1. Where are we going… where have we been?

2. “Blessings and Cur sings” Where are we going… where have we been?

3. Commission  Smyr na- “Myr r h” (Bitterness/Death) The name “Smyrna”The name “Smyrna”

4. Commiss ion Characte r  Smyr na “The First and the Last”“The First and the Last” “was dead, and is alive”“was dead, and is alive”

5. “Blind and Seeing” Where are we going… where have we been?

6. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na This was a PERSECUTED church.This was a PERSECUTED church.

7. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na The Person Declaring The Person Declaring

8. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na The Point Decreed The Point Decreed

9. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na The Prison Derailment The Prison Derailment

10. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na The Problem Defined The Problem Defined

11. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na The Proving Demonstrated The Proving Demonstrated

12. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na The Period Determined The Period Determined

13. Johns’ Reaction to Jesus

14. Jesus' Reaction to John

15. “At the feet of Jesus” John Revelation 1:17 Jairus Mark 5:22, Luke 8:41 Mary John 11:32 Mary Magdalene Luke 7:38

16. “At the feet of Jesus” He was a Samaritan Luke 17:16 A Certain Woman Mark 7:25 Great Multitudes Matthew 15:30

17. “Nothing and Everything” Where are we going… where have we been?

18. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na This was a WORKING church.This was a WORKING church.

19. Luke 19:10 – “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Evangelism Evangelism

20. Acts 1:3 – “To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God ” Edification Edification

21. John 4:34 – “Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”

22. John 17:4 – “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.”

23. Evangelism Evangelism Edification Edification

24. 1st Corinthians 15:58- “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”

26. Hebrews 4:12-13 – “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”

27. Our Lord!

28. His Eyes 1 Corinthians 3:13 “ Every man's work shall be made manifest : for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.”

29. 1 Corinthians 4:4-5 – “For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.” 1 Corinthians 4:4-5 – “For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.”

30. Romans 14:12 – “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. ”

31. 2nd Chronicles 20:15 – “And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.”

32. 2nd Corinthians 5:10-11 – “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.”

33. Philippians 1:21 – “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Galatians 2:20 – “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

34. Colossians 1:27Colossians 1:27 – “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” Romans 8:18Romans 8:18 – “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

35. Romans 11:36 – “For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.” Romans 12:1 – “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

36. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na This was a RICH church.This was a RICH church.

37. rich in this world1st Timothy 6:17 – “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy” James 2:5 – “Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?” rich toward GodLuke 12:21 - “So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

39. Proverbs 13:7 – “There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.”

40. 2nd Corinthians 6:10 – “As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.”

41. 2nd Corinthians 8:9 “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”

42. Luke 1:53 – “He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.”

43. “Blessings and Cur sings” Where are we going… where have we been?

44. “Blind and Seeing” Where are we going… where have we been?

45. “Nothing and Everything” Where are we going… where have we been?

46. Romans 5:12 – “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned”

47. Romans 5:17 – “For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”

48. Hebrews 12:15 “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled”

49. Luke 4:4 – “And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”

50. Hebrews 5:11 – “Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.”

51. Matthew 13:15 – “For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”

52. Job 41:24 – “His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.”

53. Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Call  Ephesu s

54. Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Call Challenge  Ephesu s

55. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na This was a PERSECUTED church.This was a PERSECUTED church.

56. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na This was a WORKING church.This was a WORKING church.

57. Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Smyr na This was a RICH church.This was a RICH church.

58. “Nothing and Everything” Where are we going… where have we been?