THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATIONS
THEME VERSE
Rev. 1:5b-6
To him who loves us and has freed us
from our sins by his blood and made us a
kingdom, priests to his God and Father,
to him be glory and dominion forever
and ever. Amen.
THE CHURCH OF SARDIS
I WILL GUARD AGAINST DEAD
SPIRITUALITY AND HEED THE CALL
OF MY FAITHFUL SAVIOR
THE CHURCH 0F PHILADELPHIA
REV. 3:7-13
THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATIONS
VINEYARDS IN PHILADELPHIA
TEMPLE OF DIYONSUS
CHURCH PILLARS IN PHILADELPHIA
Modern day Alasehir
REPRESENTED BY JESUS
REV 3:7
REV 3:7 (ESV)
“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.
REV 3:7 (ESV)
“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.
REV 3:7 (ESV)
“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.
REV 3:7 (ESV)
“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.
ISA. 22:22 (ESV)
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.
REV 3:7 (ESV)
“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.
RECOGNIZED BY JESUS
REV 3:8-9
REV 3:8 (ESV)
“ ‘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.
REV 3:8 (ESV)
“ ‘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.
REV 3:8 (ESV)
“ ‘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.
REV 3:8 (ESV)
“ ‘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.
2 COR. 12:9-10(ESV)
9. “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.
2 COR. 12:9-10(ESV)
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.
“Don't fear your weaknesses,
because your weakness is a
workroom of grace where God
will produce what you couldn't
produce on your own”
-Paul David Tripp
REV 3:8 (ESV)
“ ‘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.
REV 3:9 (ESV)
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.
PHIL. 2:10-11 (ESV)
10. so that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11. and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
REASSURED BY JESUS
REV 3:10-13
REV 3:10 (ESV)
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.
1 THESS. 1:10b (ESV)
Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to
come.
REV 3:11 (ESV)
I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so
that no one may seize your crown.
MT. 25:21a (ESV)
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good
and faithful servant.
REV 3:12 (ESV)
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.
REV 3:12 (ESV)
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.
REV 3:12 (ESV)
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.
REV 3:12 (ESV)
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.
REV 3:12 (ESV)
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.
REV 3:13 (ESV)
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the churches.’
THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA
• REPRESENTED BY JESUS
• RECOGNIZED BY JESUS
• REASSURED BY JESUS
IN TIMES OF DIFFICULTIES
IN LIFE JESUS IS ALWAYS
THE KEY TO MY FUTURE
HOPE.