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Wednesday Night Bible Study - Notes - A Study In Revelation Lesson 14 - The Church of Ephesus P8

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TEXT: Revelation 2:1-7


The Spirit of Truth

  1. Author Of The Word

  2. One Who Guides In All Truth

  3. The Bearer Of All Revelation

Jesus said hear what He says "TO THE CHURCHES" John 16:13; 2 Peter 1:21


HE IS SAYING "OVERCOME!"


"He That Hath An Ear"

  1. Jesus says he who hears to all seven churches

  2. First three it is places before promise

  3. Remaining four it follows

  4. The spiritual ear is the heart and a hardened heart is the precursor of the ear that is deaf (Jeremiah 6:10; John 12:37-40)

  5. To "hear" is not just to take information

  6. To "hear" is to respond and obey to what is being said

  7. The ear is the organ of RESPONSE

  8. Jeremiah 6:10 asks "To WHOM CAN I SPEAK"

  9. Revelation 2;7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9 asks same thing

  10. God is our father who HEARS US which is why idolatry so angers him!


What The Spirit Says To The Church

  1. "Who has an ear" - ALL SEVEN LETTERS!

  2. First three they are placed before the promise

  3. Remaining four - they follow

  4. The hardened heard is based upon a spiritually deaf ear! (Jeremiah 6:10, John 12:37-40)

  5. The ear is the organ of response - to "HEAR" is to "OBEY"

  6. To "HEAR" the word of God is one reaponds with faith and OBEYS!

  7. Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29;, 3:6, 13, 22;, 13:9

  8. Those whose ears hear God's voice hear his message

  9. Dumb idols have no ears for hearing!!

  10. The ears in the OT deals with service

  11. Deut. 15:12-18 established limit on one's service to a master (SLAVES)

  12. When released the servant had a choice - stay or go

  13. For the one who love their master the master woul take an AWL and push it through a servant earlobe into a door

  14. That servant would then become a servant for LIFE

  15. Pierced Ears symbolized the servant's choice to open his ear to OBEY his master (Exodux 21:6)

  16. Christians are called to be people of pierced ears!


How TO Be An Overcomer

  1. Overcometh mean "to him who gains the victory" or is a "conqueror"

  2. Most say I can overcome with the Lord's help and think that is automatic

  3. The believer CANNOT do this in himself

  4. A willing mind and obedient heart is best on can do

  5. All that's done must be a work of the holy spirit

  6. It is why the believer is told to "walk after the spirit" (Romans 8:1-2)

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