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Verse Revelation 3:18. _I COUNSEL THEE_] O fallen and deceived soul,
hear Jesus! Thy case is not _hopeless_. _Buy of me_.
_GOLD TRIED IN THE FIRE_] Come and receive from me, without money and
withou...
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I COUNSEL THEE TO BUY OF ME GOLD TRIED IN THE FIRE - Pure gold; such
as has been subjected to the action of heat to purify it from dross.
See the notes on 1 Peter 1:7. Gold here is emblematic of relig...
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CHAPTER 3
Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea
_ 1. Sardis: The reformation period (Revelation 3:1)_
2. Philadelphia: The faithful remnant (Revelation 3:7)
3. Laodicea: The indifferent and apostate Churc...
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REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22. THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES.
These letters are addressed to individual churches, but their messages
are intended for the Church as a whole. In every letter the...
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THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA. Laodicea was 40 miles SE. of
Philadelphia and near Colossæ. It was famous for its wealth, and when
it was overthrown by an earthquake in A.D. 60, it disdained to...
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_Laodicea_ is last named. The city was situated about twenty miles
from Ephesus, and near Colosse. The church was honored with an epistle
from the apostle Paul. See Colossians 4:17. Still, it had fall...
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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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And to the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write:
These things says the Amen, the witness on whom you can rely and who
is true, the moving cause of the creation of God. I know your works; I
know that...
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BUY. The members of the church of this dispensation have nothing to
buy and nothing to pay with; our salvation is the free-grace gift of
God.
THE. Omit.
FIRE. Compare Haggai 2:8; Zechariah 13:9; Mal...
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_I counsel thee_ "There is deep irony in this word. One _who has need
of nothing_, yet needs counsel on the vital points of
self-preservation."
_to buy_ Cf. Isaiah 55:1: the counsel to a poor beggar t...
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ἘΓΧΡΙ͂ΣΑΙ. Text. Rec[139] reads ἔγχρισον with P 1.
Latt. _ungue, inunge_.
[139] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
18. ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΕΎΩ ΣΟΙ. “There is deep irony in this word
_One who has need...
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THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA...
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_CONCLUSION OF THE LAODICEAN LETTER REVELATION 3:18-22:_ These
brethren had to learn what was really important. Jesus expressed His
love for these brethren by the rebuke He gave. "As many as I love, I...
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DISCOURSE: 2502
EPISTLE TO LAODICEA
Revelation 3:17. 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...
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I COUNSEL THEE, &C.— "I counsel thee, that, with a humble sense of
thy condition, so extremely unhappy, thou apply to him, who alone is
capable of helping thee: and as I require no price or equivalent...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 10
Text Revelation 3:14-22
14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of...
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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...
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THE PROPHETIC SECTION
10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and
distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3;
Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
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3:18 buy (b-5) be (b-15) clothed, (b-24) manifest; (b-36) All aorists,
having the force of an accomplished fact, 'mayest have become,' 'have
got into that state.'...
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THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (CONCLUDED)
1-6. To the Church in Sardis Christ speaks as He who gives the spirit
and looks for spiritual life. There is no praise for this Church. Its
life is witho...
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TO THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA Christ speaks as He through whom alone comes
true life with its riches and blessings (Revelation 3:14). The Church
is blamed for luke warmness, self-satisfaction and worldlin...
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BUY] cp. Isaiah 55:1. RAIMENT] RV 'garments': cp. Isaiah 55:4; Matthew
22:11. ANOINT.. EYESALVE] RV 'eyesalve to anoint thine eyes.' SEE] cp....
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
TO THE *CHURCH IN SARDIS - REVELATION 3:1-6
V1 ‘Write to the *angel of the *church in Sardis. I hold the 7
spirits of God and the...
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I COUNSEL THEE TO BUY. — There is, perhaps, a touch of irony here.
How could the poor and naked buy? But the irony has no sting, for the
counsel but recalled the invitation of the prophet to buy “with...
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The message for Laodicea, where a church existed by 60 A.D.
(Colossians 4:16)....
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The counsel is conveyed in the dialect of the local situation.
ἀγοράσαι in the poor man's market (Isaiah 55:1, _cf._ Matthew
6:19-20), significant words as addressed to the financial centre of
the dis...
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“I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK”
Revelation 3:14
It is better to be cold than lukewarm, for in the latter case all that
God's love can do for the soul has only produced a moderate result,
while if we...
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The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the
Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things
remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is
lar...
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TO THE LUKEWARM CHURCH
Verse 14 Laodicea was 40 miles southeast of Philadelphia. It was in a
fertile valley at the junction of several major trade routes. It was a
wealthy city famous for much gold, b...
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The seventh and last letter is to the Angel of the Church of Laodicia.
Christ here takes the title of the Amen, [3] as if he said, I am the
Truth. --- The beginning of the creation, or of the creature...
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(14) 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; (15) I know thy works, that thou art ne...
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That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating
the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our
consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the
stronge...
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_THE DIVINE MERCHANTMAN*_
‘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 app...
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The Church in Laodicea
A man visited his optometrist to have his glasses checked. "They just
aren't strong enough," he told the doctor. "Don't you have something
stronger?" "Yes," asid the optometris...
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There is no threat of removing the candlestick: that was settled.
