WHAT IS GOD’S ANSWER FOR BAD TIMES?
Lesson #3
These were really bad times in John’s life. His friends were all gone. His fellow apostles were all hunted down and murdered. His beloved church was troubled with false Christians. And now he was captured and on his way to his death.
What is God’s answer for bad times? Listen, this lesson could change your life PERMANENTLY!
I repeat, what was God’s answer for these terribly bad times for this aged, weary, distressed, saddened, frightened and troubled servant?
When God wanted to encourage his faithful and aged servant, He makes him take a long look and DISCOVER Jesus.
What? LOOK in the book and discover JESUS!
1. What is the answer to fear? Take a good and long look in this book and DISCOVER Jesus!
2. What is the answer to thinking the world is going down the drain? Take a good and long look in this book and DISCOVER Jesus!
3. What is the answer to future economic upheavals? Take a good and long look in this book and DISCOVER Jesus!
4. What is the answer to friends turning their backs on Christ? Take a good and long look in this book and DISCOVER Jesus!
5. What is the answer to economic instability? Take a good and long look in this book and DISCOVER Jesus!
6. What should be the answer to any trouble, trial or upset we face today or any of our tomorrows? Take a good and long look
in this book and DISCOVER Jesus!
WE NEED TO DISCOVER JESUS IN THIS BOOK A SOVEREIGN LORD:
Discover Jesus REVEALING HIS MAJESTY 1:1-20
SEE HIM!
Discover Jesus CHALLENGING HIS CHURCH 2:1 – 3:22
LISTEN TO HIM!
Discover Jesus CONTROLLING THE COSMOS 4:1-16:21
TRUST HIM !
Discover Jesus CONQUERING THE REBELLION 17:1- 21:8.
FOLLOW HIM
Discover Jesus UNVEILING HIS PARADISE 21:9 – 22:5
JOIN HIM!
Discover Jesus CALLING HIS ELECT TO COME TO HIM 22:6-21.ANSWER
HIM!
DISCOVER JESUS REVEALING HIS GLORIOUS MAJESTY1:1-20
“Turn your eyes upon Jesus!” the songwriter, said. “Looking unto Jesus” the writer of Hebrews exhorts us.
1.Revelation 1:1-3: Discover the MINISTRY OF JESUS Revealing Himself through His Bondservants
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
2. Revelation 1:4: Discover the PEACE OF JESUS Revealing His rest
“John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;”
3. Revelation 1:5: Discover the BLOOD OF JESUS Revealing His Life
“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,”
4. Revelation 1:7-8: Discover the WORD OF JESUS Revealing His Heart
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
5. Revelation 1:9-13 Discover the DIVINITY OF JESUS Revealing His character
9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
6. Revelation 1:14 Discover the EYES OF JESUS Revealing His omniscience
“His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;”
7. Revelation 1:15 Discover the VOICE OF JESUS Revealing His Omnipotence
“And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.”
8. Revelation 1:16 Discover the FACE JESUS Revealing His Omnipresence
“And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”
9. Revelation 1:17-20 Discover the TOUCH OF JESUS Revealing His Humanity
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Discover Jesus Challenging His Church 2:1 – 3:22
In chapters two and three, Jesus gives special messages to the seven churches of Asia Minor.
WHAT IS GOD’S ANSWER FOR BAD TIMES?
Lesson #3
