Letters to the Churches

#05

You Are DeadRevelation 3.1-6

Compiled and Presented by:

Dave Stewart 3 August, 2008Las Cruces, NM

www.churchofchristmiranda.com

Synopsis: The church in Sardis is dead. Not mostly dead. Dead. And they could only be brought back by the God of life. Jesus reminds them that they must wake up, strength what remains, remember what they had recieved, keep it and repent. The question for us today is simple: are we dead?

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”

YouAreDead

Revelation 3.1-6

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“mostlydead”

“but she who isself-indulgent is dead even while she lives.”

1 Timothy 5.6

“So also faith by itself,if it does not have works,

is dead.”James 2.17

“For you are like whitewashed tombs,

which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and

all uncleanness.”Matthew 23.27

“So you also outwardly appear righteous to

others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and

lawlessness.”Matthew 23.28

“For Jehovah sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks on the

heart.”1 Samuel 16.7

The listing of churches includes churches which

stand opposed to instrumental music in

worship, church support of human institutions, the

sponsoring church arrangement, and church-

sponsored recreation.

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WakeUp!

God of Life!

“He is notGod of the dead,but of the living”

Matthew 22.32

God of Life!

“I am the way, and the truth and the life.”

John 14.6

God of Life!

“Young man, I say to you, arise.”Luke 7.14

God of Life!

“Child, arise.”Luke 8.54

God of Life!

“Child, arise.”Luke 8.54

God of Life!

“I am the resurrectionand the life”

John 11.25

God of Life!

“Lazarus, come out”John 11.43

Strengthen

Remember

Keep it.

Repent

Wake Up!Strengthen

RememberKeep it

Repent

Are we dead?

Are we dead?