To the Church in Philadelphia. “And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Philadelphia write: “These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He who has the key [to the house] of David, He who opens and no one will [be able to] shut, and He who shuts and no one opens: [Isa_22:22] Rev 3:7
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION
I. THE MESSAGES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES, Rev_2:1-29; Rev_3:1-22
8. What assurance of opportunity was given to a church of “little power”?
TO THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA
“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Philadelphia write: “These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He who has the key [to the house] of David, He who opens and no one will [be able to] shut, and He who shuts and no one opens: [Isa_22:22]
‘I know your deeds. See, I have set before you an open door which no one is able to shut, for you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not renounced or denied My name. [1Co_16:9; Col_4:3-4]
Take note, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie–I will make them come and bow down at your feet and make them know [without any doubt] that I have loved you. [Isa_45:14; Isa_49:23; Isa_60:14]
Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth. [Mar_13:9; 2Th_2:1-12]
I am coming quickly. Hold tight what you have, so that no one will take your crown [by leading you to renounce the faith].
He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God; he will most certainly never be put out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My [own] new name. [Isa_62:2; Eze_48:35; 1Jn_5:5]
He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.’
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Revelation 3:7-13
LET NO ONE TAKE THY CROWN
For those who have but a little strength, the Lord sets open a wide door. You may not be able to open the door, but you can enter it in His Name. Once He opens the door, all the opposition you may be called upon to encounter will not avail to shut it; and if He shuts the door against your adversaries, all their craft and strength will beat against its exterior in vain. Get Christ to shut the door against the tempting at would allure you from your allegiance, may be sorely beset, but He will keep them in the hour of trial. They shall not miss their crown, but shall become permanent and important constituents in the eternal Temple. “We have often stood to notice the strength and stability of a pillar in an old church. It has looked unmoved on generations that have grown from youth to age at its base, and so shall Christ’s saints endure.
It is marvellous how much Christ can make of our poor lives, if only we yield to Him. It was said of a great statesman recently deceased, “He was a resounding example of what a great thing a great man may make of a life.” But how much greater can Christ make a life, once a mere block of stone, but now inscribed with His own mystic handwriting and engraving!
REVELATION by
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