More than Conquerors
Studies in the Book of Revelation
Laodicea: Someone's Knocking at the Door
August 14, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
The Letter to the Church at Laodicea is the one we are most familiar with. Yet our familiarity with this text is likely based on some misinterpretations, or "texts out of context." This study attempts to set the record straight.
Philadelphia: The Church with Little Strength and Great Power
August 14, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Click "View Item" to listen. The Church at Philadelphia had little about it that would garner the acclaim of the world, and yet it had great power because it had the acclaim of the Lord Jesus Christ who had given to this church "an open door" which He himself had opened with "the key of David." This letter is an encouragement to "little" churches" who faithfully minister with minimal visible result and yet are blessed with the commendation of their Savior, "Well done."
Sardis: The Church of the Walking Dead
July 24, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
The church at Sardis had a name that they were alive, but were dead; a few names who remained undefiled, and individual names who will never be blotted out of the book of life. When Jesus tells this church that he will not blot the names of the overcomers out of the book of life, it isn't a threat that they could be blotted out. It's a glorious promise that they can never be blotted out!
Thyatira: "That Woman Jezebel"
May 22, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Both Pergamos and Thyatira had been infiltrated by a false teaching and practice known by three names: the doctrine of Balaam, the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, and "the depths of Satan" propounded by "that woman Jezebel." This teaching was characterized by subtle compromises with the prevailing culture which led eventually to the destruction of the church.
Pergamos: Repent, or Else!
March 13, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
The Church at Pergamos was syncretizing the sacred institution of the Lord's Table with the immoral orgies of the pagans under the pretense of understanding the schemes of the devil to better fight against him. Jesus gives this church one of his most severe warnings.
Smyrna: Faithful Unto Death
March 6, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
In the Letter to Smyrna we are introduced to a church made up of believers who were not merely faithful UNTIL they died, but died BECAUSE they were faithful. This is the church of the martyrs, who sacrificed life with all of its material benefits in exchange for the "crown of life' promised to them by the One was was dead and is alive forevermore.
The Letter to the Church at Ephesus
February 20, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Each of the seven letters to the seven church of Asia Minor in Revelation 2 and 3 contain characteristics, and warnings, and encouragements which apply to every church since the ascension of Christ more than 2,000 years ago. Listen as we examine the first of these letters.
John's Vision of the Glorified Christ
January 23, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
In the Old Testament, God gave clear prohibitions against "imaging" Him. He went further, even telling Moses that no man could see Him and live. And yet here in the opening chapter of the Book of Revelation, God paints for John - and for us - a picture of the glorified Christ. What do we learn about the character of our risen and reigning Savior from this picture?
Is Sorcery in Revelation 18:23 Pharmaceuticals?
January 9, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
There are some arm-chair Bible interpreters who are more than suggesting that the "sorcery" of Babylon in Revelation 18:23 is pharmaceuticals being used by governments to deceive the world in the end times. Pastor Paul takes us on an extensive exegetical journey to see if such views pass the muster of sacred Scripture.
The Binding and Loosing of Satan
November 14, 2021 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Premillennialists view Revelation 20 as coming at the end of the church age, commencing a "1,000 Year Reign of Christ" at the end of the "Seven Year Tribulation" period and concluding with the end of history and the beginning of the "Eternal Age." Amillennialists see Revelation 20 as a picture of the church age, commencing with the binding of Satan at the first coming of Jesus and ending with Satan cast into the lake of fire at the end of the church age. We compare and contrast these two views.
Seven Parallel Cycles of Church History - Part Two
October 24, 2021 • Pastor Paul Edwards
The Book of Revelation is primarily a visual image given to John of the persecution of the Christian in every generation of the church; and the comforting assurance that the slain Lamb has overcome the adversary and we too have overcome the adversary by the blood of the Lamb. Who are the agents of persecution coming against you? The Book of Revelation reveals them!