2/Study Guide
Chapters 2-3: The Messages to the Seven Churches
1. Compile a list of the
descriptions as given by Christ to each of the seven churches
and reflect on their meaning.
2. Summarize the following statements concerning each of the seven churches:
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Church |
Works Commended |
Things Condemned |
Blessings Promised |
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Ephesus |
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Smyrna |
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Pergamum |
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Thyatira |
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Sardis |
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Philadelphia |
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Laodicea |
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3. Find what you can
concerning the false teachings of Balaam, and Jezebel. Do you think
that Jezebel was a person or a doctrine?
(See
Page for Balaam's Sins)
(Who
are the Nicolaitans)
4. Consult a Bible map of Asia Minor (mostly modern day Turkey)and study the locations of the seven churches addressed in the Book of Revelation. What geographical pattern did they form?