Revelation 3:1-6
PASTORAL LETTERS TO THE CONGREGATIONS AT SARDIS, AT PHILADELPHIA, AND AT LAODICEA. The letter to the congregation at Sardis:... [ Continue Reading ]
PASTORAL LETTERS TO THE CONGREGATIONS AT SARDIS, AT PHILADELPHIA, AND AT LAODICEA. The letter to the congregation at Sardis:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SARDIS WRITE: THESE THINGS SAITH HE THAT HATH THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD AND THE SEVEN STARS: I KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU HAST A NAME THAT THOU LIVEST AND ART DEAD.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE WATCHFUL AND STRENGTHEN THE THINGS WHICH REMAIN, THAT ARE READY TO DIE; FOR I HAVE NOT FOUND THY WORKS PERFECT BEFORE GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
REMEMBER, THEREFORE, HOW THOU HAST RECEIVED AND HEARD, AND HOLD FAST, AND REPENT. IF, THEREFORE, THOU SHALT NOT WATCH, I WILL COME ON THEE AS A THIEF, AND THOU SHALT NOT KNOW WHAT HOUR I WILL COME UPON THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS WHICH HAVE NOT DEFILED THEIR GARMENTS; AND THEY SHALL WALK WITH ME IN WHITE; FOR THEY ARE WORTHY.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT OVERCOMES, THE SAME SHALL BE CLOTHED IN WHITE RAIMENT; AND I WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, BUT I WILL CONFESS HIS NAME BEFORE MY FATHER AND BEFORE HIS ANGELS.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES. Here is a picture of spiritual decay and ruin which belongs to the saddest in the entire New Testament. The Lord again introduces Himself in His usual solemn manner: And to the angel of the congregation at Sardis write: These... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA WRITE: THESE THINGS SAITH HE THAT IS HOLY, HE THAT IS TRUE, HE THAT HATH THE KEY OF DAVID, HE THAT OPENETH AND NO MAN SHUTTETH, AND SHUTTETH AND NO MAN OPENETH:... [ Continue Reading ]
The letter to the congregation at Philadelphia:... [ Continue Reading ]
I KNOW THY WORKS; BEHOLD, I HAVE SET BEFORE THEE AN OPEN DOOR, AND NO MAN CAN SHUT IT; FOR THOU HAST A LITTLE STRENGTH, AND HAST KEPT MY WORD, AND HAST NOT DENIED MY NAME.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE THEM OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN WHICH SAY THEY ARE JEWS AND ARE NOT, BUT DO LIE, BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE THEM TO COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE THY FEET, AND TO KNOW THAT I HAVE LOVED THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE THOU HAST KEPT THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE, I ALSO WILL KEEP THEE FROM THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION, WHICH SHALL COME UPON ALL THE WORLD, TO TRY THEM THAT DWELL UPON THE EARTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; HOLD THAT FAST WHICH THOU HAST, THAT NO MAN TAKE THY CROWN.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM THAT OVERCOMES WILL I MAKE A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD, AND HE SHALL GO NO MORE OUT; AND I WILL WRITE UPON HIM THE NAME OF MY GOD AND THE NAME OF THE CITY OF MY GOD, WHICH IS NEW JERUSALEM, WHICH COMETH DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM MY GOD; AND I WILL WRITE UPON HIM MY NEW NAME.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES. With even greater solemnity and impressiveness than in the case of the preceding letters, the Lord here addresses the Christians at Philadelphia: And to the angel of the congregation at Philadelphia write: These things says t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS WRITE: THESE THINGS SAITH THE AMEN, THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS, THE BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF GOD:... [ Continue Reading ]
The letter to the congregation at Laodicea:... [ Continue Reading ]
I KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU ART NEITHER COLD NOR HOT; I WOULD THOU WERT COLD OR HOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO, THEN, BECAUSE THOU ART LUKEWARM AND NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, I WILL SPEW THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH;... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE THOU SAYEST, I AM RICH, AND INCREASED WITH GOODS, AND HAVE NEED OF NOTHING, AND KNOWEST NOT THAT THOU ART WRETCHED, AND MISERABLE, AND POOR, AND BLIND, AND NAKED.... [ Continue Reading ]
I COUNSEL THEE TO BUY OF ME GOLD TRIED IN THE FIRE THAT THOU MAYEST BE RICH, AND WHITE RAIMENT, THAT THOU MAYEST BE CLOTHED, AND THAT THE SHAME OF THY NAKEDNESS DO NOT APPEAR; AND ANOINT THINE EYES WITH EYE-SALVE THAT THOU MAYEST SEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS MANY AS I LOVE I REBUKE AND CHASTEN; BE ZEALOUS, THEREFORE, AND REPENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK; IF ANY MAN HEAR MY VOICE, AND OPEN THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN TO HIM, AND WILL SUP WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE, EVEN AS I ALSO OVERCAME AND AM SET DOWN WITH MY FATHER IN HIS THRONE.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES. The congregation had been in existence at the time when Paul wrote his letter to the Colossians, for he stated that he had a great conflict also for the Christians at Laodicea, Colossians 2:1; Colossians 4:15. Apparently ther... [ Continue Reading ]