Personality Test

Posted 10/14/2007 9:29:30 PM

The point here is that this book is about "the things which must shortly take place" - remember? This isn't about churches, or about history, or about us - it's about the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

So the seven churches must fit into this concept. For the reason, I don't believe these are ages or historical church, but parables matching hearts of Christians in the days preceding Christ's return.

Here are seven situations in which the Church of Christ will find itself, along with associated actions they need to take to prepare for the next step along. All are, to some extent, living Christian lives. Most have problems to deal with, and all have things to overcome.

Christians and their local churches around the world can find themselves described in some combination of these seven churches. Take warning, repent, and overcome!

Coming up next: more revelation of Jesus Christ, and then heavenly events with disastrous consequences on earth.

	Good	Bad	Action	Results
Ephesus	Hard workers Cannot stand evil men Test the validity of those who claim to be apostles Persevered for the Name of Jesus Not grown weary Hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans (causing stumbling in the name of Christian liberty)	Left their first love	Remember from where you've fallen Repent Do your first deeds	Overcome, and eat from the tree of life Don't repent, and have your lampstand removed
Smyrna	Faithful in tribulation Poor in worldly wealth Rich in heavenly treasures Tested by Satan		Do not fear suffering Be faithful to death	Be faithful, get the crown of life Overcome, and not be hurt by the second death
Pergamum	Hold fast the Name of Christ in a wicked place	Accomodating the Nicolaitans, and being a means of causing others to stumble	Repent	Don’t repent, and do battle with the Word Overcome, and get hidden manna, a white stone, and a new name on the stone
Thyatira	Deeds of love, faith, service, and perseverance Deeds are getting greater and greater	Tolerate teachings of immorality and ungodliness	Hold fast Repent, if following Jezebel	Stick with Jezebel, get great tribulation according to your deeds Overcome, get authority over nations
Sardis	A good name Some vestiges of good remain	Actually are dead Incompleted deeds	Wake up! Remember God's Word Keep God's Word Repent	Stay asleep, and face Him unprepared Stay pure, and walk worthily with Him in white Overcome, be clothed in white, and be vouched for by Jesus
Philadelphia	Have an open door Have a little power Kept God's Word Not denied Jesus' Name			Enemies will bow before you Persevere, and be kept from the world's hour of testing Overcome, and be made a pillar in the temple of God, and have His new Name written on you
Laodicea		Lukewarm, distasteful to God Worldly wealth masking spiritual poverty	Buy fire-refined gold from God to be rich Buy white garments from God to cover your nakedness Buy eye salve from God to open your eyes Repent Open the door to the One Who is knocking	Overcome, and sit with Christ on His throne