God's Final Call, Part 2

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

Michael Youssef, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons, Bible Study, Theology, Health & Fitness, Jesus, Mental Health, Preaching, Bible, Spirituality, Religion, Holy Spirit, Ltw, Leading The Way

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🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

One out of every seven Christians around the globe today suffers intense persecution. It is as Paul warned Timothy: “In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Timothy 3:12). Given the trials that are sure to come, how can we walk boldly in our Christian faith? Guiding you through in this 8-part series, Dr. Michael Youssef examines Jesus’ call to all believers through His letters to seven first-century churches to reclaim our first love. With our eyes set on Christ, we’ll be strengthened to follow Him faithfully today and forever.

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0:00.0	Thank you for joining pastor and author of the new book, God's Final Call, for a brand-new episode of Leading the Way Audio.
0:09.1	Up next, Dr. Youssef takes you to the words of Jesus as he spoke to the faithful church in Ephesus.
0:16.3	This church was serving well, working hard, living the Christian life with zeal, but they had lost
0:23.1	their love for Jesus. Today, a challenge to never allow life's daily trials or victories
0:30.0	to lessen your love for Christ. Please do remember that leading the way is listener supported.
0:36.2	That means that Dr. Youssef and his leadership team rely on the prayers and the generosity
0:42.2	of those blessed by and encouraged through the teaching and the ministry of leading the way.
0:48.8	Learn ways that you can stand with Dr. Yousef when you visit l.tw.org or the number to call to reach out by phone
0:57.5	at 866-626-4356. Listen now as Dr. Michael Yousuff continues his audio series, God's final call.
1:11.8	The first letter that our glorified Jesus, our glorified Lord sins, he sends to the church
1:19.8	in the city of Ephesus. Remember John, the apostle, the revelator, was given the revelation,
1:26.9	was privileged to be lifted up and to see
1:29.6	not only the glorified Jesus, the magnified. And remember John is the man who put his head
1:36.4	on Jesus' shoulder. But he hardly recognized him in his glory, in his magnificence, in his splendor. And so he was given the revelation
1:48.4	of the glorified Jesus, is given the revelation of what's going to happen in the future.
1:54.3	And I explain to you that Ephesus is the first stop if you are sailing from Potomus,
2:00.2	the island of Potomus, and going to go to the
2:02.7	mainland of Asia Minor, the first stop is Ephesus, the city of Ephesus. But there is other
2:10.8	reason why. It's not just because it's the first stop. Ephesus was very important city.
2:18.8	That's why I got the first letter. Ephesus was very important city. That's why I got the first letter.
2:24.6	Ephesus was the capital city of that region at the time. But more importantly,
2:30.9	Ephesus was a free city. In fact, it was one of the very few cities in that all of these cities in Asia Minor was under the Roman occupation that did not have Roman soldiers
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