STUDY QUESTIONS FOR Revelation Lesson 3 (Overview of the 7 churches)

  1. John writes the Book of Revelation from the Isle of Patmos, and from a certain personal situation. What is that situation?

  2. Jesus says to each of the seven churches of Asia Minor that He knows one thing about each of them. What is that one thing?

  3. What had the church in Ephesus done that drew divine condemnation (Rev. 2:4)?

  4. What did Jesus mean when He told the Christians in Ephesus, “Remember from where you have fallen” (Rev. 2:5)?

  5. Christ, through John, told the church in Ephesus to do three things. Name them.

  6. What was one of the most serious problems that the church in Smyrna was having to endure among its own membership?

  7. According to Revelation 2:10, what was the devil going to do to some of the Christians in Smyrna?

  8. What did John mean when he said that the saints in Smyrna were in “a synagogue of Satan” (Rev. 2:9)?

  9. The church in Pergamos had done two things that drew ire from the Lord. Name them.

10. What did Christ mean when He threatened to “remove a congregation’s candlestick”?

11. The church in Thyatira had become tolerant in two areas in which tolerance was not warranted. What were those two areas?

12. When false doctrine or false living rear their ugly heads, whose responsibility is it to deal with such matters?

13. Which congregation discussed in Revelation 3 had “a name for being alive” but was “spiritually dead”?

14. What did Christ mean when He told the church in Philadelphia that He had “set before them an open door” (Rev. 3:8)?

15. When Jesus told the members of the church at Laodicea that they were “lukewarm,” and that He therefore would “vomit them out of his mouth,” what was His point?

16. What is the connection between Proverbs 3:12 and Revelation 3:19?

17. What did Jesus mean when He said, “I stand at the door and knock” (Rev. 3:20)?

18. According to Revelation 3:12, what did Jesus have in mind for those who remained faithful to Him?

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