1 REVELATION: CHRIST AMONG THE CANDLESTICKS Message Nine HOW TO OBEY WITHOUT LOSING PATIENCE Revelation 3:7-13 Philadelphia:

The Responsible Church AD 1611-1881 I. CHRIST: WHAT HE BEHELD, 7-11 A. Commendation: Saints in His Purpose, 7-8 1. Deeds and a Door, 7 2. Dependence and Devotion, 8 B. Conflict: Sinners in His Plan, 9 1. Coerced Apostates 2. Conceit Assumed 3. Convinced Altogether C. Comfort: Situations in His Providence, 10-11 1. Dedication to the Task, 10a 2. Deliverance from the Test, 10b 3. Defense of the Truth, 11 II. CONFIDENCE: HOW TO BEHAVE, 12-13 A. Toward Gods Initiative, 12 B. Toward Gods Invitation, 13 1. Peace as Abiding Enjoyment 2. Privilege as Abiding Experience 3. Power through Abiding Exercise Thesis: People who experience ______________ are those who make their practice line up to their principles. Defn.: Philadelphia is the name that means brotherly ______________. ________________________these were seven actual churches in Asia Minor the Lord was addressing ________________________these letters contain both commendation and condemnation from the Lord ________________________these churches forecast seven different time frames during the church age ________________________(1) these churches represent seven Hebrew-Christian congregations, after the rapture of the body of Christ at the end of the dispensation of grace, and during the seven-year tribulation period before the actual second coming of Christ, (2) the messages to these seven churches refer to seven past phases of Israels history OT REMINDER The Exodus Wanderings Wilderness Period of the Kings Ten tribes removed Judah removed Minor Prophets

CHURCH 1. Ephesus 2. Smyrna 3. Pergamos 4. Thyatira 5. Sardis 6. Philadelphia 7. Laodicea

2 THE TRUTH IN CHRIST, JOHN 1:17 A. If it does not __________ Jesus, it is not the truth, Isa 22:20-23, Matt 28:18 B. All heavens resources and authority are now ________________ in the person of Christ C. You need somebody who can ____________ the door Point 1. We want Jesus to see our problem, when hes always wanting us to see his __________. Point 2. The way God tests your heart is by giving you a __________ to be done through tribulation. Job 13:15 Point 3. When God sees something skipping in your heart, his providence always sends the type of ____________________ you need. Defn.: ________________________ is obedience to a task over time through opposition. Prov 14:18 Point 4. Hold ____________ when you want to quit. SUGGESTED SELF-TALK: Jesus, you were MVP for me through the sin I gave you, now I want to be MVP through the ________________ you give me. KEY TRUTH: Acceptability Is Based on Fulfilling __________________________!

CHRONOLOGY OF CHURCH HISTORY AD 1611-1881 REVELATION 3:7-13Philadelphia: The Responsible Church MAJOR REVIVALS The Great Awakening The Second Great Awakening The Finney Revivals The Prayer Revival of 1858 The Evangelists DATES 1734-1776 1795-1810 1824-1835 1857-1863 1873-1893 1896-1935 1949-1957 EDUCATION 500 Bible Colleges & Institutes in North America MISSIONS 33,000 North American Protestant missionaries stationed abroad 120,000 Short-term North American Protestant missionaries stationed abroad SCRIPTURE TRANSLATION & DISTRIBUTION 2,092 Languages (of 6,600 known languages) with some Bible portion (97 percent of worlds people) 341 Languages with whole Bible 676 Languages with New Testament MAJOR MEN Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield Isaac Backus Charles G. Finney Jeremiah Lamphier Dwight L. Moody Billy Sunday Billy Graham