Hello, and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today
we're going to be reading from
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the third epistle of John.
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But before we begin to
read, let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, we've been reading
these different letters from
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John, and over and over
again he reminds us that when we
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walk with You, we ought to
love each other the way that You
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loved us.
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He reminds us that love is not
that we love You, but that You
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first love us, and
that You died for us.
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As we read today, may the words
that we hear somehow help our
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love to grow; not just
toward You, but to Your children
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that You died for that we have
around us every day that aren't
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so easy to love.
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But we know, like John wrote,
that if we say we love You,
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and we haven't seen
You, we don't love those
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that we have seen.
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And then we're
not abiding in You.
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And that's what we want to do.
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We want to abide in You.
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Please be with
us now as we read.
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We do love You, and we can't
thank You enough for loving us.
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Amen.
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Reading from the
third epistle of John,
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and starting in verse 7.
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Because that for his name's sake
they went forth, taking nothing
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of the Gentiles.
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We therefore ought to
receive such, that we might be
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fellow-helpers to the truth.
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I wrote unto the church: but
Diotrephes, who loveth to have
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the preeminence among
them, receiveth us not.
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Wherefore, if I come,
I will remember his deeds
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which he doeth, prating
against us with malicious words:
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and not content therewith,
neither doeth he himself receive
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the brethren, and forbiddeth
them that would, and casteth
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them out of the church.
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Beloved, follow not that which
is evil, but that which is good.
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He that doeth good is of
God: but he that doeth evil
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hath not seen God.
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Demetrius hath good report
of all men, and of the truth
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itself: yea, and we also bear
record; and ye know that our
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record is true.
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I had many things to write,
but I will not with ink and pen
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write unto thee: but I
trust I shall shortly see thee,
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and we shall speak face to face.
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Peace be to thee.
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Our friends salute thee.
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Greet the friends by name.
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And now we are reading in
Jude, verse 1, and this is the
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King James Version.
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Jude, the servant of Jesus
Christ, and brother of James,
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to them that are sanctified by
God the Father, and preserved in
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Jesus Christ, and called: mercy
unto you, and peace, and love,
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be multiplied.
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Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write unto you of
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the common salvation, it
was needful for me to write unto
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you, and exhort you that ye
should earnestly contend for the
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faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.
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For there are certain men crept
in unawares, who were before of
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old ordained to this
condemnation, ungodly men,
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turning the grace of our God
into lasciviousness, and denying
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the only Lord God,
and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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I will therefore put you
in remembrance, though ye once
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knew this, how that the Lord,
having saved the people out of
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the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that
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believed not.
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And the angels which
kept not their first estate,
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but left their own habitation,
he hath reserved in everlasting
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chains under darkness unto
the judgment of the great day.
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Even as Sodom and Gomorrah,
and the cities about them in
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like manner, giving
themselves over to fornication,
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and going after strange flesh,
are set forth for an example,
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suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire.
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Likewise also these filthy
dreamers defile the flesh,
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despise dominion, and
speak evil of dignities.
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Yet Michael the archangel,
when contending with the devil
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he disputed about the body of
Moses, durst not bring against
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him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
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But these speak evil of those
things which they know not:
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but what they know naturally,
as brute beasts, in those things
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they corrupt themselves.
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Woe unto them! for they
have gone in the way of Cain,
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and ran greedily after the
error of Balaam for reward,
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and perished in
the gainsaying of Core.
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These are spots in your feasts
of charity, when they feast with
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you, feeding themselves without
fear: clouds they are without
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water, carried about of winds;
trees whose fruit withereth,
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without fruit, twice
dead, plucked up by the roots;
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raging waves of the sea,
foaming out their own shame;
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wandering stars, to whom
is reserved the blackness of
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darkness for ever.
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And Enoch also, the seventh
from Adam, prophesied of these,
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saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his
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saints, to execute judgment upon
all, and to convince all that
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are ungodly among them of all
their ungodly deeds which they
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have ungodly committed, and
of all their hard speeches which
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ungodly sinners
have spoken against him.
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These are murmurers,
complainers, walking after their
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own lusts; and their mouth
speaketh great swelling words,
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having men's persons in
admiration because of advantage.
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But, beloved, remember ye the
words which were spoken before
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of the apostles of our Lord
Jesus Christ; how that they told
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you there should be mockers in
the last time, who should walk
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after their own ungodly lusts.
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These be they who
separate themselves, sensual,
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having not the Spirit.
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But ye, beloved, building
up yourselves on your most holy
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faith, praying in the Holy
Ghost, keep yourselves in the
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love of God, looking for the
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
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unto eternal life.
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And of some have compassion,
making a difference: and others
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save with fear, pulling them
out of the fire; hating even the
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garment spotted by the flesh.
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Now unto him that is
able to keep you from falling,
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and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory
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with exceeding joy, to
the only wise God our Savior,
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be glory and majesty, dominion
and power, both now and ever.
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Amen.
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We're going now to the
book of Revelation, chapter 1,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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The Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave unto him,
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to show unto his servants things
which must shortly come to pass;
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and he sent and signified it by
his angel unto his servant John:
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Who bare record of the word
of God, and of the testimony of
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Jesus Christ, and of
all things that he saw.
