Message to the church of Smyrna

Introduction: Jesus was knowing about the three problems that Church of Smyrna was facing Trouble, Poverty and Bittching.. Smyrna is derived from myrh which is perfume ( Psalm 45-8) root meaning is bitter.Smyrna was a persecuted church suffering hence Jesus as no correction for them. We are moulded when we are in suffering through Jesus.

Again the writer of this letter is Jesus in verse 8 it says this is the message from the one who is the first and the last, who died and lived again.

In verse 9 Jesus gives commendations to them: I know your troubles, you are poor but you are rich and the evil things said against you. Tribulation is a blessing and tribulation is a part of Christian Life. Philippians 1-29 For you have been given the privilege of serving Christ not only by believing in him but also by suffering for him. Worldly things are perishable but heavenly things are non perishable thou we are poor in comparison to the world but we are rich in Christ name. James 2-5 Listen my dear brothers! God choose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to posses the kingdom which he promised to those who love him,. If we run behind money we do evil things and miss on from the spiritual blessings 1 Timothy 69-10

Verse 10 Jesus gives command He say don't turn yourself from Jesus no matter how much you suffer, no matter even if you have to go through death we should always trust in Jesus finally victory will be of us in Philippians 4-9 God who gives us peace will be with us. We also have example of Daniel because of his strong faith He was saved from the lion's pith 

In verse 11 Jesus gives them counsel if you have ears the listen ....

Prayer:Thank you Father for taking care of our needs, Lord please give us strength that no matter how many problems comes in our life no matter how much worst situation we are going through in life at any given point we should not loose hope and faith in you instead we should fight against the hard situations in our life by using your scripture as a sword against those problems because at the end victory belongs to us Amen

Message to the church of Ephesus

Revelation CHP 2: Message to the church of Ephesus.

Characters: Writer is Jesus and receiver is Ephesus church, stars are like elders of the church, seven gold lamp stand are like congregation of the church

Jesus always looks for good qualities in us, He appreciate our good work. in chp 2 verse 2 Jesus gives Commendation to the Ephesus Church: Jesus says I know your hard work, your patience, testing against false apostles and not standing by evil men.. When a school teacher takes the class or teaches any lesson. a teacher always uses the blackboard a board is always black and chalk is white so whatever teacher writes can been seen easily similarly Jesus writes his concerns to the church of Ephesus in verse 4 You do not  love me as you loved first. Today most of us do the same thing as a Church we all sit in the same worship but we abuse one another during  the service if we do not like the particular person we don't seat on the same bench. We just say oh I love Jesus this pastor speaks so good we are Holy in the church after that we are back into our old life. When we will face Jesus He will question us on " WHY" rather " WHAT"

In verse 5 Jesus Commands: Turn away from your sins and do what you did first. In Acts Chp 19 we get to know Church of Ephesus was form with lot's of reward, but later they were interested in external things they gave priority to external search. God say first search Kingdom of God. whatever you do do with Christ's motivation of love when you pray, pray with love, holy Spirit will come if you sing, sing with Christ love .

Again in verse 6 Jesus gives commendations You hate Nicolaitans as much as I do, In verse 7 Jesus counsel If you have ears than listen. Tree of life first Tree of life was on earth ( Genesis ) 2nd Tree of life is in Heaven. Adam missed on eating fruit from the tree of life because of his sins, so Jesus says in 1John 54:5 Overcome and repent from your sins so you can eat fruit from the tree of life.

Amen