Revelation 3:1-22

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.

Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Messengers of Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, David, John, Satan.

Conclusion: Let the believer keep his spiritual ears open continually, for the voice of the Holy Spirit, lest he be found merely professing the name of Christian, and not having the power thereof, or lest he grow lukewarm toward Christ, and so be taken unawares, or even found to be a counterfeit at the sudden appearing of Christ in glory.

Key Word: Message to Church (overcoming), Revelation 3:5; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 3:21.

Strong Verses: Revelation 3:3; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 3:11; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 3:18; Revelation 3:20; Revelation 3:21.

Striking Facts: Revelation 3:20. Supper is the evening meal, the last taken before the morning, breaks and the day dawns. This verse is a picture of Christ seeking entrance to the Church of the final state, and calling for individuals out of it who will sup with Him. «The night is far spent; the day is at hand.» To sup with Him before the morning breaks is the foretaste of coming glory.