Redeemer Community Church Shreveport

I Believe; Help my Unbelief!

Matthew 11:2-19 English Standard Version 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers[a [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2011%3A2-19&version=ESV&interface=print#fen-ESV-23465a]] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. 6 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.” 7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 8 What then did you go out to see? A man[b [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2011%3A2-19&version=ESV&interface=print#fen-ESV-23468b]] dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet?[c [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2011%3A2-19&version=ESV&interface=print#fen-ESV-23469c]] Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,     who will prepare your way before you.’ 11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,[d [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2011%3A2-19&version=ESV&interface=print#fen-ESV-23472d]] and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, 14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come. 15 He who has ears to hear,[e [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2011%3A2-19&version=ESV&interface=print#fen-ESV-23475e]] let him hear. 16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, 17  “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;     we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”[f [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2011%3A2-19&version=ESV&interface=print#fen-ESV-23479f]]

Thyatira, The Corrupted Church

Revelation 2:18-29 English Standard Version To the Church in Thyatira 18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 “‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, 23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works. 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden. 25 Only hold fast what you have until I come. 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will rule[a [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%202%3A18-29&version=ESV#fen-ESV-30729a]] them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Jesus Messiah: Prophet, Priest and King - Part One

Three major offices cumulated in Jesus