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Chuck Smith Sermon Notes
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Sermons regarding Revelation
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1428.html"><b>Sermon 1428: Revelation 1:5 </b></a>
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<br> I. 144,000. ARE THEY THE SAME AS CHAPTER 7?
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<br>A. Number agrees, 144,000. Sealed in forehead.
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<br>II. FIRST FRUITS OF MILLENNIAL REIGN.
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<br>A. When one says the scripture does not mean what it says. Who can tell us what it means?
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<br>III. SEVEN FACTS OF 144,000.
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<br>A. Written in foreheads name of Lamb and name of His Father.
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<br>1. Direct contrast to those who took mark of beast.
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<br>B. They sing a ne...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1975.html"><b>Sermon 1975: Revelation 1:7 </b></a>
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<br> "JESUS IS COMING AGAIN"
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<br>I. BEHOLD HE COMETH WITH CLOUDS.
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<br>A. This is a prophecy of the second coming of Jesus Christ.
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<br>1. It is separate and distinct from the rapture of the church.
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<br>2. The rapture is the time when Jesus will be coming for His church.
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<br>3. At His second coming, He will be coming with His church.
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<br>ZEC 14:5 And the Lord my God shall come, [and] all the saints with Him...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1429.html"><b>Sermon 1429: Revelation 2:1 </b></a>
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<br> "CHURCH OF EPHESUS."
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<br>I. UNTO ANGEL OF THE CHURCH.
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<br>A. Held in right hand of Christ.
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<br>B. Held directly responsible for spiritual welfare of church. Ministry not a lordship, but a service. Business of the minister to hear for the church, which has been committed to his care. He is to receive the word from the mouth of the Lord and to deliver it faithfully to His church and to see tha...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1430.html"><b>Sermon 1430: Revelation 2:4a, 5</b></a>
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<br> "RETURN TO YOUR FIRST LOVE."
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<br>I. WHAT THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS HAD.
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<br>A. Works and labors.
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<br>1. Well-organized, functioning church.
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<br>a. Witness teams.
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<br>b. Visitation teams.
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<br>c. Finance committees.
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<br>d. Pulpit committee and church growth department, all functioning.
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<br>e. A model of organization structure.
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<br>2. They were laboring in the name of the Lord.
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<br>a. It was being done under the right ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1431.html"><b>Sermon 1431: Revelation 2:4b </b></a>
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<br> "THE CRY FOR LOVE."
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<br>I. THE FIRST LOVE.
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<br>A. Something about human nature that finds excitement in the novel.
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<br>1. Your new dream car.
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<br>a. First time you turned on the ignition.
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<br>b. Carried dust cloth in glove box.
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<br>c. Parked at the far end of parking where nobody else might park.
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<br>d. Now you run it through the car wash occasionally.
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<br>e. You sometimes leave it out overnight.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1982.html"><b>Sermon 1982: Revelation 2:4c</b></a>
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<br> "FIRST LOVE"
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<br>I. NOTE THE LORD HAD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS.
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<br>A. "I know thy works, labor, patience."
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<br>1. These are all great and important things in the Christian life.
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<br>2. Paul had written to the church in Thessolonica of how he thanked God when he...
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<br>1TH 1:3 Remembered their work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1432.html"><b>Sermon 1432: Revelation 2:7 </b></a>
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<br> "THE OVERCOMING LIFE."
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<br>I COR. 15:57
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<br>I. THE DIFFICULTY SOME HAVE LIVING.
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<br>A. Christian experience up and down.
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<br>1. Victory when things go well.
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<br>2. Defeat when tribulations come.
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<br>B. There is a life far above ordinary.
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<br>1. Thanks be to God. Victory through Christ.
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<br>II. TWO TYPES OF SIN OUTWARD AND INWARD.
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<br>A. Have no need at present to mention outward.
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<br>B. Inward sins rob us from v...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1433.html"><b>Sermon 1433: Revelation 2:8 </b></a>
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<br> "CHURCH IN SMYRNA."
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<br>I. ANGEL OF CHURCH IN SMYRNA.
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<br>A. Smyrna 40 miles north of Ephesus still exists today, most Christianized area in Turkey.
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<br>1. Means myrrh (A fragrant gum of popular use, especially for embalming purposes).
