Revelation 3:1-6 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.”

Sardis is the church of the living dead.

A life-giving church is a church that

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people to Jesus- the source of life.

Sardis was

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Local churches begin to die when

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becomes their goal.

We begin our walk with Christ

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by faith.

After that we tend to make it our goal to

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have to live by faith again.

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

Revelation 3:2a “Wake up!” How do we come alive again?

Revelation 3:2b “Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.” Look at where you are.

Revelation 3:3a- “Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast…” Remember why we exist-

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Revelation 3:3b- “Keep it and repent”

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to Me.

Repenting is something we do again and

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.

Revelation 3:3c- “But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time.” Be careful about what you

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for.

Our greatest hope is Jesus and his

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.