Sermon Notes

A Review and Look Forward

Revelation 1 – 3

I. The Revelation of Jesus Christ

II. The ways to look at the Churches

               A. Practical

               B. Perennial

               C.  Prophetic

                              1.  Ephesus         AD 33-100        You have fallen

                              2.  Smyrna          AD 100-300        Tribulation 10 days

                              3.  Pergamos      AD 300-500        The doctrine of Balaam

                              4.  Thyatira         AD 500-1500      The woman Jezebel

                              5.  Sardis             AD 1500-1700      A name..but dead

                              6.  Philadelphia AD 1700-1900      An open door

                              7.  Laodicea        AD 1900-               Lukewarm

III. Outline of the Book

               A. What was

               B.  What is

               C. What will be

IV.  Application

               A. Meditate on the Resurrected Jesus

               B.  Embrace a lifestyle of Repentance

                              1. We often do not know what is the right thing

                              2.  We often drift away

               C. Warn of the Judgment that is coming