Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast. Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.

Alright, so we're in a series called The Seven Churches of Revelation.

And when I started this, we did the first church, and we called it Return to Your First Love,

the Church, the Letter to the Church of Ephesus.

This week is, well, I just lost it because I was going to say something else,

but I don't want to say that first, so I'm going to say this. Alright.

This week is Remember God's Faithfulness.

This is the second letter to the Church of Smyrna.

Remember God's Faithfulness.

And let me just show you the map again, just so you can remember where the island of Patmos was,

and then it starts at Ephesus, and this is the order if you go clockwise,

Smyrna is the next letter, next week will be programum, then Thayatara, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Leal to see you. Alright.

So, let me read it to your Revelation 2 verse 8.

And to the angel, which is the messenger, most again believe it's the pastor, and I believe that,

of the Church of Smyrna, right.

These things says the first and the last, who was dead and came to life.

I know your works, tribulation and poverty, but you're rich.

And I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not,

but are a synagogue of Satan.

This is a very strong language, but we'll define all of it.

Do not fear any of those things which you're about to suffer.

Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be tested.

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