Message Notes

SSS 4
Book of Revelation 17 November 2024

18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,
‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.

20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.

22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.

23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

24 “Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden.

25 But hold fast what you have till I come.

26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—

27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father;

28 and I will give him the morning star.

29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Revelation 2:18-29

THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA

1. Thyatira in comparison to the other cities

a) Smaller

b) Not very significant

c) But still a commercial city

2. Description of the Lord Jesus

a) The Son of God

The Deity of the Lord

b) Who has eyes like a flame of fire

Sharp and Discerning

c) And His feet like fine brass

Purity and strength

3. Evaluation of the Church and its works

a) “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience”

b) “And as for your works, the last are more than the first

c) Commended

d) The church had begun well

4. Things held against the Church at Thyatira

20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.

22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.

23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

24 “Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden.

Revelation 2:20-24

a) Jezebel Cf 1 Kings 16-21

b) False prophetess

c) Teaching and seducing people

d) Immorality and idolatry

e) Time given to repent

f) But if there is no repentance

i) Sickness

ii) Tribulation

iii) Death

g) Those who are not involved will be spared

A SPECIAL WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE OVERCOMER

25 But hold fast what you have till I come.

26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—

27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father;

28 and I will give him the morning star.

29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Revelation 2:25-29

1. Three things to do

a) To hold fast

b) To overcome

c) To keep the works of the Lord until the end

2. The promised blessings

a) Rulership over nations

b) Power and authority

c) The morning star