Living with the End in Mind | Week 2 — The Seven Churches of Revelation

In this message we walk through Jesus’ letters to the seven churches (Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea) and trace how their strengths and warnings echo across 2,000 years of church history—and into our own church today. From “first love” to lukewarm faith, from persecution to perseverance, this message calls us to stay faithful, strengthen what was started, and pray for a fresh move of God in our generation.

In this message you’ll learn:

• Why the seven churches were real first-century congregations (modern-day Türkiye) and why they still matter.
• How comfort can drift into complacency—and how compromise erodes reverence.
• What Jesus promises to those who persevere (crowns/reward).
• Why we may be living at the overlap of evangelistic zeal and cultural betrayal—and how to choose faithfulness.

Key Scriptures: Revelation 2–3; Acts 2; Ephesians 4; John 13; 1 Peter 4; Romans 15