Sermon By Rev. Richard Jones

rec 04-25-21

LETTER TO A FAITHFUL CHURCH

Revelation 3: 7-13

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ”˜The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. 8“”˜I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie””behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. 11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. 12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go 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 comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. 13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”™

OPEN OPPORTUNITY    Revelation 3: 7-8

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ”˜The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. 8“”˜I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Isaiah 22: 22

And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Colossians 4: 2-4

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison”” 4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

2 Corinthians 12: 9-10

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

ACTIVE ADVERSARIES    Revelation 3: 9

Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie””behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.

Romans 2: 28-29

For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.

Isaiah 60: 14

The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

TERRIBLE TRIBULATION    Revelation 3: 10

Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

REMOVED REWARDS Revelation 3: 11

I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

2 Corinthians 6: 2                                                                                     For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

PRECIOUS PROMISES Revelation 3: 12

The one who conquers, I will make hima pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go 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 comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION Revelation 3: 13

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”™