Revelation 2:8–11 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, Sept. 7, 2014

“Poor but Rich; Defeated but Triumphant” (Revelation 2:8–11)

^{Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/Sept. 7, 2014} 

⁸ "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. (Rev. 2:8, NIV) 

⁸ "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev. 1:8, NIV) 

⁹ I know your afflictions and your poverty-- yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. (Rev. 2:9, NIV) 

²⁸ A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.  ²⁹ No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person's praise is not from other people, but from God.  (Romans 2:28-29, NIV) 

¹⁰ Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor's crown. (Rev. 2:10, NIV) 

¹¹ Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death. (Rev. 2:11, NIV) 

¹³ The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.  ¹⁴ Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.  ¹⁵ Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:13-15, NIV) 

⁸ But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars-- they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (Rev. 21:8, NIV)

 

Main Idea:

·         As Christians, we must be willing to make ultimate sacrifices for the name of Christ.

·         In the midst of suffering, our poverty is actually wealth, and our defeat is actually victory. 

¹¹ Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (Rev. 2:11, NIV)