Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
August 29, 2022: SOAP #4652: Ezekiel 4-7; Revelation 3

SCRIPTURE:  Revelation (NIV) 3: 1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
8 [to the church of Philadelphia] I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no-one can shut…
15 [to the church of Laodicea] I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!

OBSERVATION:  God is the perfect judge.  He knows our deeds.  He knows what we have done and why we have done it.  No one will ever be able to fool God!  

God knows the good deeds His children have done, even the small things that no one else noticed!   God knows our deeds!   He wants to reward us more than our deeds deserve. 

God also knows the terribleness of sin.  He knows the proper punishment for sin!  Sin is so terrible that He prepared an appropriate place for Satan and those who reject God’s forgiveness. 

God also knows the deeds of His Son, Jesus!   God knows the value of the sinless sacrifice of Jesus.  It covers the sins of those who believe in Him—of those who have confessed their sin to Him and received His forgiveness—of those who have made Him the Lord of their life. 

APPLICATION: Jesus told us that no one could come to the Father but through Him.  He is the way, the truth, and the life.  (John 14:6)   Ephesians 2:8-9 tells us that we are saved by the grace of God that comes into our lives by faith. (Romans 10:9-10) Knowing the truth, believing it, receiving it by confessing it, brings the peace and joy of the Lord into my heart! 

PRAYER:  Lord, I invite you to live your life in me.  (Revelation 3:20)  Thank you for what you have provided.  —forgiveness of my sins and your presence to live in me!  Thank you.  I am blessed beyond measure!  Amen

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