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. SARDIS - the ancient capital of Lydia, the kingdom of wealthy Croesus, on the river Pactolus. The address is full of rebuke: not in vain; for Melito, Bishop of Sardis in the second century, was eminent for piety. He visited Palestine to assure himself and his flock as to the Old Testament canon, and wrote an letter on the subject (Eusebius, 4:, 26); also a commentary on the Apocalypse, (Eusebius, 4: 26; Jerome, 'Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum,' 24:) HE THAT HATH THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD - i:e., the fullness of the Spirit (; ;...

CHAPTER III. _The epistle to the Church of Sardis_, 1-6. _The epistle to the Church of Philadelphia_, 7-13. _The epistle to the Church of Laodicea_, 14-22. NOTES ON CHAP. III. _Epistle to the Church at Sardis._ Verse Revelation 3:1. _THE SEVEN SPIRITS, OF GOD_] See the note on Revelation 1:4; Revelation 1:16, c. _THOU HAST A NAME THAT THOU LIVEST_] Ye have the reputation of Christians, and consequently of being alive to God, through the quickening i

THE EPISTLE TO THE CHURCH AT SARDIS The contents of the epistle to the church at Sardis Revelation 3:1 are: * The usual salutation to the angel of the church, Revelation 3:1. (2)The usual reference to the attributes of the Saviour - those referred to here being that he had the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars, Revelation 3:1. (3)The assurance that he knew their works, Revelation 3:1....

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 praise. Sardis lies almost due south of Thyatira, on the road to Philadelphia, between the river Hermus and Mount Tmolus. It had been in turn Lydian, Persian, Greek, and Roman, and, like its last Lydian king, Croesus, had been celebrated for its wealth. The auriferous stream Pactolus, in summer almost dry, flowed through its marketplace; but its chief source of wealth was its trade. In A.D. 17 "twelve famous cities of Asia fell by an earthquake in the night … The calamity fell most heavily on the people of Sardis, and it attracted to them the largest share of sympathy. The emperor [Tiberius] promised ten million sesterces (£85,000), and remitted

AND UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SARDIS WRITE,.... Of the city of Sardis Revelation 1:11 when, and by whom this church was founded, and who was the present angel or pastor of it, is not now to be certainly known; however, here was a church in the "second" century, of which Melito was then pastor; and he is thought by some to be the angel here intended; this man wrote upon the book of the Revelation, and an apology for the Christians, sent to the Emperor Antoninus Verus, in whose time he lived c; and in the "third" century a church remained in this place; and also in the "fourth", as appears from the council of Nice, which makes mention of it; and likewise in the "fifth", as is evident from the acts of the synod at Chalcedon, in which age it was the metropolitan church of the Lydians; and in the "sixth" century there was a bishop of this church in the fifth synod at Constantinople; an

ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

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 Church (Revelation 3:14) Revelation 3:1 . We have traced briefly the decline during the 1450-1500 years of Church history. The climax is reached in Thyatira, prophetically the Roman abomination and apostasy. In Sardis we see the progress of evil stayed. Roman Catholicism, as already mentioned, is a fixed and unchanging religious system. Rome will yet have for a brief season a startling rev

THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT SARDIS. Sardis was a little more than 30 miles SE. of Thyatira: formerly a city of great importance, at this time it had become a town of the second rank. It had been destroyed by an earthquake in A.D. 17, and though rebuilt it had not recovered its former glory. REVELATION 3:1. SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD: Revelation 1:4 *. NAME THAT THOU LIVEST: this is the severest condemnation passed upon any of the churches. Revelation 3:2. the things that remain: the church is not entirely lost to hope; there is still the possibility of revival. FOUND NO WORKS: in the case of the other churches there is always something to praise, but Sardis has no record of achievem

_SARDIS_ WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE GREAT ANCIENT KINGDOM OF LYDIA, WHICH WAS OVERTHROWN BY THE PERSIAN CYRUS. IT WAS THE RESIDENCE OF THE RICH KING CROESUS, WHOSE NAME HAS PASSED INTO. PROVERB. OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH WE KNOW NOTHING; BUT WE DO KNOW ON THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS, THAT IT "HAD. NAME TO LIVE AND WAS DEAD." THE RAVAGES OF THE SARACENS AND TURKS, AND THE SHOCKS OF EARTHQUAKES HAVE CONVERTED THE ANCIENT CITY INTO. RUIN, WITH ONLY CRUMBLED WALLS TO TELL OF ITS ANCIENT GLORY. THE SEVEN CHURCHES.--At the time when John wrote there were hundreds of churches in existence. On the Asiatic Continent many had been founded in Judea, Syria, and elsewhere, and in the district of which Ephesus was the commercial metropolis, and which was especially designated as _Asia,_ we know that in the last quarter of the first century there were not only the seven churches named, but Colossae, Hierapol...

And to the angel of the Church in Sardis, write: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works; I know that you have a reputation for life, but that you are dead. Show yourself watchful, and strengthen what remains and what is going to die. I have not found your works completed before my God. Remember, then, how you received and heard the gospel, and keep it, and repent. If, then, you are not on the watch, I will come as a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. But you have a few people in Sardis who have not defiled their garments and they will walk with me in white raiment, because they are worthy. He who overcomes will be thus clothed in white raiment and I will not wipe his name out of the Book of Life, but I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels. Let him who has an ear hear what the...