Intro: - As we move along to the 4th church of the seven, it seems the problems are increasing and their shortcomings are more serious. That's the way sin is...if left unchecked, it only becomes more evil and entrenched. The message to the church in Thyatira should serve as a warning to all of us.

• Christ's Commendation of the Church - Vs. 18-19



• For their Labor - v. 19



• For their Love - v. 19



• For their Longsuffering - v. 19



• Christ's Complaint - v. 20



• Christ's Compasion - v. 21



• Christ's Caution - Vs. 22-23



• Christ's Challenge - Vs. 24-29

Conclusion - Vance Havner said, "The problem with churches today is the situation is desperate, but the saints are not". Desperate situations call for drastic solutions. Sin, like cancer, needs to be aggressively treated and removed before it spreads and destoys the body. May God help us to have the courage and character to "cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" - II Corinthians 7:1