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Verse Revelation 3:21. _TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE_] In every case
it is to him that _overcometh_, to the _conqueror_, that the final
promise is made. He that _conquers_ not is not _crowned_, theref...
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TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH - See the notes on Revelation 2:7.
WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE - That is, they will share
his honors and his triumphs. See the notes on Revelation 2:26; compare
the...
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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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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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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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AM SET DOWN. sat down. See Acts 2:33; Acts 2:34.Ephesians 1:20;
Ephesians 1:21.
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_To him that overcometh_ The construction is as in Revelation 2:26;
Revelation 3:12, "He that overcometh, I will give him." For the sense,
compare the former of these passages; but the promise of shar...
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Ὁ ΝΙΚΩ͂Ν. The construction is as in Revelation 2:26;
Revelation 3:12, “He that overcometh, I will give him.” For the
sense, compare the former of these passages; but the promise of
sharing Christ’s in...
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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: 2505
THE VICTOR’S REWARD
Revelation 3:21. _To him that overcometh 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_.
WE have...
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WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE,— The accomplishment of
this promise is declared, ch. Revelation 20:4. We only observe, that
notwithstanding this angel is described with the worst character o...
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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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To him that overcometh 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.
SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE - (; ; ;...
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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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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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Cp. John 16:33; John 17:24....
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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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TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH.... — He will share Christ’s throne as
Christ shared His Father’s throne. Here are two thrones mentioned.
My throne, saith Christ: this is the condition of glorified saints who...
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δώσω κ. τ. λ., To share Christ's royal power and judicial
dignity it a reward proffered in the gospels, but Jesus there (_cf._
Mark 10:40) disclaimed this prerogative. God's throne is Christ's, as
in...
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The message for Laodicea, where a church existed by 60 A.D.
(Colossians 4:16)....
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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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(15) To him that overcometh 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.
(15) The conclusion, consisting of a promise, as in (Revel...
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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 CHRISTIAN CONQUEROR_
‘He that overcometh I will give to him to sit down with Me in My
throne.’
Revelation 3:21 (R.V.)
This is the last of seven honours set before the Christian conquerors
in t...
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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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TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH,.... The lukewarmness, and self-confidence, and
security of this state:
WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE; at the close of this church
state, which will be the last of t...
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To him that overcometh 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.
Ver. 21. _To sit with me in my throne_] The thrones of those ea...
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_Behold, I stand_ Or, _I have stood_, as εστηκα literally
signifies, namely, for a long time and I still stand, even at this
instant; _at the door_ Of men's hearts; _and knock_ Waiting for
admittance:...
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TO SIT WITH ME; in a state of high and eternal exaltation and
blessedness....
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The letter to the congregation at Laodicea:...
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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....
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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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TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE; I
will give him great honour, dignity, and power; he shall judge the
world in the day of judgment, 1 CORINTHIANS 6:3, the twelve, tribe...
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Tertullian On Idolatry
For avoiding it, remedies cannot be lacking; since, even if they be
lacking, there remains that one by which you will be made a happier
magistrate, not in the earth, but in the...
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Revelation 3:21 him G846 overcomes G3528 (G5723) grant G1325 (G5692)
sit G2523 (G5658) with G3326 Me...
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‘He who overcomes, I will give to him the right to sit down on my
throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.'
The Laodiceans had much of this world's goods but they were no...
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Revelation 3:21. HE THAT OVERCOMETH, TO HIM WILL I GRANT TO SIT DOWN
ALONG WITH ME IN MY THRONE, etc. This promise is the highest of all
that we have met in the seven Epistles. The throne of Jesus is...
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HE THAT OVERCOMETH
(ο νικων). Absolute nominative again as in Revelation 3:12, but
resumed this time by the dative αυτω as in Revelation 2:26.TO SIT
(καθισα). First aorist active infinitive of καθ...
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FATHER
This passage, in harmony with (Luke 1:32); (Luke 1:33); (Matthew
19:28); (Acts 2:30); ...
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Revelation 3:21
The Close of the Year.
I. "He that overcometh." Then there is light shining in and struggling
with the darkness a conflict year-long and lifelong, which, though it
has its defeats, ma...
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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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TO THOSE WHO WIN THE VICTORY. The promise is available! _Sit by me._
Share his rule (_compare_ 1 Corinthians 6:2-3). JUST AS I HAVE BEEN
VICTORIOUS. He has already defeated Satan (Hebrews 12:2)....
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_To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me._
THE CHRISTIAN RAISED TO THE THRONE OF CHRIST
I. “To him that overcometh”; this supposes a conflict.
1. You must contend against yourself. The m...
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_As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten._
DIVINE CHASTISEMENT
I. In reference to the sinner, what is the object of Divine
chastisement? The merciful design is the conviction and conversion of
the s...
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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 3:21 I WILL GRANT HIM TO SIT WITH ME
ON MY THRONE implies that Christ will give some of his ruling
authority to his people (compare Reve
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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 6:2; 1 Corinthians 6:3; 1 John 5:4; 1 John 5:5; 2
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He that overcometh. See on chapter Revelation 2:7. :Revelation 4
CHAPTER IV
The Revelation proper now begins....
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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 will give him to sit with me on my throne — In unspeakable
happiness and glory. Elsewhere, heaven itself is termed the throne of
God: but this throne is in heaven....
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Here our Saviour concludes this epistle, as he did the former, with.
promise to the persevering Christian, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH, namely,
all the trials and temptations of this life, and keeps his fa...