Revelation Blog 2

Well, application, yeah. Colorado Christian University has these ID cards that they use for just about everything. If you want to eat, you need your card. If you want to have your attendance count, you need your card. To attend chapel, you need your card. What is next, using the card to get in and out of apartments? I saw that at the University of Idaho. All I am saying is that if being tracked like this is okay in a Christian university…we need to calm down a little or be concerned that so many students have taken ‘the mark.’

Actually, that has nothing to do with my application. I just thought it was ironic.

Last year my pastor at The Crossing did a series of talks on Revelation 1-3. Therefore most of his talks were on the letters to the churches.

Ephesus: recognized for its works and endurance but had lost its First Love.
Apply to my own life. Apply to your life.

Symrna: recognized in its suffering and encouraged to remain faithful.
Apply to my own life. Apply to your life.

Pergamum: recognized for faithfulness to the Name and told to repent, listen to the Spirit, and conquer.
Apply to my life. Apply to your life.

Thyatira: recognized for faith, love, service, and patient endurance and promises reward to those who conquer.
Apply to my life. Apply to your life.

*skipping Sardis for now…will come back, I promise

Philadelphia: recognized for faithful endurance and encouraged to continue with the promise of being saved.
Apply to my life. Apply to your life.

Laodicea: the lukewarm church that God will spit out of His mouth if they remain in the middle.
Apply to my life…I wish that this one was easy to change. Too often I find that I want to be acceptable in both places…in man’s eyes and in God’s eyes. How is that even possible? Why do I try to justify what I do for humans? One lesson that I learned this year was this one. I hope I can do better in the future. You see, I was trying to get a good grade. A good grade would be approval in the teacher’s eyes and the university’s eyes. How in God’s eyes though? Thankfully I got a C on that assignment. It could have been worse. At that moment I realized my fault in wanting approval from humans. I stopped doing assignments for the instructors. Overall, most of my assignments were done for God; especially those for my two Bible and two Literature classes. Unfortunately, my philosophy class is another issue.

Sardis: recognizes that works are being seen but says that it is dead. Sardis is told to wake up. This has been my theme idea that God has continuously reminded me of all semester long. Actually, this goes back for about a year now.

I see God moving in Colorado Christian University’s campus! He has worked within people and I know that He is about to do more! I look forward to everything that He has for us next semester and onward!