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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 Chur...
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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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_PHILADELPHIA_ STOOD ABOUT TWENTY MILES FROM SARDIS AND WAS THE SECOND
CITY IN IMPORTANCE IN THE PROVINCE OF LYDIA. IT IS FIRST MENTIONED IN
REVELATION, AND THE PRAISES BESTOWED UPON THE CHURCH SHOW T...
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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA...
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_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA REVELATION 3:7-13:_ Philadelphia
means brotherly love. The purpose of the city of Philadelphia was to
spread the Greek language and the Greek way of life. This wa...
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ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΧΩ (G2192) иметь,
обладать,
ΆΚΟΥΣΆΤΩ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191)
слышать. О безнадежности положения
тех, кому не был обещан небесный город,
свидетельствует надпись...
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DISCOURSE: 2500
EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA
Revelation 3:12. _Him that overcometh 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,...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 9
Text Revelation 3:7-13
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 o...
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.
(Note, .)...
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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 with...
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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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The message to Philadelphia....
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LET NO ONE TAKE THY CROWN
Revelation 3:7
For those who have but a little strength, the Lord sets open a wide
door. You may not be able to open the door, but you can enter it in
His Name. Once He open...
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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 ENDURING CHURCH
Verse 7 Twenty-eight miles southeast of Sardis was the town of
Philadelphia. It was located in a very fertile but dangerously
volcanic area. The city was founded by Attalus II w...
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To the Angel of the church of Philadelphia. There were several towns
of this name; here is understood that which was near Sardis, in Lydia.
Here is no more than an admonition to persevere, to hold tha...
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(7) 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...
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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 Church in Philadelphia
I. INTRODUCTION
A. John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one
another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this
all will know that...
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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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HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR,....
Revelation 2:7....
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The letter to the congregation at Philadelphia:...
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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 mea...
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PHILADELPHIA (VERSES 7-13)
The City
Philadelphia was founded in 140 BC by the king of Pergamos. The name,
Philadelphia, means “brotherly love.” It was a center of Greek
culture, learning, and langua...
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7-13 The same Lord Jesus has the key of government and authority in
and over the church. He opens a door of opportunity to his churches;
he opens a door of utterance to his ministers; he opens a door...
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This we have met with at the close of every epistle: SEE POOLE ON
"REVELATION 3:7". Those who think these churches were typical, and the
matter of the epistles not only didactic and corrective, but
pr...
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Revelation 3:13 has G2192 (G5723) ear G3775 hear G191 (G5657) what
G5101 Spirit G4151 says G3004 (G5719) churches G1577
Revelation 2:7...
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‘He who has an ear let him hear, what the Spirit is saying or the
churches.'
And once again Jesus tells us, ‘he who has an ear to hear, let him
hear'. The constant repetition demonstrates how importa...
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Revelation 3:13. The usual call at the close of the second group of
the seven Epistles....
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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, w...
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IF YOU HAVE EARS. Listen carefully to the words of promise!...
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_Philadelphia._
PHILADELPHIA--THE PATIENT CHURCH
Philadelphia furnishes us with the exemplar of the patient church; the
exercise and training of patience is its peculiar call, and the
perfection of p...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:7 _Philadelphia_ is praised for
enduring in faith. In recognition for the aid after an earthquake in
A.D. 17, the city was briefly renamed Neocaesarea (“Caesar’s New
Ci...
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6. PHILADELPHIA.
Vs. 7-13. Here is a church on which Christ bestows unmixed praise. She
had "little strength"; few in numbers and poor in resources. The
vicissitudes of the city, because of earthquak...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 3:7. PHILADELPHIA.—Situated at the foot of Mount Tmolus,
and named after Attalus Philadelphus, King of Pergamos. It was a
centre of the wine trade. HOLY AND...
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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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6. PHILADELPHIA: THE CHURCH OF BROTHERLY LOVE
Background: Philadelphia was the youngest city of the seven
mentioned in the letters. The city was established in 189 BC and was
named after two brother...
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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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Revelation 2:7...
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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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This is again the close and conclusion of this, as it was before of
all the epistles, in which Christ calls upon all persons to hear and
consider what he saith by his Spirit to this church, and to lay...