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<br>2. Smyrna Church of persecution.
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<br>B. Polycarp probably "Angel of church."
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<br>1. It is said John set him as Bishop.
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<br>2. Martyred in 168.
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<br>II. WEALTH IN POVERTY....
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1983.html"><b>Sermon 1983: Revelation 3:10 </b></a>
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<br> "KEPT FROM"
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<br>I. THE WORLD IS RIPE FOR THE JUDGMENT OF GOD.
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<br>A. God has brought His judgment upon man in the past.
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<br>1. The great flood of Noah's day.
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<br>a. The things that provoked the wrath of God against man.
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<br>1. The wickedness of man was great upon the earth.
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<br>2. That the imagination of man's heart was only evil continually.
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<br>3. The earth was corrupt.
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<br>4. The earth was filled with v...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1434.html"><b>Sermon 1434: Revelation 3:14 </b></a>
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<br> "TEPID WON'T DO."
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<br>I. THE DANGER OF THE LUKEWARM STATE.
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<br>A. It is unpalatable.
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<br>1. I am a milk drinker. I love a cold glass of milk, sometimes a hot cup.
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<br>2. One way I can't stand milk, lukewarm.
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<br>B. "I would that you were cold or hot."
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<br>1. The man with no reaction is the hardest to reach, the farthest away.
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<br>2. Even those with strong neg. reactions are closer.
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<br>C. Lukewarm Christia...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1435.html"><b>Sermon 1435: Revelation 3:14b </b></a>
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<br> I. NEITHER COLD OR HOT.
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<br>A. Sleeping Church.
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<br>1. Devils' cunningness.
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<br>a. "These signs shall follow."
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<br>b. "Ask whatsoever ye will in faith."
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<br>2. Atlanta, Georgia, Judge.
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<br>3. "Can ye not tarry one hour."
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<br>B. Unconcerned church.
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<br>1. Covered our eyes.
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<br>2. Built walls around us.
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<br>3. Must be concerned for lost.
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<br>C. Lazy.
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<br>1. Takes work to win souls.
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<br>2. Takes more than belief in God's Wo...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1436.html"><b>Sermon 1436: Revelation 3:14c </b></a>
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<br> I. "THE AMEN, THE FAITHFUL, AND TRUE WITNESS."
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<br>A. The language of the faithful, God who brings things to pass as he has
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<br>promised.
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<br>1. The church has failed.
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<br>2. Christ remains.
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<br>B. He speaks here as Creator.
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<br>II. CONDITION KNOWN "I KNOW THY WORKS."
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<br>A. Their spiritual state.
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<br>1. Neither hot or cold - lukewarm.
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<br>2. Lukewarm bespeaks a compromise.
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<br>B. Supreme self-confidence, "Thou ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1437.html"><b>Sermon 1437: Revelation 3:20 </b></a>
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<br> "YOU MUST OPEN THE DOOR."
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<br>Intro: The message of Jesus, the faithful witness to the Laodician church no longer a true witness. No longer holding to the divine authorship and inerrancy of the scriptures, the deity of Christ, the lukewarm church has put Christ out. Salvation is an individual matter, He stands at the door of your heart and knocks.
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<br>I. CONSIDER WHO IT IS, WHO IS KNOCKIN...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1438.html"><b>Sermon 1438: Revelation 4:11a </b></a>
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<br> "THE REASON WHY."
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<br>I. WHY DO I EXIST?
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<br>A. A basic question of the philosophers.
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<br>B. No real question for evolutionists.
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<br>1. I exist by accident, rather a long series of fortuitous occurrences of accidental circumstances.
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<br>2. If I am the product of chance, no real reason for existing.
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<br>3. The teaching of evolution as an accepted fact of science to the children and is one of the great...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1984.html"><b>Sermon 1984: Revelation 4:11b </b></a>
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<br> "THE PURPOSE OF LIFE"
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<br>I. "WHY AM I HERE?" THIS IS ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT HAS HAUNTED THE MINDS OF MAN.
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<br>A. One of the oldest books of literature is the book of Job. We find Job saying,
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<br>JOB 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.
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<br>JOB 3:11 Why did I not die in the womb? why did I not give up the ghost whe...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1439.html"><b>Sermon 1439: Revelation 5:1, 2 </b></a>
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<br> I. REDEMPTION.
