DISCOURSE: 2494 EPISTLE TO SARDIS Revelation 3:1. _And unto the angel of the Church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead_. IF we thought, as some do, that the epistles t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2495 EPISTLE TO SARDIS Revelation 3:2. _Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God_. THESE words reflect the true light upon those which precede them. Our Lord did not intend to say that the Christians at... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2496 EPISTLE TO SARDIS Revelation 3:3. _Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shall not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee_. IN the Church of God, there must, of necess... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2497 EPISTLE TO SARDIS Revelation 3:4. _Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2498 EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA Revelation 3:7. _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 man openeth; I know thy works_. THOSE who imagine... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2499 EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA Revelation 3:8. _I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are... [ Continue Reading ]
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, and the name of the city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2501 EPISTLE TO LAODICEA Revelation 3:14. _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; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then... [ Continue Reading ]
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, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be ri... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2503 EPISTLE TO LAODICEA Revelation 3:19. _As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent_. IN the epistles to the seven Churches of Asia, there is an exceedingly rich variety of instruction, that is quite as applicable to us at this day as ever it was to the C... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2504 EPISTLE TO LAODICEA Revelation 3:20. _Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me_. OUR blessed Lord, in his sermon on the mount, says, “Ask, and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall f... [ Continue Reading ]
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 seen at the close of every epistle a promise to him that overcometh. In truth, we all need encourage... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2506 THE VOICE OF GOD TO HIS CHURCH AND PEOPLE Revelation 3:22. _He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches_. PERHAPS there is not another expression in the whole Scriptures which occurs so frequently as this. Our blessed Lord, in the days of his flesh, us... [ Continue Reading ]