Kaleo San Diego Church

Starting October 4th, 2009 Kaleo will explore the letter to the 7 churches in the book of Revelation.  From Tim Cain who will be preaching this series at the Linda Vista and El Cajon.

I am so excited about the next eight weeks and the series we are starting on the seven churches in Revelation.  One of the reasons I am so excited is because, like many of you, it has been a long time since I have studied anything in the book of Revelation.  Many of us avoid it because we don’t really understand it.  But I want you to look at Revelation 1, verse 3.  There is a blessing promised for all who read through this book and do what it says.  The blessing is promised because John knows just how important the things he was writing are.  He knows that for the church in any age the truths that he is about to speak of are absolutely necessary for people to keep in mind if they ever hope to live lives of faithful witness to their Savior.  We need to give our attention to the book of Revelation.

Now, we are not going to preach through the whole book and many of the controversial aspects of the book we are not going to really spend a lot of time on, instead we are simply going to preach through the first three chapters.  The first three chapters are the words of Jesus that he told John to write to seven different churches scattered throughout Asia Minor.  We will find is that Jesus’ words to the seven churches are words we need to hear today.  One of the reasons that Jesus speaks to seven churches is because the number seven throughout the book is symbolic of completeness.  The world was made in seven days.  Seven throughout the Bible speaks of completeness.  And at the end of every church, Jesus says, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches…”  The message to each church, while very specific to them, addresses issues of the heart that every church throughout all of history must deal with.  And so, even today, there is a blessing for those who have ears and will listen to what Jesus says to the churches.

See the first sermon: A Vision of Jesus for the Church: Revelation 1