The Corpse Church

First Words:

I. The ___________ to the Church –Revelation 3:1a – “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.”

II. The _________________ of the Church – Revelation 3:1a-2

A. The ____________ – Revelation 3:1b – “ ‘I know your works…”

B. The ______________ – Revelation 3:1c-2 – “You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains

and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.”

1. ______________ verses _______________

2. ___________ verses _______________

III. The ____ ____________for the Church – Revelation 3:3-4 – “Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.”

A. Command

1. __________ our ______________

2. __________ of our _____________

3. ___________ on our ____________

Exemption

1. Contrast

2. Count

3. Characterization

4. Consequence

IV. The ______________ concerning the Church – Revelation 3:5-6– “The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

A. An _______________

B. A _________________

So…What’s it to me?

How would Jesus evaluate us as a church?

How would Jesus evaluate me as a believer?

Am I among the living or the dead?