No one wants their witness for Christ to be in vain... I don’t, you don’t, and the Apostle Paul didn’t.Av Rick Wenneborg

The hope of Christ’s return should be the primary motivator in every Christian’s life. And if it were we too would be known for our work of faith, labor of love, and steadfastness of hope.Av Rick Wenneborg

Make sure this letter gets read to all the brothers and sisters. Don’t leave anyone out.Av Rick Wenneborg

All that remains is for John to bring the Revelation to a close, and he does so by affirming the truthfulness and the relevance of all we’ve seen.Av Rick Wenneborg

Last week we were given a glimpse of the holy city, as John shared with us his vision of the new heaven and earth. Today that city comes clearly into view.Av Rick Wenneborg

I don’t think we’re remiss in thinking of heaven, our eternal home, as a restoration of the original home God created for us.Av Rick Wenneborg

How do you picture the final judgment? Does your picture frighten you?...the final judgment doesn’t have to be a frightening picture at all. At least not for those of us who are in Christ.Av Rick Wenneborg

This morning we come to the most controversial passage in the most controversial book of the Bible. We come to Revelation twenty and the millennium.Av Rick Wenneborg

This morning we come to Armageddon!Av Rick Wenneborg

Don’t let the wedding feast begin before you’re ready for it. Don’t make the king cast you into outer darkness because you failed to dress for the wedding.Av Rick Wenneborg

We’ve all heard of Beauty and the Beast... Well guess what, we’ve got a beauty and beast story in the book of Revelation as well.Av Rick Wenneborg

Justice demands that God act in the face of sin... and act He does.Av Rick Wenneborg

They were already facing such monstrous forces of evil in the form of the Roman government. But to have their foes painted so vividly before their eyes must have been unsettling even for them.So what did they need to hear in the fourteenth chapter? How about the assurance of victory?Av Rick Wenneborg

God is loving and merciful and gracious combined with infinite power. That's the Holy Spirit living inside of us.Av Mark Huber

God wants you to enjoy His supernatural peace made possible by the Holy Spirit while we are representative of Him on earth for this short period of time.Av Mark Huber

Satan's second ally, as revealed in Revelation 13, is the beast from the earth, and we want to focus our attention on this second beast this morning.Av Rick Wenneborg

We must never allow our uncle in Washington to replace our Father in heaven.Av Rick Wenneborg

In the twelfth chapter of Revelation we’re given a behind-the-scenes look at what was going on in the spiritual realms at the time. And there we find visions of a dragon’s failed attack on baby Jesus, and his subsequent attack on the church.Av Rick Wenneborg

I know you’ve seen the effects of sin in nature, in lives, and in society. You’ve heard from God’s word, and the church, the eternal consequences of sin, and the offer of forgiveness. How have you responded to the trumpets of God?Av Rick Wenneborg

The key to understanding the trumpets we’re about hear won’t be given until the end of chapter nine... so we’re going to have to cover both chapters eight and nine this morning if we’re to make sense of the trumpets of warning.Av Rick Wenneborg

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THIS RECORDING HAS VERY POOR AUDIO QUALITY (Sorry.)And then, after given a horrifying picture of the end of the world, when men from kings to slaves will cry out for the mountains and rocks to fall on them in the hopes that they might escape the wrath of the Lamb, we were left with a question: “Who is able to stand?”…

History, and life itself, make it very clear that Christians are not exempt from hardships. In fact, Christians often have to face additional hardships because they are Christians.Av Rick Wenneborg

Unsettled times lead to much anxious speculation about the future.Av Rick Wenneborg

The picture of a glorious, all-powerful God on His throne can be the most comforting picture imaginable... or it can be the most frightening.Av Rick Wenneborg

To the angel of the church in Laodicea write...Av Mark Huber

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write...Av Mark Huber

To the angel of the church in Sardis write...Av Mark Huber

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write...Av Mark Huber

And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write...Av Mark Huber

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write...Av Mark Huber

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write...Av Mark Huber

On Easter Sunday morning the Apostle John outran Peter to the tomb.... some sixty years later the Risen Lord appeared again to John.Av Rick Wenneborg

Surely if God intended the Revelation to be understood He would have given us the basics we need to understand it... and this He has done...Av Rick Wenneborg

John's third letter is addressed to the beloved Gaius, and in it we will be challenged to prosper in the truth, support the truth, submit to the truth, and witness to the truth.Av Rick Wenneborg

We must be committed to the truth.Av Rick Wenneborg

John wraps up his letter in the last four verses with three more assurances, actually certainties, and a final warning.Av Rick Wenneborg

If you died today, would you go to heaven?Av Rick Wenneborg

Paul's made it absolutely clear that if we’ve received the gospel and are holding fast to it, we’re saved.Saved from the consequences of our sin.Do you believe that?Av Rick Wenneborg

After all, Nikes make you a winner, or at least they make you look like one. And as a result they have become the most recognizable shoe in the world and a household name.Av Rick Wenneborg

God is love and the ultimate expression of God’s love was made 2,000 years ago when He sent His only begotten Son. That fact has changed our lives. However by itself that fact doesn’t change many lives.Av Rick Wenneborg

God defines love. And if we define love as expressed in God and revealed the Bible, love can be the guiding principle of life.Av Rick Wenneborg

Love helps us understand God. And God helps us understand love.Av Rick Wenneborg

John reminds us that even though the spirit of the antichrist is prominent, the spirit of truth will win.Av Rick Wenneborg

A Christian must be a believer... a Christian is also called to be an unbeliever. The same Scriptures that encourage us to believe also encourage us not to believe.Av Rick Wenneborg

John has made it very clear that we can be assured of our standing before God... Not only can we have assurance, we can actually have confidence before God.Av Rick Wenneborg

There is a lot of uncertainty in the world today.Av Rick Wenneborg

This morning we continue our study of the two most powerful forces in the world: love and hate.Av Rick Wenneborg

John has already drawn our attention to light and darkness, life and death, truth and error, God and the devil. And this morning we come to love and hate, the two most powerful forces on earth.Av Rick Wenneborg

There are more children of the devil in the world than there are children of God.Av Rick Wenneborg

Ignatius, one of the early church fathers who was a disciple of the Apostle John, said ingratitude was the cause, the beginning, and the origin, of all evils and sins. And that understanding didn’t come just from John.Av Rick Wenneborg