don mcclain 1 w. 65th st. church of christ / november 8, 2009

W. 65th St. church of Christ / November 8, 2009

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Satan Wants To Kill This

ChurchDon McClain


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Revelation 3:1-6 (NKJV) 1 "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, 'These things says He who has the

seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 Be

watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not

found your works perfect before God. 3

Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come

upon you as a thief, . . .

Don McClain



Revelation 3:1-6 (NKJV) . . . and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. 4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in

white, for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white

garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his

name before My Father and before His angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '

Don McClain


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Churches can and do die –

A church may appear to be alive but yet be dead –

Dead churches can be resurrected –

Even dead churches can have spiritually alive individuals –

Judgment is coming -

Satan Wants To Kill This ChurchLessons From The Text

Don McClain



Persecution – Rev. 2:9,10 False teaching – Acts

20:29,30 Immorality – Rev. 2:20-23 Materialism – Luke 8:14 Division – Mat. 12:25 Discouragement – Num.

32:9 Indifference – Rev. 3:14-

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John 10:10 (NKJV)

10 The thief does not come

except to steal, and to kill, and to

destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it

more abundantly.

Tactics Used By Satan

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Through false doctrine – Rev. 2:14,15; 2 Pet. 2:1-3

Through immorality – Rev. 2:20-23; 1 Cor. 5:1

Through worldliness – 1 John 2:15-17; Rev. 2:4; Eph. 5:3-5

Lack of discipline – Rev. 2:20; 1 Cor. 5:2-8; 2 Thes. 3:6

Satan Wants To Kill This Church

He Wants To Ruin Our Purity

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What Satan knows – Mat. 12:25’ Mk 3:23-26; Lk 11:17,18

A problem at Corinth – 1 Cor 1:10-13; 11:18

Caused by carnality – 1 Cor 3:1-4; cf. James 4:1-4

We MUST endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit – Eph. 4:1-6; Ps. 133:1; John 17:20,21


He wants to destroy our unity

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The importance of harmony – Phili 2:1-4; Acts 4:32-37; Phili 1:27

What Satan wants – contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults; - 2 Cor 12:20; cf. Eph. 4:31; James 3:14-16


He wants to disrupt our harmony

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There is the hope of the gospel that keeps us going – Eph. 1:18; Col. 1:5,23;

Satan also wants to steal our goals of growth & success in the kingdom – Phili 4:13; (Satan wants our motto to be “No we can’t”)


He wants to steal our hope

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Satan does not want us bearing fruit – Mat. 13:18-23; John 15:1-8

Satan wants us to focus on our failures, disabilities, and difficulties – Num. 13:27-14:4

Satan wants others to be our excuse for not doing what we ought to be doing – 2 Cor. 10:12; Mat. 18:7

Satan Wants To Kill This ChurchHe wants to discourage us from our work

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He wants to ruin our purity -

He wants to destroy our unity -

He wants to disrupt our harmony -

He wants to steal our hope -

He wants to discourage us from our work -


John 10:10 (NKJV)

10 The thief does not

come except to steal, and to kill, and to

destroy. I have come

that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Don McClain


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Let us be: A Holy people –

A united people –

Working together in harmony –

Trusting in the Lord – looking forward -

Encouraging one another -


John 10:10 (NKJV)

10 The thief does not

come except to steal, and to kill, and to

destroy. I have come

that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Don McClain


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