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength. (Rev. 1:12-16)

21. The Law of Coram Deo • “I know …” Notice the changes from the description in 1:13 and 16 to that of 2:1. Jesus not only “has” the stars, he “holds” (lit., grasps) them. He not only “stands” in the midst of the lampstands, he “walks” among them!

22. The Lordship of Christ over his people is not passive, distant, or indifferent. It is active, immanent, and intimate. Our Lord patrols the churches with an intense and ever present awareness of all thoughts, deeds, and activities. Thus it is no surprise that each letter begins with the ominous, “I know your deeds”. The move from “has” to “holds” and from “stands” to “walks” is designed to highlight both the sovereignty of Christ over the church and his loving presence and unfailing ministry within it. (Sam Storms)

23. He is present in and among his people. He guards and protects and preserves the church. He is never, ever absent! No service is conducted at which he fails to show up. No meal is served for which he does not sit down. No sermon is preached that he does not evaluate. No sin is committed of which is he unaware. No individual enters an auditorium of whom he fails to take notice. No tear is shed that escapes his eye. No pain is felt that his heart does not share. No decision is made that he does not judge. No song is sung that he does not hear. (Sam Storms)

24. The Law of Repentance • repent and do the deeds you did at first (2:5) • repent, or else I am coming to you quickly (2:16) • Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. (2:22) • remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent(3:3) • Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. (3:19)

25. The Law of Repentance Thesis 1. “When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said, ‘Repent,’ He called for the entire life of believers to be one of penitence.” Martin Luther

26. The Law of Repentance “Repentance means … turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God, and as our knowledge grows at these three points so our practice of repentance has to be enlarged.” J.I. Packer, Keep In Step with the Spirit

27. Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio(1571-1610)

30. “Supper at Emmaus” by Caravaggio (c. 1506)

31. The Laws of Revival • The Law of Listening Resolved: To listen to the voice of my Lord. 2. The Law of Coram Deo Resolved: To live daily with a conscious sensitivity to the presence of God. • The Law of Repentance Resolved: To live daily in a penitent spirit.