Dead or alive? Christ wants you alive! Revelation 3:1

Good morning everyone! God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!


   What a great day to be alive in the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Things could be different, but because you are reading this YOUR LIFE is different.  Why?  Not for what you do, not for what I do, but for what JESUS DID FOR US!!


  Let us not be as Sardis in Revelation 3:1; a wealthy city that was in two locations.  The older section of the city was on a mountain, and when its population outgrew the spot, a newer section was built in the valley below.


    Revelation 3:1 "Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: "I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive -- but you are dead."


   The "sevenfold Spirit" is another name for the Holy Spirit.  The seven stars are the messengers, or leader, of the churches.  The problem in the Sardis church was not heresy but spiritual death.  In spite of its reputation for being active, Sardis was infested with sin.  Its deeds were evil and its clothes soiled.  The Spirit has no words of commendation for this church that looked so good on the outside but was so corrupt on the inside.  Many places around the world today have stained glass, statuary, crosses, and inscriptions that have the "name" of Christianity emblazoned throughout their property, yet they are spiritually dead.   These churches might be compared to the monuments and gravestones erected in cemeteries to honor the memories of faithful men and women of past generations who were alive for a time with a solid reputation for godliness, yet whose families have drifted away from the LORD.


  Even though Christ called Sardis a dead church, he also affirmed the handful of people who were faithful believers.  Christ loves to defeat death.  If you find yourself in a dead church, make sure you preserve your own faithfulness.  Ask God to intervene!  As God to help you find other believers, and pray together for an awakening of your church!


   My prayer, your prayer of the day should be that others would see Jesus in us, and we not be dead spiritually.  Do your actions display those of Christ?  Is your attitude, anger, action one Jesus would be proud of or are you simply going through the motions?  Wanted dead or alive!  Jesus Christ wants us alive......alive in Him. Love you all.


In Christ's Love and Grace
   Johnny