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