This week we come to the Lord’s epistle to the church in Philadelphia, the church of brotherly love, the church in recovery – the recovered church. Just as the church in Sardis was the Lord’s reaction to the terrible situation in the church in Thyatira, so the church in Philadelphia was the Lord’s reaction to […]
Having a Daily Walk and Living Unspotted by Death and Approved in Life by the Lord
Even though the church in Sardis is dead, dying, and incomplete in her works, the Lord still has some in there that have not defiled their garments; these will walk with Him in white because they are unspotted by death and are approved in life by the Lord (Rev. 3:4). The general situation in the Protestant […]
Our Lord is a Lord of Completion, and we’re under the Completing Ministry in His Word
To the church in Sardis the Lord says that He found none of their works completed before His God (Rev. 3:2); none of the works of the reformed Protestant churches are completed before God, but He is a Lord of completion, and He requires completion (Phil. 1:6). The One who has the seven Spirits of […]
The Seven Spirits and the Seven Stars enable us to be Intensely Living and Shining
To the dead and dying church in Sardis the Lord introduces Himself as He who has the seven Spirits of God (to make the church intensely living) and the seven stars (to make the church intensely shining), as per Rev. 3:1. The seven Spirits of God are not yet another Spirit but the Spirit of […]
Being Living and Active in Christ, not “Living in Name” but Dead in God’s Eyes
This week in our morning watch and time with the Lord we come to the Lord’s epistle to the church in Sardis in Rev. 3:1-6 (the church living in name but dead before God); this church prefigures the Protestant church from the time of the Reformation to the second coming of Christ. The situation in […]
Taking Heed to the Prophetic Word in the Bible until the Morning Star Rises within us
If we as believers in Christ take heed to the word of prophecy – the prophetic word in the Bible – then the day will dawn within us, and the morning star will rise in our hearts (2 Peter 1:19). After seeing the many negative things in the church in Thyatira – the apostate church, the […]
The Overcomers receive Authority over the Nations and Gain Christ the Morning Star
To those who overcome in the church in Thyatira the Lord promises to give them authority over the nations to shepherd them, and to give them the morning star (Rev. 2:26-28); the way for us to overcome is to be watchful and ready for the Lord’s return so that we may receive the reward of […]