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Have you ever won a game or competition?
Revelation 2:10 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer.
Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation.
Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
The Seven Churches - (Show maps) All in modern day Turkey
Smyrna - myrrh - costly perfume
Was a harbor city, known for its beauty, civic pride, the birthplace of Homer (900 BC), who was the Author of the Illiad and Odyssey, and Emperor Worship.
is one of two church that is not given a critique by Christ.
Mr. Do (James 1:22-24) - “He who has ear to hear let him hear.”
Rev 2:11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22
God wants you to HEAR and DO his will.
Blessing #1 - When God blesses people, groups, or nations it means to bestow on them some physical or spiritual gift.
1. True Christianity includes Suffering.
v10 “you are about to suffer”
Royal Question: What does the Spirit use to grow his fruit in your life?
The Bible, prayer, the church, and suffering.
How do we suffer?
When spiritual forces work against us.
When government or political forces work against us.
Where is Paul when he wrote this?
Eph 6:20
When family and friends oppose us.
Rev 2:9
Polycarp (69AD - 156)
Polycarp was disciple of the Apostle John.
Polycarp was martyred in Smyrna about 155AD although Eusebius suggests 167 in Ecclesiastical History chapter 14.
‘Leave me as I am; for He that hath granted me to endure the fire will grant me also to remain at the pile unmoved, even without the security which ye seek from the nails.’
True Christianity requires Faithfulness.
v10 “Be faithful”
Faithfulness includes doing
Mr. Hear (James 1:22-24)
Faithfulness includes waiting
Faithfulness includes trusting
v10 “unto death”
Blessings #2 - When God blesses people, groups, or nations it means to bestow on them some physical or spiritual gift.
True Christianity anticipates Life Eternal.
v10 “I will give you the crown of life.”
Everyone that remains steadfast will receive a greatest gift.
“The crown of life” or “the crown which is life”
A crown back then often referred to laurel wreath.
A Laurel wreath originated with the Greek god Apollos.
He was the god of sport.
The Greeks created the Olympics 776BC and those who competed and one would be give a laurel wreath or crown to signify their victory.
Timeline - Homer and Greek Mythology, the Olympics
The people of Smyrna would have known about
Homer and Greek Mythology
Greek gods where thought to be very much like humans, but more powerful and the main difference is the gods lived for ever.
The Olympics
They knew what it meant to win.
They were often on the winner side in the Romans wars.
Here in Rev 2:10 Jesus is tell the church at Smyrna how to be the victorious.
Royal Question this week
What story does the Bible tell?
The kingdom of this world is becoming the kingdom of our Lord.
Revelation 11:15
Have you believed upon Jesus and asked him to forgive you of your sins?
If you have believed and confessed, then have you been baptized?
If you have believed, confessed, and been baptized are you learning and obeying the Lord’s commands?
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