The Letters to the Seven Churches (Part 10) Revelation 2-3, The Letter to Philadelphia 3:6-13

 The head v. 7

o Holy--Linked to YHWH

o Reality

o Authority

o Sovereign

 The opportunity, v. 8

o The fact

o The meaning

o The appropriateness of the figure “open door”

o The place of the open door

o Preparation for an open door

o How do they qualify?

• Personal weakness

• Personal obedience

• Did not deny His name

 The future vv. 9-11

o Immediate future v. 9

o Remote future v. 10

 A promise vv. 12-13

Open door (opportunity)

 Does not mean absence of opposition

 Not necessarily mean permanent opportunity

 Existence of need is not necessarily an open door