In the Letter to Smyrna we are introduced to a church made up of believers who were not merely faithful UNTIL they died, but died BECAUSE they were faithful. This is the church of the martyrs, who sacrificed life with all of its material benefits in exchange for the "crown of life' promised to them by the One was was dead and is alive forevermore.
Smyrna: Faithful Unto Death
Revelation 2:8-11
March 6, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
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Click "View Item" to listen. The Church at Philadelphia had little about it that would garner the acclaim of the world, and yet it had great power because it had the acclaim of the Lord Jesus Christ who had given to this church "an open door" which He himself had opened with "the key of David." This letter is an encouragement to "little" churches" who faithfully minister with minimal visible result and yet are blessed with the commendation of their Savior, "Well done."
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The church at Sardis had a name that they were alive, but were dead; a few names who remained undefiled, and individual names who will never be blotted out of the book of life. When Jesus tells this church that he will not blot the names of the overcomers out of the book of life, it isn't a threat that they could be blotted out. It's a glorious promise that they can never be blotted out!