If your church uses the NIV--RUN perverse establishments, and at the homosexual parades and other sin Look at how godly this little boy is.’” He knew what to say and he knew what to do in front of the right people. There were some true Christians thrown in there, and He describes them as those who have not soiled their garments. People don't care what you know, until they know that ‘Oh, he is wonderful. It had a big name in John’s day, but it was dead. Let’s pray. I cannot tell you how many times I get letters or people ask me the question, “You know, I go to So-and-So church, and I know it’s dead, I’m a real Christian, how long should I stay?” We get that all the time. saying that we should expose church member's sins publicly. DAY 1: THE OVERVIEW AND DESCRIPTION OF CHRIST. 2nd Corinthians 6:14-17 commands all believers to come The despair of the death of God may give way to new meaning in our lives; for as Jean-Paul Sartre suggested "life begins on the other side of despair.". I know that that was real but nobody ever explained to me growing up that the Holy Spirit lived in me and that I could draw from His power to live the Christian life. It was not where I decided to settle, but it had a great reputation. Martin Luther’s name was blotted out of the church books. According to verse 20, what do you need to do in order to choose life? While he may have rejected those ideologies, he no doubt would have acknowledged the need for the meaning they provided. To the north of the valley rose a long ridge of mountains. What that means is that that star could have been plunged into darkness 30 years ago and its light would still be pouring down to earth. When we confess our sins, when we get right with one another, and we get right with God, then the Spirit infuses new life and there is revival. They are spiritually stagnant. Believe me, I will never take your name off my list. That is what with this letter is trying to accomplish. these things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God; the fulness and perfection of the gifts and graces of the Spirit of God, as in Revelation 1:4, which Christ, as Mediator, has without measure, and are at his dispose, and which he, having received for men, gives unto them; and at the time of the Reformation bestowed them on many eminent servants of his in a very plenteous manner; for which reason he assumes this character in writing to this church: and the seven stars; the ministers of the Gospel; see Gill on Revelation 1:16, Revelation 2:1; these were filled by Christ at this time with evangelical light and knowledge; and were sent, and held forth by him as lights in the world; and were instruments in his hand for great good; and were wonderfully held, kept, and preserved by him, notwithstanding the greatness of their work, their weakness in themselves, and the power, rage, and fury of the antichristian party; Luther is a remarkable instance of this: Christ's making use of the same title here as in the epistle to the church at Ephesus, which represents the apostolic church, may show that this church state bore some degree of likeness to that, and that it was a sort of renewing of it: I know thy works; good works chiefly; the nature and imperfection of them; and also bad works: that.