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<br>A. Many look to death on Calvary and resurrection.
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<br>1. "Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb."
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<br>B. Scriptures look to redemption as yet future.
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<br>1. Rom. 8:22,23.
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<br>2. Eph. 1:13,14.
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<br>C. Word comes from law of Jews.
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<br>1. Whenever law was forfeited, right to redeem held by original possessor.
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<br>2. Year of Jubilee.
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<br>3. Next of Kin.
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<br>a. Ruth 4.
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<br>b. Jeremiah 32:6-12.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1440.html"><b>Sermon 1440: Revelation 5:6 </b></a>
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<br> "THE LAMB OF GOD."
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<br>Intro: John's first introduction to Jesus (John 1:29).
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<br>I. THE NECESSITY TO OFFER SACRIFICE FOR SIN HAS EXISTED IN MAN'S CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE BEGINNING.
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<br>A. Sin brings death, alienation from God.
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<br>1. God said, "The day you eat thereof, ye shall."
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<br>2. God said, "The soul that sinneth shall surely die."
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<br>B. Man cannot be complete apart from God.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1985.html"><b>Sermon 1985: Revelation 5:1b, 2 </b></a>
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<br> "WHO IS WORTHY"
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<br>I. THE QUESTION RELATES TO THE SCROLL THAT IS HELD IN THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.
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<br>A. The issue is finding someone who is worthy to take the scroll and break the seven seals, so that the scroll might be opened.
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<br>B. What is the significance of the scroll?
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<br>1. Why is it so important that it be opened, that when no one is found worthy to open it, John breaks into convulsive...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1441.html"><b>Sermon 1441: Revelation 6:12 </b></a>
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<br> "NO PLACE TO HIDE."
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<br>I. WHAT A HIDING PLACE DOES.
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<br>A. Brings comfort in danger.
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<br>1. Danger minimized by hiding place.
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<br>a. Storm cellars in midwest.
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<br>B. Encourages the pursued.
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<br>1. David pursued by Saul.
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<br>a. "The Lord is my refuge."
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<br>C. Gives shelter and safety to helpless.
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<br>1. Air shelters.
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<br>II. REPORT ON A BOMB AT BIKINI BEACH.
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<br>A. The awfulness; there was no place to hide.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1986.html"><b>Sermon 1986: Revelation 6:1, 2 </b></a>
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<br> I. WHO IS THIS RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE?
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<br>A. There are some who have tried to tie him to the second coming of Jesus Christ on a white horse.
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<br>1. Some real problems with this.
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<br>a. The coming of Jesus on a white horse does not happen until chapter 19.
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<br>b. The white horse is followed by the red horse of war, the black horse of famine, and the white horse of death.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1442.html"><b>Sermon 1442: Revelation 7:1 </b></a>
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<br> "THE SEAL OF GOD."
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<br>I. THE SEAL, THE MARK OF OWNERSHIP.
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<br>A. Each merchant had his own seal.
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<br>1. In Ephesus, he would purchase goods from the caravans coming from the east.
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<br>a. They would be crated for shipment then sealed with a seal with the owner's imprint.
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<br>2. When the goods arrived at Puteoli, the port city, for goods headed for Rome.
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<br>a. Agents for merchants recognized and clai...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1443.html"><b>Sermon 1443: Revelation 7:9 </b></a>
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<br> I. JOHN SEES A SECOND GROUP.
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<br>A. Contrast with 144,000.
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<br>1. On earth sealed and thus protected.
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<br>2. In heaven.
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<br>3. Number was 144,000; precise number.
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<br>4. Numberless multitude.
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<br>5. From each tribe of Israel.
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<br>6. From all the tribes of the earth; nations, families, peoples, tongues.
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<br>B. Standing before the throne and before the Lamb.
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<br>C. Clothed with white robes.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1987.html"><b>Sermon 1987: Revelation 7:14 </b></a>
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<br> "THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB"
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<br>Intro. John sees in heaven a vast number of people who are obviously not the church, and the elder asked John who they were, and where they came from, when John declared his ignorance the elder explained that these were those who came up out of the great tribulaion and had washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. Sin defiles a person, it leaves a s...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1444.html"><b>Sermon 1444: Revelation 7:16, 17 </b></a>
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<br> "FOUNTAINS OF LIVING WATER."
