Revelation 3:7–13 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, October 5, 2014

“Faithfulness Is Success” (Revelation 3:7–13)

^{Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/October 5, 2014} 

⁷ "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. (Rev. 3:7, NIV) 

²² I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. (Isa. 22:22, NIV) 

⁸ I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. (Rev. 3:8, NIV) 

⁹ I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars-- I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. (Rev. 3:9, NIV) 

 

¹⁴ The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 60:14, NIV) 

 

¹⁰ Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. (Rev. 3:10, NIV)

 

⁹ I know your afflictions and your poverty-- yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.  ¹⁰ Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor's crown.  (Rev. 2:9-10, NIV) 

 

¹⁴ I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.  ¹⁵ My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.  ¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.  ¹⁷ Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.  ¹⁸ As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. (John 17:14-18, NIV) 

 

¹¹ I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. (Rev. 3:11, NIV)

 

¹⁰ Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor's crown. (Rev. 2:10, NIV)

 

¹² The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. (Rev. 3:12, NIV)

 

¹³ Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (Rev. 3:13, NIV)

 

Main Idea: Faithfulness to the infallible, authoritative word of Christ is success.