This passage gives us the picture of Jesus Christ overcoming Satan and sustaining God's people in the ongoing spiritual battle of this life. The message is that Christ wins and we fight. The call is for endurance, keeping the commandments of God and our faith...
"Here is the call for the endurance of the saints." Revelation 13:10 For years, I assumed that Revelation contained a hidden message, one too difficult for me to understand, and so I stayed away from this book. Though the book of Revelation is written in a...
On Sunday, we looked at Revelation 8-11, where the seven trumpets are explained. We saw that these devastations are reminders for us to repent and believe in Christ. How does God's kindness relate to these devastations we see in our world? https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/WoGP/2017/2017WoGP0905.mp3...
Through warnings, the word, and the witness of the church, Jesus is calling the world to repentance and faith in him. In this heavenly scene, the final judgement is complete, and Christ is reigning forever and ever. Repent and reign with him. Text: Revelation 8-11 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20170903.mp3...
Why do we recoil at predictions of judgement? Why do we resist warnings? Do we not think that warnings of judgement to come can be words of grace as well? Just last night, as the storm from Hurricane Harvey blew across our city, I was irritated...
Looking back at Revelation 6-7, Scott and Justin discuss how we deal with the tension between God's sovereign hand over history, and the suffering we experience living in a fallen world. https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/WoGP/2017/2017WoGP0828.mp3...
The picture of Jesus Christ we get from Revelation 6-7 is that he remains in control throughout all of history and he keeps his people for the throne room of heaven. We are called to trust in the Lamb to cleanse our hearts and follow...
I've had some crazy dreams in my lifetime. The strangest ones are when things or people morph into others. In some dreams, I'm carrying on a conversation with one person in a certain location only to be transposed to another location where I am speaking...
This week, Justin and Scott discuss how the glimpse of heaven in Revelation 4-5 shapes how we view and act today. https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/WoGP/2017/2017WoGP0821.mp3...
Jesus Christ is the one who is worthy of worship and able to give us hope for the future. Text: Revelation 4-5 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20170820.mp3...
