THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Revelation 2:8-11. Our text can be found on page 1028. These are the words of God:
8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
9 “ ‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and …