Revelation Study 7. Letters to Philadelphia and Laodicea (Rev 3:7-22)
For Thought and Discussion: What is the significance of the white clothes in 3:4-5? (See 6:11; 7:9,13.) Purity For Thought and Discussion: What Is Jesus' point in repeating "name" four times in 3:1-6? " You have the reputation of being alive" "Yet you have still a few names in Sardis" "I will never blot his name out of the book of life" "I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels" The 'name' stands for the whole person. Despote the failure of the church as a whole, God knows His people as individuals, yet not as others kinow us. He takes delight in rewarding us. For Further Study: What does It mean to be a true Jew (3:9)? See Romans 2:2-29 Those who obey the law of God in their hearts (2:29) Those who are children of the promise (Rom 9:7), who share Abraham's faith. 13. What encouragements does Jesus offer in 3:7-13 to those suffering persecution? "I know you" "I have set be...