Harvest Baptist Church

REVELATION 3:14!22 HOW TO STAY HOW WHEN OTHERS ARE COLD

Outline!
Laodicea: The Lukewarm Church! A Church in Need of Rapture! AD 1881-2014!

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I. Control of a Dynamic Christ, 14! A. All-Convicting Angel! B. All-Conquering Amen! C. All-Controlling Author! II. Condition of a Deluded Church, 15-17! A. Compromising in Works, 15-16! 1. Lukewarm, 15! 2. Left, 16! B. Complacent in Woes, 17! 1. Afuent & Autonomous! 2. Ignorant & Indifferent! III. Counsel to a Denite Choice, 18-19! A. Purchases Proposed, 18! B. Repentance Required, 19!

IV. Call of a Dual Challenge, 20-22! A. To Sinners, 20! 1. Reception! 2. Response! B. To Saints, 21-22! 1. Call, 21! a. Exhortation! b. Example! 2. Comprehend, 22!

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KEY TRUTH: Get Ready for the Rapture!

Thesis: What prevents us having revival is that we look alright externally, but have no __________________ strength internally.!

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Denitions! Laodicea was the church called the customs, rights, and judgments of the ____________! Amen afrms the authenticity and reality of what was prayed, and adds earnestness to our own heart when we say we __________ with it!

GOIN TO KANSAS CITY! 1. Laodicea was the ______________ center of Asia during New Testament times! 2. Laodicea was a textile __________________________ center! 3. Laodicea was a ______________ center! ! Rev. W. Alan Shelby ! www.facebook.com/hbcbluesprings ! www.hbcbluesprings.org ! www.facebook.com/ashelby! "1

Revelation
Laodicea: In Need of Rapture Learning from Laodicea! Lesson 1. What you think about you is not the bottom line; it is what __________ thinks about you that counts.! Lesson 2. If youre hot you can be a ______________ agent, and if youre cold you can be a refreshing agent.! Lesson 3. The progress of your Christian life is not whether youre doing bad, its where youre ____________ on.! Lesson 4. You give Christ heartburn when you dont give up but you wont ________ up.! Lesson 5. One of the best ways to get revival is to do for somebody else the thing you perceive ________________ needing.! Lesson 6. The only authentic __________ is what you do for God through times of testing.! Lesson 7. God tests __________________ by turning you inside out.! Lesson 8. While Jesus has to write one thing to the church in this age, he offers a different ____________________ opportunity to you.! Lesson 9. The way Jesus knows whether he is wanted is by you ______________ the door.! Lesson 10. Authority and recognition both come with ________________.!

Notes!

LUKEWARM WORDS! Since have my own needs for money, I dont care about ______________! Since I have my own problems spiritually, I dont care about others who need salvation! Since I can see my own way well enough, I dont care about looking through Jesus eyes!

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HOW TO LEAVE LAODICEA! 1. A word for the emotions, be zealous: have a warmth of ______________ and be moved with desire! 2. A word to the mind, repent: ________________ differently after this! HOW TO OPEN THE DOOR! 1. You hear God __________ to you objectively (by his word)! 2. You hear God speak to you ________________________ (by his Spirit)! 3. You hear God speaking to you ____________________ (by his providence)! A. Open to the ________________ Christ, evangelistically, seeker and saver of men! B. Open to the __________________ Christ, inviting us to fellowship! C. Open human free will, the __________________ to open ourselves to him!

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REVIVAL IN OUR TIME! 1. __________ your actual condition! 2. Go back to the __________________ of your relationship with Christ! 3. ______________ to his rebuke and chastening, because it always results in fruitfulness! 4. The best remedy for backsliding is more __________________ with Christ "2

Point 1. The Holy Spirit will never tell you anything that _________________ with the Bible.! Point 2. Taken alone, circumstances are never a nal determiner of Gods will.! Point 3. You dont get all the reward now, but you get ___________ for it now.! !

Rev. W. Alan Shelby ! Harvest Baptist Church ! 901 NW 19th ST, Blue Springs, MO ! Sundays 5:30P.M.!