Church of Sardis

No God-No Peace. Know God-Know Peace."

"Free Trip to heaven. Details Inside!"

"Try our Sundays. They are better than Baskin-Robbins."

"Searching for a new look? Have your faith lifted here!"

An ad for St. Joseph's Episcopal Church has a picture of two hands holding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a headline that reads, "For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets."

When the restaurant next to the Lutheran Church put out a big sign with red letters that said, "Open Sundays," the church reciprocated with its own message: "We are open on Sundays, too."

"Have trouble sleeping? We have sermons - come hear one!"

"People are like tea bags - you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are."

"God so loved the world that He did not send a committee."

"Come in and pray today. Beat the Christmas rush!"

"When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out alright."

"Fight truth decay-study the Bible daily."

"How will you spend eternity-Smoking or Non-smoking?"

"Come work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours are long and the pay is low. But the retirement benefits are out of this world."

"Do not wait for the hearse to take you to church."

"If you're headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns."

"If you don't like the way you were born, try being born again."

"Looking at the way some people live, they ought to obtain eternal fire insurance soon."

"In the dark? Follow the Son."

"Running low on faith? Stop in for a fill-up."

"If you can't sleep, don't count sheep. Talk to the Shepherd."

“To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b] of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

I know your deeds, you have a reputation of being alive but your are dead.  You have all the outward signs.  You are wearing a mask.  It is all show.  You are men pleasers.  It is fake a façade.  Talk Old Tucson.

Wake up, Strengthen what remains because it is about to die.  You and the church in Canada and North America is about to die.  The die is slow but we are dying.  We are losing 85% of our young people, we have lost our sense of morality, truth, fear of God, sense of Jesus coming back, we accommodate sin instead of getting rid of it.  We bow to cultural influences.  Talk about the Catholic School board bowing to transgender issue.  We are dying as a church and the devil is laughing.  Let us make Him pay but waking up.

For I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.  We started out great but we did not finish what we started.  We are incomplete.  Our prayer life, Bible Reading, consistency in church or telling others.  So many un-kept promises, unfilled dreams, coming up short.  Many are long on promise and short on delivery.  That is why you should live every day to the fullest and do everything you can when it comes available for Christ.  Talk about John Wesley.

Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.  Remember what you have received and heard.  Hold it close and repent.  Repent of your lies, masks, falsehold.  Repent of letting your faith die.  Repent of having unfinished works.  Go back to the beginning. 

But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.  You will miss the most important.  This is a message to the modern day church.  If He comes and you miss it you will face the full brunt and reality of the tribulation.    He is coming like a thief in the night.  If you miss no grace will be given, you will die for your faith.  Live and work in the Sunshine because darkness will come.  I believe we are working in twilight right now.

Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.  These are the remnant.  I believe we are a remnant church.  We still hold to the Pentecostal ideals, Worship, the word and praying for the sick.  We still be in Jesus as Savior, healer, Baptiser of the Holy Spirit and Soon coming King.  We still believe in communion and water baptism.  The virgin birth, inerrancy of scripture, rejection of any cultural values that disagree with the Bible.  Do not soil your clothes or compromise on Bible truth.  Walk with Him and be dressed in purity, holiness, righteousness.  You are worthy of the Lord is you do these things What is wrong with family values?

Here is the promise.  Three things.  The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.  You will be dressed in white, Never have your name blotted out of the book of life.  Your name shall be announced, honored and shouted among the Father and the angels.  You are Jesus’  Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.