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<br>John is here describing some of the blessings of the heavenly state.
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<br>I. "THEY SHALL HUNGER NO MORE, NEITHER THIRST."
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<br>A. Imagine never being hungry again.
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<br>1. Here our lives seem to be a constant appetite.
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<br>a. We have our body appetites; food, water.
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<br>b. We have our emotional appetites; love, security.
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<br>c. We have our spiritual appetites; purpose, real...
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<div id="num">25.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1445.html"><b>Sermon 1445: Revelation 7:16b, 17 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "HEAVEN IS A WONDERFUL PLACE."
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<br>Intro: Jesus said to His disciples, "I'm going to prepare a place for you, and if I go, I will come again to receive you unto Myself, that where I am, there ye may be also."
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<br>I. THE CONDITIONS OF HEAVEN.
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<br>A. First contrasted with those on earth vs. 16.
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<br>1. "Hunger no more."
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<br>a. To us living in the U.S. this does not hold the same assurance as to a per...
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<div id="num">26.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1446.html"><b>Sermon 1446: Revelation 8:1 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> I. THE SEVENTH SEAL.
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<br>A. Silence in heaven - about the space of a half hour.
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<br>1. When there is a large crowd, silence can be awesome.
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<br>2. Why the silence and its significance are matters of speculation.
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<br>3. Where the Bible is silent, I prefer to be silent.
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<br>II. SEVEN ANGELS, SEVEN TRUMPETS.
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<br>A. Not to be confused with "Trump of God" in I Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4.
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<div id="num">27.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1447.html"><b>Sermon 1447: Revelation 8:13; 9:1-12; </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> I. THE WORD TRANSLATED ANGEL-AETOS-EAGLE SINAITICUS ARREDOS-ANGEL. ALEXANDRINUS. VATICATUIS.
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<br>A. The word eagle means other than bird.
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<br>1. Luke 17:34-37.
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<br>2. Matt. 24:26-28.
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<br>3. Christ the (slain body).
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<br>a. Saints, the eagle.
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<br>b. John 6:53-55, "Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life."
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<br>c. Holy sacrament.
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<br>4. Youth renewed as eagle's. Ps. 103:5. "Mount up with...
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<div id="num">28.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1988.html"><b>Sermon 1988: Revelation 8:3, 4 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE FRAGRANCE OF PRAYER"
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<br>I. PRAYER IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVILEGES THAT GOD HAS ALLOTTED TO MAN.
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<br>A. To think that I can have an audience with the God who created the universe.
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<br>1. Not only that, He has invited me to come with my needs and requests any time I desire.
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<br>a. God said to Jeremiah "Call unto Me and I will answer thee and show you great and mighty things."
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<br>b. To David...
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<div id="num">29.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1448.html"><b>Sermon 1448: Revelation 9:13 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE SIXTH TRUMPET."
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<br>I. THE STATE OF SOCIETY AT THE TIME.
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<br>A. Paul warned - "Perilous times shall come." "Evil seducers will wax worse."
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<br>B. Period of abounding demon worship.
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<br>1. What are demons?
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<br>2. In corporate in human bodies between soul and nervous system.
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<br>a. Gifted in fortune-telling.
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<br>C. Revival of idolatry.
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<br>1. As we see it today.
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<br>a. How many cars have St. Christopher.
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<div id="num">30.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1449.html"><b>Sermon 1449: Revelation 9:20, 21 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "REPENTANCE."
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<br>Intro: John's message "Repent..." Jesus' message, "Except ye repent..."
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<br>To the churches to repent.
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<br>I. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REPENT?
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<br>A. It is not just being sorry.
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<br>1. Many are sorry for what they have done, but they keep on doing it.
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<br>2. "Godly sorrow leads to repentance."
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<br>B. It is a turning away from, a forsaking.
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<br>1. It's being so sorry that you quit.
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<div id="num">31.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1989.html"><b>Sermon 1989: Revelation 9:20b, 21 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "HARDENED HEARTS"
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<br>Intro. We have just seen the 5th and 6th trumpet judgments in which hell was opened and invaded the earth, and 1/3 of the earth's inhabitants were killed. You would think that in seeing the horrible consequences of sin that people would be repenting of sin and crying out to God. But what is the case?
