Letter to Sardis: The Liberal Church Revelation 3:1-6

Sardis Gymnasium

Temple of Cybele

The Church at Sardis was “Dead” The city was very sinful The city had been conquered twice The Church got complacent

3 Reasons the Church had “Died” The Church relied on its past success They allowed sin to creep into the membership They were unaware of their spiritual condition

The Call Toward Spiritual Renewal Churches die because false doctrine slips in The Bible is the “Perfect” & “Inerrant” Word of God If the Word of God says it; That settles it

Jesus gives a Warning He will come like a thief We are to “Work” and “Watch” The Faithful have nothing to fear

3 Promises for the Faithful They will “Walk with Him” and be “Clothed in White” They will never have their names “Blotted out of the Book of Life” He will “Acknowledge them before His Father and the Angels of Heaven”