Judgment, setting aside the assembly, was fixed. But this body would
be treated as the world, not ecclesiastically as a corrupt assemb...
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I COUNSEL THEE,.... Christ is a Counsellor, and is every way fit to be
one, for he is the all wise God, the Ancient of days, and the Father
of his people, and, as Mediator, the Wisdom of God; and he w...
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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...
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_Because thou sayest, I am rich_ In gifts and grace, as well as
worldly goods; _and increased with goods_ Greek, και
πεπλουτηκα, literally, _And have enriched myself_, by my own
wisdom and virtue; _an...
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GOLD-WHITE RAIMENT-EYE - SALVE; representing the rich spiritual
blessings which Christ will give to those who look to him. Isaiah
45:22. The more cold and formal men are in religion, the more
self-con...
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The letter to the congregation at Laodicea:...
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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 WI...
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THE ASSEMBLY AT SARDIS
(vv. 1-6)
The message to the assembly at Sardis has a very different character,
for instead of being a development from Thyatira, it is rather a
revulsion from it. Sardis mean...
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LAODICEA (VERSES 14-22)
The City
Laodicea was a city of great wealth, richest in the region of Phrygia.
It is located in the Meander Valley on the Lycus River. It had existed
since the third century...
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14-22 Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia.
Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, "The Amen;" one steady and
unchangeable in all his purposes and promises. If religion is worth...
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Buying being the usual way amongst men to procure what they want, it
is not to be wondered at, that the procuring of that spiritual
blessing here mentioned is expressed under this notion; though our
b...
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Tertullian On Monogamy
clothing us from His own store[58]...
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Revelation 3:18 counsel G4823 (G5719) you G4671 buy G59 (G5658) from
G3844 Me G1700 gold G5553 refined...
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‘I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may
become rich, and white clothes so that you may clothe yourself and so
that the shame of your nakedness should not be revealed, and eye s...
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Revelation 3:18. The counsel follows. I COUNSEL THEE TO BUY OF ME GOLD
REFINED OUT OF FIRE, not that gold which cannot stand the fire of the
great day, but the true gold of My kingdom, purified by bei...
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I COUNSEL
(συμβουλευω). Present active indicative, old compound from
συμβουλος, counsellor (Romans 11:34), as in John 18:14.
Almost ironical in tone.TO BUY
(αγορασα). First aorist active infiniti...
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CONTENTS: Message to Sardis concerning their hypocrisy. Message to
Philadelphia on hollow profession. Message to Laodicea on apostasy.
Christ's attitude to the Church in its final stage in the world....
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_Epistle the fifth._
Revelation 3:1. _Sardis,_ once a flourishing city, the residence of
ancient kings, now a miserable village, having but few christians.
This is not the Sardis, capital of Lydia, wh...
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I ADVISE YOU. A call to turn to Christ! GOLD. Symbolic of true wisdom
(Colossians 2:3). WHITE CLOTHING. Symbolic of union with Christ
(Matthew 22:11-13; Galatians 3:27). MEDICINE. Symbolic of bei
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_Knowest not that thou art wretched._
A GREAT MISTAKE, AND THE WAY TO RECTIFY IT
These Laodicean people were unhappily in such a state that you could
not get at them. They were not so poor that they...
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_The Laodiceans._
LAODICEA--THE SELF-COMPLACENT CHURCH
Laodicea is the type of a self-complacent Church. Underneath the
condemnation of luke-warmness there is a yet more heart-searching
lesson. Lukew...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:14 _Laodicea_ is criticized for its
spiritual immaturity. The city was a commercial center. It had
thriving medical and textile industries. It was so wealthy that it
de...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:17 The Laodiceans were spiritually
blind, bankrupt, and naked. They had no resources to BUY from Jesus
GOLD or GARMENTS or...
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7. LAODICEA.
Vs. 14-22. Laodicea receives no commendation. She is not hopeless, but
indifferent. However indifference is next to hopelessness.
The city of Laodicea, named for Laodice wife of the Sele...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 3:14. LAODICEANS.—The city of Laodicea was situated on
the banks of the Lycus, near Hierapolis and Colossæ. Archippus was
possibly the angel of this Church,...
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EXPOSITION
REVELATION 3:1
_The epistle to the Church at Sardis. _This Church is one of the two
which receives unmixed reproof. Smyrna and Philadelphia receive no
blame; Sardis and Laodicea receive no...
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7. LAODICEA: THE MATERIALLY RICH APOSTATE CHURCH
Background: The city was founded before 1000 BC but the city was named
Laodicea in 250 BC. The physical location of the city was about 40
miles east of...
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And unto the angel of the church in Sardis (Protestant Reformation)
write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God
(Revelation 3:1),
And so the fullness of the Spirit as it dwelt in...
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1 Corinthians 3:12; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 John 2:20; 1 Peter 1:7;...
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I counsel [σ υ μ β ο υ λ ε υ ω]. With a certain irony.
Though He might command, yet He advises those who are, in their own
estimation, supplied with everything.
To buy. Compare Isaiah 4:1; Matthew 13:...
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THE CHURCHES AT SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, AND LAODICEA
Revelation 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at
Sardis. This is the fifth Church in the seven...
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I counsel thee — who art poor, and blind, and naked. To buy of me
— Without money or price. Gold purified in the fire — True, living
faith, which is purified in the furnace of affliction. And white
ra...