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<br>I. THEY WOULD NOT REPENT FROM THEIR SATANIC WORSHIP.
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<div id="num">32.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1450.html"><b>Sermon 1450: Revelation 10:1 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE RETURN OF THE LORD."
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<br>I. THE MIGHTY MESSENGER.
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<br>A. From His description, we believe it is Jesus.
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<br>1. Clouds.
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<br>a. Matt. 24, "They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven."
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<br>b. Rev. 1:7, "Behold He cometh with clouds."
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<br>c. Acts 1:10.
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<br>2. Rainbow.
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<br>a. Sign of God's covenant with man.
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<br>1. After earth destroyed with water.
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<br>2. Now after the destruction with fire.
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<div id="num">33.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1968.html"><b>Sermon 1968: Revelation 10:7 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE MYSTERY OF GOD"
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<br>Intro. Tonight we will go into detail as to why we believe that this mighty angel is none other that Jesus Christ, coming with the scroll opened which is the title deed to earth. He takes an oath as He announces that there will no longer be a delay, but in the sounding of the seventh trumpet the mysteries of God shall have been completed.
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<br>I. THERE ARE MANY MYS...
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<div id="num">34.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1451.html"><b>Sermon 1451: Revelation 11:5 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE TWO WITNESSES."
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<br>I. THEIR TIMES.
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<br>A. Not gospel times (no traces of church).
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<br>1. Their ministry is that of judgment.
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<br>2. Call fire on enemies.
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<br>B. Evil times, elements of hell on earth.
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<br>C. Times of intense supernaturalism and miracles.
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<br>D. These are judgment times on earth.
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<br>II. THEIR WORK.
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<br>A. Witnesses (prophetic witnesses).
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<br>B. Angel speaking (my witnesses).
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<br>C. Exercise of...
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<div id="num">35.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1452.html"><b>Sermon 1452: Revelation 11:15 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE RETURN OF THE KING."
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<br>I. PALM SUNDAY CELEBRATES THE FIRST COMING OF THE KING.
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<br>A. As Zech. prophesied, "He was lowly."
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<br>B. On the very day Daniel predicted (Daniel 9).
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<br>C. If His birth in a stable seemed out of place, so also His triumphant entry.
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<br>1. No heads of state, just peasants to greet Him.
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<br>2. No elaborate chariot to ride on.
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<br>3. Despised and rejected, we see Him weep; ...
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<div id="num">36.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1453.html"><b>Sermon 1453: Revelation 11:15b </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE RETURN OF THE KING"
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<br>I. PALM SUNDAY CELEBRATES THE FIRST COMING OF THE KING.
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<br>A. As Zech. prophesied, "He was lowly."
|
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<br>B. On the very day Daniel predicted. (Daniel 9..
|
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<br>C. If His birth in a stable seemed out of place so also His triumphant entry.
|
|
<br>1. No heads of state, lust peasants to greet Him.
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<br>2. No elaborate chariot to ride on.
|
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<br>3. Despised and rejected, we see Him weep; n...
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<div id="num">37.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1454.html"><b>Sermon 1454: Revelation 11:15c </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "HE SHALL REIGN."
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<br>I. THE NEED FOR HIS REIGN.
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|
<br>A. Man seems to be incapable of governing himself.
|
|
<br>1. It seems that every form of government becomes corrupted.
|
|
<br>a. Many men motivated into politics by idealism, soon corrupted once they gain position of power.
|
|
<br>1. No man should rule who is not ruled.
|
|
<br>b. The pages of our history books filled with the indictments against the ruling cla...
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<div id="num">38.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1969.html"><b>Sermon 1969: Revelation 11:15d </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THY KINGDOM COME"
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<br>I. THE BIBLE IS FULL OF PROPHECIES OF THE REIGN OF THE MESSIAH OVER THE WHOLE EARTH.
|
|
<br>A. Back in Genesis when Jacob was prophesying over his sons, when he got to Judah he prophesied:
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|
<br>GEN 49:8 Judah, thou [art he] whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand [shall be] in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
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<br>GEN 49:10 The scep...
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<div id="num">39.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1455.html"><b>Sermon 1455: Revelation 12:7 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
|
|
<br> "OUR PLACE OF VICTORY."
