Why Bother?

Why Bother?
Revelation 1.4-7

            Persecution
            Political hostility to Christianity
            Moral confusion
            Cults and false teachers
            The church in decline
            Christians defeated
                                                           

A. ADDRESS

            1.  John

            2.  The church

B. GREETING

            1.  Grace and peace 

            2.  Grace TO YOU and peace

            3.  Grace to you and peace from the Triune God

                            a.  Father

                            b.  Spirit

                            c.  Son

                                            1)  faithful witness

                                            2)  firstborn from the dead

                                            3)  the ruler of the kings of the earth

C. DOXOLOGY

            1.  Our King loves us 

            2.  Our King has freed us

                            a.  set free

                            b.  by His blood

            3.  Our King has recreated us as His own special people

                            a.  a kingdom

                            b.  priests

                            c.  to serve His God and Father

            4.  Our King is coming

John Olson