Tag: Philadelphia
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Love That Reaches Out – Revelation 3:13
Revelation 3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. That is how the letter to Philadelphia closes. But it is more than a closing line. It is a call. Jesus is saying, If you are listening, really listening, then hear what the Spirit is saying to all…
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Marked for the City of God – Revelation 3:12
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my…
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Hold Fast Because He Could Come Today – Revelation 3:11
Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. This verse carries a real sense of urgency. Jesus says, “Behold, I come quickly.” The word gives the idea not merely of soon in the sense of a date on a calendar, but suddenly. In other words,…
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Kept Out of the Hour – Revelation 3:10
Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. This is one of the great prophecy verses in all of Revelation. Jesus says to the church at Philadelphia,…
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Not Through With Israel – Revelation 3:9
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. This is a strong verse, and it is one we need to…
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The Open Door and the Little Strength – Revelation 3:7-8
Revelation 3:7-8 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open…
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Brotherly Love and Open Doors – Revelation 3:7
Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write… When we come to Philadelphia in the panorama of church history, we come to a beautiful stirring. After the dead denominationalism of Sardis, after the drifting from the simplicity of the gospel, there came a fresh awakening. Picture a young cobbler in London.…