DISCOURSE: 2481 EPISTLE TO EPHESUS Revelation 2:1. _Unto the angel of the Church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlestick; I know thy works_. IN the foregoing chapter, the description given of ou... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2482 EPISTLE TO EPHESUS Revelation 2:2. _I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars; and hast borne, and, hast patience, and for my name’... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2483 EPISTLE TO EPHESUS Revelation 2:7. _He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God_. THOUGH all the seven Churches of Asia Minor are separately add... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2484 EPISTLE TO SMYRNA Revelation 2:8. _Unto the angel of the Church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works_. SMYRNA was at that time, next to Ephesus, the largest city in the Proconsular Asia. As in the former epistle... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2485 EPISTLE TO SMYRNA Revelation 2:9. _I know thy works and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cas... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2486 EPISTLE TO SMYRNA Revelation 2:11. _He that hath an. ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death_. THIS passage, as an appendix to the epistle to the Church of Smyrna, appears at first sight to be an extraordina... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2487 EPISTLE TO PERGAMOS Revelation 2:12. _To the angel of the Church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works_. IN a former epistle we have noticed, that the particular parts of our Saviour’s character, with which the differen... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2488 EPISTLE TO PERGAMOS Revelation 2:13. _I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. But I h... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2489 EPISTLE TO PERGAMOS Revelation 2:17. _He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that r... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2490 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:18. _Unto the angel of the Church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; I know thy works_. THE similarity of method which is observed in all the epistles t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2491 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:19. _I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2492 THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA Revelation 2:24. _But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none of her burden. But that which ye have already hold fast till I come_.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2493 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:26. _He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. And I will... [ Continue Reading ]