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|
<br>I. WE ARE IN A WAR.
|
|
<br>A. Our enemy is one of the most powerful of all God's created beings.
|
|
<br>1. As a created being, not an opposite of God.
|
|
<br>a. He is opposed to God.
|
|
<br>b. This is a serious error in Mormon theology as they view Jesus and Lucifer as brothers.
|
|
<br>1. As brothers they would be opposites.
|
|
<br>2. It could never be said of Satan, "In the beginning was the ...
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<div id="title">
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<div id="num">40.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1970.html"><b>Sermon 1970: Revelation 12:11 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
|
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<br> "VICTORY THROUGH JESUS"
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<br>I. WE ARE IN A WAR. PAUL SPOKE OF THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE, THAT SIGNIFIES THAT THERE IS A WAR THAT IS GOING ON.
|
|
<br>A. This war actually started before man was ever created and placed on planet earth.
|
|
<br>1. It began in prehistoric times when Satan decided to rebel against the will of God.
|
|
<br>2. Ezekiel tells us that Satan was at one time a beautiful cherubim.
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<div id="num">41.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1971.html"><b>Sermon 1971: Revelation 13:7 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
|
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<br> "THE REIGN OF EVIL"
|
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<br>I. THE REIGN OF THE ANTI-CHRIST.
|
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<br>A. In verse 2 we are told that the dragon or Satan will give to him his power, throne and great authority.
|
|
<br>B. Today Satan rules the world in a covert way.
|
|
<br>1. He likes to work under the guise of an angel of light.
|
|
<br>2. He has the appearance of respectability.
|
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<br>3. He controls from behind the scenes the governments of the world.
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<div id="num">42.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1972.html"><b>Sermon 1972: Revelation 14:6 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
|
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<br> "THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL"
|
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<br>I. WHAT IS THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL?
|
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<br>A. The word gospel means good news. The everlasting gospel is the good news of everlasting life that is promised by God to all who believe in His Son.
|
|
<br>1. The good news is that the bad news is almost over. Man's long rebellion against God that began in the garden of Eden has just about run it's course. It will soon end in...
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<div id="num">43.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1973.html"><b>Sermon 1973: Revelation 15:3 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
|
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<br> "GREAT AND MARVELOUS ARE HIS WORKS"
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<br>I. LOOKING AT VERSE 3.
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<br>A. The scene: Heaven.
|
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<br>B. The singers. Tribulation saints.
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|
<br>1. Those who had gotten victory over the beast, his image and his mark.
|
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<br>a. Their deliverance was through martyrdom.
|
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<br>b. Their victory is signified by the fact they did not worship the beast or his image, or take the mark of the beast upon their bodies.
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<div id="title">
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<div id="num">44.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1974.html"><b>Sermon 1974: Revelation 16:15 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "COMING AS A THIEF"
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<br>Intro. God's judgments are just about over. The seven bowls of God's wrath will complete the judgements of God upon the earth. The angels have already poured out six of the seven bowls. There is only one bowl left, which will bring the great battle of Armageddon. Jesus will return to the earth with His church during the time that the battle will be taking place....
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<div id="num">45.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1456.html"><b>Sermon 1456: Revelation 17:14 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> Intro: On the earth, the greatest gathering of military might in the history of the world has taken place as the 10 kings give their power to the beast (anti-Christ). They actually think they can thwart the return of Jesus Christ to establish God's reign over the earth.
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<br>I. "THE LAMB SHALL OVERCOME THEM."
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<br>A. Man is no match for God.
|
|
<br>1. The humanists have declared war on God. They ...
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</div>
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<div id="title">
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<div id="num">46.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1976.html"><b>Sermon 1976: Revelation 17:14b </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "KING OF KINGS"
|
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<br>I. THE FINAL WORLD DOMINATING POWER.
|
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<br>A. In the book of Daniel he tells of a vision that he had of empires that would rule over the earth.
|
|
<br>1. The first was like a lion, which represented the Babylonian empire.
|
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<br>2. It was destroyed by a bear, which represented the Medo-persian empire.
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<br>3. This was in turn destroyed by the leopard, which represented the Grecian empir...
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<div id="num">47.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1977.html"><b>Sermon 1977: Revelation 18:14 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "GONE FOREVER"
|
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<br>I. "THE FRUITS THAT THY SOUL LUSTED AFTER."
