Happy Sunday Evening. Dinner time! Time to eat your spiritual broccoli. Eat it and be nourished.
Revelation 3:1-6 TPT “Write the following to the messenger of the congregation in Sardis, for these are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I know all that you do and I know that you have a reputation for being really “alive,” but you’re actually dead!
2 Wake up and strengthen all that remains before it dies, for I haven’t found your works to be perfect in the sight of my God.
3 So remember all the things you’ve received and heard, then turn back to God and obey them. For if you continue to slumber, I will come to you like a thief, and you’ll have no idea at what hour I will come.
4 Yet there are still a few in Sardis who have remained pure, and they will walk in fellowship with me in brilliant light, for they are worthy.
5 And the one who experiences victory will be dressed in white robes and I will never, no never erase your name from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge your name before my Father and his angels.
6 So the one whose heart is open let him listen carefully to what the Spirit is now saying to all the churches.”
Just because you have spiritual gifts and can holy dance look like you are spiritual, or pray in tongues, God said you can actually be dead like the people in the movie “Walking Dead.”
Verse 3 commands such people to turn back to God and obey what has been preached because your ability to feel something spiritual does not mean you are spiritual or even alive (reborn).
Verse 5 shows that our names can be erased from the Book of Life, so do not play folly with the gift of Salvation.
When I preach, the faces I see are like:
“I know Pastor is preaching the Truth, and I need to humble myself, repent, and obey, but it’s too hard. It feels like extreme constipation, and no preparation H will resolve this feeling. I am so offended at Pastor, and I cannot admit I am wrong. I will use my own strength to endure the constipation, hoping Incan find my own freedom and figure my own way of getting out of my secret sin.”
Pastor Steve Kim