God's Final Call, Part 7

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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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🗓️ 11 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	For some people, it's easy to invite and host guests in your home. And then for others, that's
0:05.9	really a point of stress. Just like sharing Jesus with others, some people find it just very
0:11.6	natural, and then others experience overwhelming anxiety, difficult to overcome. Well, up next on
0:18.8	leading the way with Dr. Michael Youssef, words from Jesus to the
0:23.0	church in Philadelphia about being faithful to Christ in sharing his love. It's part of Dr.
0:29.1	Yusef's inspiring series, God's Final Call. Now, before he begins, this quick reminder to learn
0:36.2	more about leading the way and ways that you can join Dr. Youssef in passionately proclaiming uncompromising truth.
0:43.9	Do that at LTW.org or give us a call at 866-626-4356. Now, though, listen along as Dr. Michael Yousuff begins leading the way.
1:01.9	In today's letter of Jesus, the glorified, magnified Jesus in heaven to the believers in the
1:09.5	Church of Philadelphia is about the open door. It's all about
1:14.5	the open doors. Of all the seven letters, and we have already seen five of those, this is the
1:21.4	six. This is the most delightful letter of all of them.
1:29.9	It's the most delightful letter.
1:33.7	These people must have brought joy to the heart of Jesus.
1:39.7	Because in this letter, to the Church of Philadelphia, and that's not Pennsylvania, this is the Church, Philadelphia, in the age of minor, there is not a single sin in which he's chastising them for.
1:49.5	You don't find a compromise to point out to. You do not find false teaching that he's warning
1:58.1	him against. There is no false teachers that they need to purge from their midst,
2:03.5	as we've seen in the other churches and the other locations. So now, let me ask you to turn with me
2:10.0	in your Bibles to Revelation chapter 3, beginning at verse 7. I want to tell you just few important things about the city of Philadelphia
2:19.7	in Asia Minor, the city of brotherly love. Philadelphia was the crossroad of the region.
2:29.0	In fact, it was called the gateway to the east, and so east and west meet in that town it was a city
2:37.9	had many temples and was founded in bc 189 bc by king atlas king atlas succeeded his
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