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<br>A. The worldly man is controlled by his appetites.
|
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<br>1. God intended that we be controlled by our minds.
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<br>2. He wants us to think things through.
|
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<br>3. He said, "Come now, let us reason together saith the Lord."
|
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<br>4. Paul speaks of presenting your body unto God as a living sacrifice which is your reasonable service.
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</div>
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</div>
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<div id="title">
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<div id="num">48.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1457.html"><b>Sermon 1457: Revelation 19:1 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
|
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<br> "THE MARRIAGE, AND THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB."
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<br>I. WHEN WILL IT TAKE PLACE.
|
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<br>A. Directly on the overthrow of Babylon.
|
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<br>B. Marriage could not be celebrated while harlot Babylon, the false church, who pretended famously to be bride of Christ, remained unjudged.
|
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<br>II. WHERE WILL THE MARRIAGE TAKE PLACE?
|
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<br>A. Evidently in heaven.
|
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<br>1. See the following verses.
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<br>III. THE PRIME IMPORTA...
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<div id="num">49.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1458.html"><b>Sermon 1458: Revelation 19:7 </b></a>
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</div>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE MARRIAGE FEAST."
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<br>I. THE IDEAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND MAN HAS OFTEN BEEN LIKENED UNTO A MARRIAGE.
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<br>A. In the Old Testament, God's relationship to Israel as a husband to a wife.
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<br>1. When God said, "Her desire shall be to her husband." He was also expressing His wish for Israel.
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<br>a. David considered a man after God's heart not because He was after God's love.
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<br>1. "As the de...
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<div id="num">50.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1459.html"><b>Sermon 1459: Revelation 19:11; 20:6 </b></a>
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<br> "THY KINGDOM COME."
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<br>I. THE PRECEDING EVENTS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH.
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<br>II. WHAT THE 1,000 YEAR REIGN IS.
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<br>A. Direct administration of divine government on earth.
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<br>1. Satan bound.
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<br>B. Looked at from the Father's side.
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<br>1. Public earthly honoring of His Son. Phil. 2.
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<br>2. Carrying out of God's promises to His Son. "His name shall be called Wonderful."
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<br>3. Final divine trial of sinful ma...
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<div id="num">51.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1978.html"><b>Sermon 1978: Revelation 19:7-9b </b></a>
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<br> "THE BRIDE OF CHRIST"
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<br>I. THE CHURCH IS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.
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<br>A. In the Old Testament, God likened His relationship to Israel as a husband and wife.
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<br>1. There were many analogies likening Israel as married to God.
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<br>2. Her turning to worship and love other gods was likened to adultery and fornication.
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<br>3. The book of Hosea with his marriage to a wife who became unfaithful, and had be...
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<div id="num">52.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1460.html"><b>Sermon 1460: Revelation 20:1 </b></a>
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<br> I. WHAT THE MILLENNIUM IS.
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<br>A. A 1,000 year reign of divine government on earth by the Lord and His saints.
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<br>1. Satan will be bound.
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<br>2. His host in the pit.
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<br>3. Beast and false prophet in lake of fire.
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<br>B. Reign of righteousness in contrasts to sin.
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<br>II. PURPOSE OF REIGN.
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<br>A. From God's side.
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<br>1. Public earthly honoring of His son.
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<br>a. Phil. "Where God hath highly exalted Him."
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<div id="num">53.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1979.html"><b>Sermon 1979: Revelation 20:11 </b></a>
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<br> "THE GREAT WHITE THRONE"
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<br>I. THERE IS A FINAL DAY OF RECKONING COMING.
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<br>A. In this chapter the scene is described.
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<br>1. John tells us of seeing this great white throne in heaven.
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<br>2. John tells us that the One sitting on the throne is so awesome that the earth and heaven fled from His face.
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<br>B. Many times people make a great mistake in thinking that they were successful in hiding the...
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<div id="num">54.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1461.html"><b>Sermon 1461: Revelation 21:5 </b></a>
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<br> "THE NEW AGE."
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<br>Intro: There is currently a New Age Movement. This latest movement hopes to bring the utopian society by expanding man's conscious levels of awareness.
