Letter 5 - Sardis

We are not clear of the origin of the name
First place it was discovered to die wool into different colors
The city today is in ruins
City was originally built on a mountain
This is a church without deeds
The church has become comfortable with faith alone. Processing salvation but showing little effort in spreading it to others.
The whole purpose of works is to share the Gospel
White garments is when we receive the salvation
Nakedness means those unbelievers who have not come to faith.
Rev 19:7 says that bright clean linen represents righteous acts of the saints
- Soiled garments represents the lack there of
Jesus confirms that even though they have no deeds, they will still make it to heaven
The book of life records every human being that has been saved.
- The book and contents were set before the earth was created (Psalm 139:16, Rev 13:8)
- People cannot be added or deleted from the book
- The book contains the name of every person that is saved
Reformation church - 1517-1648 AD

Letter 6 - Philadelphia

Philadelphia means brotherly love
- The kings love for his brother was so great (his brother was the previous king)
Not a very big town
The city had frequent earthquakes
Key of David
- Ezekiel - David’s job is to preside over the court of the temple and have a key to it.
- Another way of saying that Jesus has the key of salvation
The model church for evangelism
Smyrna and Philadelphia are the only two churches that received no condemnation from Jesus
- They are both persecuted by Jews
Rev 3:10
- Tells us that these letters are also talking about future events
Missionary Church 1648-1900 AD

Laodicea means ruling of the people
Prosperous city
When the city got destroyed by an earthquake, it did not get help from the Roman Government because it had so much money
The city did not like to rely on anyone
They were known for banks, linen/wool, and they had a medical school
They had this eye salve that can cure people
Being spiritually named means you lack Christs atoning covering.
To be poor spiritually means you do not have faith or is not saved
Jesus says this church does not believe but the church says they everything they need
Jesus is claiming there are a lot of unbelievers mixing with unbelievers in this church which is causing all sorts of issues
The only church that not a single good thing is said about them
Jesus is inviting this church back to salvation
1 Timothy 4:1-3 | 2 Timothy 3:1-5 | 2 Timothy 4:1-4
- Talks about the Laodicea church
Apostate church 1900 AD - ?

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