Letters From Jesus, Part 4

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🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this 8-part series, Dr. Michael Youssef preaches through the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation. Examining Jesus’ very words, Dr. Youssef emphasizes how our Lord addresses our current spiritual circumstances through these ancient texts of Scripture. Containing invaluable lessons for every believer, Letters from Jesus is a clarion call from Christ to His Church living in the 21st century.

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0:00.0	The first thing you notice here that the great physician gives him a diagnosis.
0:07.4	He's a great diagnostician.
0:09.7	And secondly, he gives his disappointment, the source of his disappointment.
0:14.4	And thirdly, he makes a decision or give them the opportunity to make a decision. So here you get it, diagnosis,
0:23.8	disappointment, and decision. Easy for you to remember, right? All starts with D. Write him down.
0:31.7	First thing you notice is our glorified Jesus diagnosis of the condition of the church in Pergamum.
0:40.1	Pergamum, it's about 100 miles from Ephesus and 50 miles from Smyrna.
0:47.9	Pergamum was a city that was built 1,000 feet above the plane. That's where the city was built. It contained the second
0:58.8	largest library in the world at that time. The first of the largest was the famed Library of Alexandria.
1:09.1	In the library of Pygum, there were 200,000 volumes, handwritten volumes.
1:18.9	Above all, Pergamum became the center of emperor worship. Just to give you an idea of the
1:26.3	pressure that these believers in Pergamum, that church in
1:30.0	Pergamum were under, in the average region, they were offer a sacrifice to the emperor whom they
1:37.3	worshipped Lord Caesar once a year. In Pergamum, they were offering daily sacrifice to the emperor. Just understand the pressure.
1:48.0	See, without understanding all of this, there's just another letter, and you said, well,
1:51.9	you know, our Lord Jesus is just telling them some things. No, no, no, no. You have to understand
1:56.2	that he knows, he knows everything. Imagine with me, imagine with the incredible pressure,
2:04.2	the daily pressure, that these believers were under in this town. And that is why the glorified
2:12.0	Jesus said, I know where you live. I know where you live. This is not a threat like sometimes you say, I know where you live. I know where you live. This is not a threat like sometimes you say,
2:18.2	I know where you live. No, this is a loving statement. I know where you live meaning, I know your
2:28.2	circumstances. I know your constant temptation. I know that Satan is in total control of your city.
2:36.2	I know that Satan's headquarter is right next door to where you live.
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