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<br>I. THROUGHOUT HISTORY MAN HAS CONSTANTLY SOUGHT FOR A NEW AGE.
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<br>A. Each movement has sought to define the reasons for the problems with the world then present their solution.
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<br>1. Roosevelt promised a new deal.
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<div id="num">55.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1980.html"><b>Sermon 1980: Revelation 21:5b </b></a>
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<br> "THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL WORD"
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<br>I. GOD'S AFFIRMATION OF THE TRUTH OF HIS PROMISES.
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<br>A. As we move into the heavenly scene in the last four chapters, the things are so awesome, that three times God thought it necessary to affirm the truth of the sayings.
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<br>REV 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me...
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<div id="num">56.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1462.html"><b>Sermon 1462: Revelation 21:9 </b></a>
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<br> I. VERSE 9: ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN VIALS FULL OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES.
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<br>A. During the Revelation, God uses many different persons to convey His message to John.
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<br>1. He hears the voice from the throne.
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<br>2. Jesus speaks to him.
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<br>3. The elders talk to him.
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<br>4. There was a special angel dispatched to make the Revelation known to John.
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<br>5. John recognizes this ange...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1463.html"><b>Sermon 1463: Revelation 21:9b </b></a>
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<br> I. VS. 9 ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN VIALS FULL OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES.
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<br>A. During the Revelation, God uses many different persons to convey His message to John.
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<br>1. He hears the voice from the throne.
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<br>2. Jesus speaks to him.
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<br>3. The elders talk to him.
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<br>4. There was a special angel dispatched to make the Revelation known to John.
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<br>5. John recognizes this angel t...
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<div id="num">58.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1464.html"><b>Sermon 1464: Revelation 22:17 </b></a>
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<br> "TO A THIRSTY WORLD."
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<br>Intro: Early explorers to this land searched for a fountain of youth. Their search was in vain. There is, however, a fountain of life, once a man drinks he may live forever.
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<br>I. THERE IS A BASIC THIRST DEEP WITHIN EVERY MAN.
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<br>A. We have a sense of unfulfilled purpose.
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<br>1. Tombstone epitaph, "Since I was so soon done for, I wonder what I was begun for."
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1465.html"><b>Sermon 1465: Revelation 22:17b </b></a>
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<br> "COME."
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<br>I. THIS FIRST "COME" IS A PRAYER.
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<br>A. It is in response to the statement of Christ, "Behold, I come quickly." vs. 7,12.
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<br>1. Jesus proclaimed Himself, the bright and morning star.
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<br>a. The morning star always proceeds the new day.
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<br>b. So His coming will herald the dawning of a new day for this world.
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<br>1. A day of peace, gladness, rejoicing, victory.
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<br>B. This prayer seems to g...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1466.html"><b>Sermon 1466: Revelation 22:17c </b></a>
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<br> "LET HIM THAT IS ATHIRST, COME."
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<br>I. THE BASIC THIRST OF MAN.
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<br>A. Sense of an unfulfilled purpose.
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<br>1. The desire to be or to have.
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<br>2. "There must be more to life than just this."
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<br>B. The reason behind man's drive.
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<br>1. It creates the alcoholic.
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<br>2. It is the reason behind the sharp increase in drugs.
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<br>3. It causes some to possess drive for money.
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<br>4. Answer behind the pleasure mani...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1981.html"><b>Sermon 1981: Revelation 22:17d </b></a>
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<br> "LET HIM COME"
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<br>Intro. In the first book of the Bible, we find the story of God creating man in His image and likeness for the purpose of meaningful fellowship but we read of man departing from God. Man chose to rebel against the commandment of God and thereby left that fellowship with God. The Bible is the story of God calling man back to his ultimate intention to live in fellowshi...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Rev/1467.html"><b>Sermon 1467: Revelation 22:20 </b></a>
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<br> "COME, LORD JESUS."
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<br>I. "SURELY, I COME QUICKLY."
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<br>A. Almost 2,000 years have now transpired since He said that:
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<br>1. What did He mean?
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<br>a. God doesn't reckon time as we do.
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<br>1. Peter said, "1,000 years are as a day..."
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<br>2. When these events transpire that He has been relating to John, He is coming quickly.
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<br>3. We are today nearly 2,000 years closer to His return.
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<br>a. "Now is our sal...
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