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Blessed is he that readeth, and
they that hear the words of this
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prophecy, and keep those things
which are written therein:
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for the time is at hand.
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John to the seven churches which
are in Asia: Grace be unto you,
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and peace, from him which is,
and which was, and which is to
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come; and from the seven Spirits
which are before his throne;
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and from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness,
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and the first begotten of
the dead, and the prince of the
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kings of the earth.
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Unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins
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in his own blood, and hath made
us kings and priests unto God
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and his Father; to him be glory
and dominion for ever and ever.
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Amen.
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Behold, he cometh with clouds;
and every eye shall see him,
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and they also which pierced him:
and all kindreds of the earth
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shall wail because of him.
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Even so, Amen.
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I am the Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ending,
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saith the Lord, which is, and
which was, and which is to come,
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the Almighty.
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I John, who also am your
brother, and companion in
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tribulation, and in the kingdom
and patience of Jesus Christ,
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was in the isle that is called
Patmos, for the word of God,
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and for the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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I was in the Spirit on the
Lord's day, and heard behind me
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a great voice, as of a trumpet,
saving, I am Alpha and Omega,
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the first and the
last: and, What thou seest,
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write in a book, and send it
unto the seven churches which
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are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and
unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos,
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and unto Thyatira, and unto
Sardis, and unto Philadelphia,
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and unto Laodicea.
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And I turned to see the
voice that spake with me.
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And being turned, I saw
seven golden candlesticks;
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and in the midst of the seven
candlesticks one like unto the
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Son of man, clothed with
a garment down to the foot,
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and girt about the
paps with a golden girdle.
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His head and his hairs were
white like wool, as white as
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snow; and his eyes were as a
flame of fire; and his feet like
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unto fine brass, as if
they burned in a furnace;
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and his voice as the
sound of many waters.
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And he had in his right
hand seven stars: and out of his
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mouth went a sharp two-edged
sword: and his countenance was
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as the sun
shineth in his strength.
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And when I saw him, I
fell at his feet as dead.
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And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying unto me,
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Fear not; I am the first and
the last: I am he that liveth,
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and was dead; and, behold,
I am alive for evermore, Amen;
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and have the keys
of hell and of death.
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Write the things which thou hast
seen, and the things which are,
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and the things which shall
be hereafter; the mystery of the
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seven stars which thou sawest
in my right hand, and the seven
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golden candlesticks.
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The seven stars are the
angels of the seven churches:
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and the seven candlesticks
which thou sawest are the
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seven churches.
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We're continuing with
Revelation, chapter 2.
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Unto the angel of the church
of Ephesus write; These things
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saith he that holdeth the
seven stars in his right hand,
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who walketh in the midst of
the seven golden candlesticks;
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I know thy works, and thy labor,
and thy patience, and how thou
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canst not bear them which are
evil: and thou hast tried them
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which say they are apostles,
and are not, and hast found them
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liars: and hast borne, and
hast patience, and for my name's
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sake hast labored,
and hast not fainted.
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Nevertheless I have somewhat
against thee, because thou hast
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left thy first love.
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Remember therefore from whence
thou art fallen, and repent,
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and do the first works; or else
I will come unto thee quickly,
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and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place,
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except thou repent.
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But this thou hast, that
thou hatest the deeds of the
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Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
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He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto
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the churches; To him that
overcometh will I give to eat of
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the tree of life,
which is in the midst of the
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paradise of God.
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And unto the angel of the church
in Smyrna write; These things
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saith the first and the last,
which was dead, and is alive;
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I know thy works, and
tribulation, and poverty,
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and I know the
blasphemy of them which say
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they are Jews, and are not,
but are the synagogue of Satan.
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Fear none of those things
which thou shalt suffer: behold,
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the devil shall cast some of
you into prison, that ye may be
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tried; and ye shall have
tribulation ten days: be thou
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faithful unto death, and I
will give thee a crown of life.
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He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto
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the churches; He that overcometh
shall not be hurt of the
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second death.
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And to the angel of the church
in Pergamos write; These things
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saith he which hath the
sharp sword with two edges;
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I know thy works, and where thou
dwellest, even where Satan's
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seat is: and thou holdest fast
my name, and hast not denied my
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faith, even in those days
wherein Antipas was my faithful
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martyr, who was slain
among you, where Satan dwelleth.
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But I have a few things against
thee, because thou hast there
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them that hold the doctrine of
Balaam, who taught Balak to cast
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a stumbling block before
the children of Israel, to eat
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things sacrificed unto idols,
and to commit fornication.
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So hast thou also them that hold
the doctrine of Nicolaitans,
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which thing I hate.
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Repent; or else I will come unto
thee quickly, and will fight
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against them with
the sword of my mouth.
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He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto
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the churches; To him that
overcometh will I give to eat
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of the hidden manna, and will
give him a white stone, and in
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the stone a new name written,
which no man knoweth saving he
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that receiveth it.
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Thank you for joining with me
today to read the word of God.
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And next time when we're
together we'll continue to read
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the messages that God
has written to the churches;
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messages that we
need to hear today.
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But until then, please be
strong in the faith that He has
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given to us.
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Goodbye.
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