REVELATION - THE CHURCH IN SARDIS

 Revelation 3:1-6

To the angel of the Church in Sardis write:

These are the words of Him

Who holds the Seven Spirits of God and the Seven Stars.

I know your deeds;

YOU HAVE A REPUTATION OF BEING ALIVE,

BUT YOU ARE DEAD.

2 WAKE UP!

STRENGTHEN WHAT REMAINS AND IS ABOUT TO DIE,

FOR I HAVE NOT FOUND YOUR DEEDS

COMPLETE IN THE SIGHT OF MY GOD.

3 Remember, therefore,

What you have received and heard;

OBEY IT, AND REPENT.

But if you do not wake up,

I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF,

And you will not know at what time I will come to you.

4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis

Who have not soiled their clothes.

They will walk with me, Dressed in White,

For they are Worthy.

5 HE WHO OVERCOMES WILL,

LIKE THEM BE DRESSED IN WHITE.

I WILL NEVER ERASE HIS NAME

FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE,

But will acknowledge his name

Before My Father and His angels.

6 HE WHO HAS AN EAR,

LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES.

(Revelation 3:1-6)

Christ Jesus embodies the Seven Fold Spirit of God,

He holds the Angels, the Leaders of His Church, in His hands.

He knows the Deeds of the Church in Sardis,

Which is thought to be alive

By those who look through the eyes of man;

But in reality, in the eyes of God, they are Dead.

Christ Jesus tells them to Wake Up,

And Strengthen what remains and is about to Die.

He does not find their Deeds complete in the eyes of God.

He tells them to remember what they have received and heard;

To Repent, of their current situation

And Obey what they have received and heard.

If they do not, He warns them that He will come like a Thief;

They will not know when He will come.

The few Saints in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes

By disobeying what they have received and heard,

Will walk with Christ, Dressed in White

(His righteousness) for they are Worthy.

All those who Overcome the Deception of Satan,

Will be like them, Dressed in White;

Their Names will never be erased from The Book of LIFE,

And Christ Jesus will acknowledge their names

Before His Father and His angels.

All of us who have an ear,

Let us hear what the Spirit (Christ) says to the Churches.

Today, each one of us must be Alive in and to God;

We must have Zeal and Fervency toward God;

The Scriptures teach that Christ's Zeal for God Consumed Him;

That the Kingdom of God is apprehended

By forceful men and women,

Who have set their hearts and minds to please Christ Jesus.

We must Obey what we have received and heard.

If we do not, we will be surprised by the coming of Christ.

If we are not prepared to meet Him,

There will be Terrible Consequences.

Yet, all we have to do,

Is to continue to drink of His Living Water,

Continue to put our Faith, Hope and Trust in Him.

To love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.

Then He belongs to us and we belong to Him

And we can live in the Peace of God

That passes all human understanding.