Good News in the Morning

Sunday, 8 June 2014

'HELL' - REVELATION 20

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

by Rev. Canon George Sinclair

Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
www.messiahchurch.ca

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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, June 8th, 2014)

http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/6/22762/good_news_108_june08.mp3

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Broadcast Notes:

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‘Hell’ - Revelation 20

Dear friends, I preached a longer version of this talk in my church. It was part of a series of sermons on the Book of revelation entitled, "Following the Lamb in the dying days of the dragon". Over 28 weeks I preached through all of Revelation.

1. Jesus is very clear and the Bible is very clear - Hell exists.

2. The New Testament is clearer and more insistent on the reality of Hell than the Old Testament is.

3. Every New Testament writer teaches that Hell exists and no biblical writer contradicts what Revelation20 teaches.

God is the ultimate author of Scripture. The Bible is "God's word written". However, there are 9 human beings that God worked through in the writing of the New Testament. They are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, James, Jude and the unknown author of Hebrews.

4. Jesus teaches that Hell exists and nothing He says contradicts what Revelation20 teaches.

5. At no time in the past, present or future is the devil equal with God.

6. Hell is a real "place" of punishment, destruction and banishment.

7. Canadians see the biblical teaching on Hell as causing spiritual, moral and intellectual problems. But the Bible presents Hell as solving spiritual, moral and intellectual problems.

8. "How dare You!" is the anthem of Hell.

9. Since no one deserves Heaven, unless God intervenes, Hell is my destination.

10. God takes no delight in the death of a sinner but rather that I will turn from my wickedness and live.

11. On the cross, Jesus took my punishment, destruction, and banishment and offers me His standing with God. Alleluia!

Let’s pray:

Father, make us mindful of the reality of hell, but as we are mindful of the reality of hell grant us even more mindfulness of what Jesus did for us on the cross. Make us disciples, gripped by the Gospel, living for your glory.

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

Church of the Messiah

www.messiahchurch.ca
613-235-0596
messiahchurch.office@gmail.com

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'LUKEWARM?' A TALK ON REVELATION 3:14-22

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

by Rev. Canon George Sinclair

Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
www.messiahchurch.ca

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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, June 1st, 2014)

http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/6/22544/good_news_107_june01.mp3

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Broadcast Notes:

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‘Lukewarm?’ -A talk on Revelation 3: 14-20

Dear friends, I preached a longer version of this talk in my church. It was part of a series of sermons on the Book of revelation entitled, "Following the Lamb in the dying days of the dragon".

Read Revelation 3: 14-22

The Message to Laodicea

¹⁴“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin^[a] of God’s creation:

¹⁵“I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. ¹⁶So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. ¹⁸Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich; and white robes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. ¹⁹I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. ²⁰Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. ²¹To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²²Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”

Footnotes:

a. Revelation 3:14 Or beginning

1. If all I care about is: what to eat, what to wear, what to own, and who to sleep with - then I will never be interested in, or understand Jesus.

2. In Jesus, the living God is both keeping His word, and proving He is keeping His word.

What does it mean to be lukewarm? I believe I am self-sufficient; I deceive myself; I am disinterested in God and the things that matter to God.

3. Sloth is spiritually deadly. Being lukewarm is spiritually deadly.

4. The question I need to ask myself is: Am I spiritually lukewarm? Am I living the sin of sloth?

5. One door has been opened. One door needs to be opened. I need to open the door into my life and invite Jesus in as Saviour and Lord. He is always open to me.

Let’s pray:

Father, Thank you so much for Jesus. Thank you that He is the Amen, the faithful witness, the beginning. Thank you Father that he both promised in his earthly life that he was going to die on the cross and rise again, and that he not only promised that, he atually did it. He died on the cross for us and He rose again, triumphant over sin and death and all hostile spiritual powers.

Thank you, Father, for His mighty resurrection. Thank you, Father, that you have kept your word. We thank you that Jesus will keep His word, to allow us to come into him when we put our faith and trust in him and that He will come and live within us as our Saviour and Lord.

Father, help us to be gripped by the Gospel, so that we will be disciples, living for your glory.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.