YES! Its September! You can feel the coolness of the evening as the sun sets. You can sense the leaves beginning to curl and become crispy as the winds begin to change. Even the rivers and streams are beginning to thin, some to a trickle, as snow melt lessens and the mountains embrace for fresh snow pack. I love Colorado.
Change is a part of God’s creation. Evidenced in the seasons and life cycles of every living being. Our next sermon series based on Revelation chapters 1-3, The Beginning and the End, describes in a significant way, the changes that the early church was experiencing. The early church after Jesus death, resurrection, and ascension experienced an uncomfortable reality: Jesus said he was coming back soon – people were dying of old age, the church was experiencing much persecution, and Jesus had not yet returned. There were other changes the early church was experiencing: boredom, forgetfulness, waywardness, etc. The early church was becoming ‘lukewarm’, forgetting its ‘first love’, synchronizing the purity of the Gospel with ‘other’ non-Gospel beliefs.
John, the writer of Revelation, is in prison, of old age, on the island of Patmos. It is there that God reveals the message of Revelation to him. John tries to describe what he sees and hears. The vision is so glorious he has difficulty describing it. For two weeks, we will explore the glorious vision of Jesus that John experiences and attempt to attach some meaning to it. Then we will explore God’s message to the seven churches in Asia minor. Each message is a message from God to the worldwide church of Jesus Christ.
2019-11-17 : Pastor Mark Quist – The Beginning and the End–The Big Picture of the Book of Revelation – Revelation Play MP3
2019-11-10 : Pastor Mark Quist – Laodicea: Choose Hot or Cold – Rev 3:14-22 Play MP3
2019-11-03 : Pastor Mark Quist – Phledelphia: Little Strength? – Rev. 3:7-13 Play MP3
2019-10-27 : Pastor Mark Quist – Sardis: Wake Up! – Rev. 3:1-6 Play MP3
2019-10-20 : Pastor Mark Quist – Thyatira: A Deep Secret? Really? – Rev 2:18-29 Play MP3
2019-10-13 : Pastor Mark Quist – Pergamum: No Compromise – Revelation 2:12-17 Play MP3
2019-10-06 : Pastor Mark Quist – Smyrna: Hope in the Resurrection – Rev 2:8-11 Play MP3
2019-09-29 : Pastor Mark Quist – Ephesus: Do Not Forsake Your First Love – Rev 2: 1-7 Play MP3
2019-09-15 : Pastor Mark Quist – The Beginning and the End – Revelation 1:1-8 Play MP3
2019-09-22 : Pastor Mark Quist – Easy to do Church When We Have No Idea Who We Are Dealing With – Rev 1 Play MP3