Living in the Spirit to Overcome any Deadness and be Clothed in White Garments

To the one who overcomes in the church in Sardis the Lord promises to give him to be clothed in white garments, and He will not erase his name out of the book of life, and He will confess his name before His God and before His angels (Rev. 3:5). To have white garments means […]

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 […]

Being those Watchful, Ready, and Prepared for the Lord’s Secret Coming as a Thief

To the dead and dying church in Sardis, the Lord tells to watch, for He comes as a thief, and they will by no means know at what hour He comes upon them (Rev. 3:3); we need to be watchful and ready, for the Lord will return at an hour we do not expect to […]

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 […]