Sardis – The Walking Dead
Revelation 3:1-6
How hard is it to truly know someone? Why?

“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.

A little about Sardis

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You have a reputation… (Matthew 23:13-39)

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Dead? (Eph 2:1-5; 1 John 3:14; 2 Cor 3:7; Rom 8:6)

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2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.
WAKE UP! (Rom 13:11-13)

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Strengthen what remains and is about to die?(Hebrews 12:1-2;12-13)

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Your deeds are unfinished… 

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3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. 

The Keys to Waking Up:

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Like a thief in the night…
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4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 

Thoughts? ____________________________________________________________________
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