Today is Sunday, 2023.02.05 -- Letter to the Church in Sardis
Question: What sort of consequences do you think await your church and the American Church?
In my post on Sunday, 2023.01.01, I discussed a pattern I discovered in Jesus' assessment of the seven churches in Revelation 2-3.
Links to the previous posts are included at the bottom of this post.
In this post I will identify what I saw for each of the six elements of Jesus assessment letter to the Church in Sardis. {Revelation 3.1-6}.
Authority Of The Assessor
These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. {3.1}
Acknowledgment of some good things
But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments {3.4}
They are worthy {3.4}
Condemnation of some negative things
I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead {3.2}
I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God {3.2}
Plan of action
Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die {3.2}
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. {3.3}
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches {3.7}
Consequences for failing to complete the plan of action
If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you. {3.3}
Promises / rewards
They will walk with Me in white {3.4}
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white {3.5}
I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life {3.5}
I will confess his name before My Father and His angels {3.5}
Previously posted letters to the churches
Biblical Assessment of the Seven Churches {Revelation 2-3}
Letter to the Church in Ephesus {Revelation 2.1-7}
Letter to the Church in Smyrna {Revelation 2.8-11}
Letter to the Church in Pergamum {Revelation 2.12-17}
Letter to the Church in Thyatira {Revelation 2.18-29}