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Revelation 3:1-6
Σάρδεις
Outline:
I.
SALUTATION AND NAME OF CHURCH IDENTIFIED, Verse 1
II.
IDENTIFICATION OF CHRIST AS SENDER, Verse 1
III.
ASSERTION OF KNOWLEDGE, Verse 1
IV.
COMMENT AND CONCERN, Verses 1-2
V.
EXHORTATION, Verse 3-4
VI.
PROMISED BLESSING, Verse 5
VII.
ADMONITION TO HEED, Verse 6
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I.
SALUTATION AND NAME OF CHURCH IDENTIFIED, Verse 18
A. Sardis
1. Sardis was located about 50 kilometers south east of Thyatira
2. Sardis was the capital of the ancient Lydian empire.
3.
In the past this was a very great city.
4. Much of the history of this cityʼs spirituality is similar to that of the other cities we
have already looked at.
There was much Idolatry and immorality that was being
practiced.
Different pagan deities that ere worshiped and temples that were
venerated in their pagan worship practices.
5.
The location of the city was, militarily speaking, very defendable.
a) The city was situated about 290 - 460 meters high on a peninsula shaped
precipice overlooking the valley of Hermus.
Because of itʼs situation this city
was ostensibly impenetrable.
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b) However the cliff face was made of clay and so it gave way to erosion quite
easily thus forming cracks big enough to be scaled all the way to the top
where entrance to the city was obtained.
It was these cracks that enemies of
the city would exploit in order to penetrate the city and thus over take it.
c) The city was over taken at least two times that we know of in history.
d) Both times this city was taken it was by surprise, at night, via scaling the
cracks in the cliff face that lead up to the city.
(1) 549 BC Cyrus
(2) 214 BC Antiochus
II.
IDENTIFICATION OF CHRIST AS SENDER, Verse 1
A. “These things saith he that hath the seven spirits”
1. Revelation 1:4.
This is another way to describe the fulness of the Spirit of God.
2.
Here Jesus says that He is the one that “has the seven spirits”.
This is a direct
claim to having the fullness of the Spirit of God.
3.
This is an “allusion to the sevenfold character of the Holy Spirit as resting upon
Christ according to the prophecy of Isaiah 11:2-5.
B. “and the seven stars”
1.
This is the second time that Jesus makes reference to the seven stars in
addressing the churches.
The first time was to the church in Ephesus,
Revelation 2:1.
2. The Seven stars are the messengers of or to the seven churches.
We saw that
in Revelation 1:20.
3. The messengers of Jesus are in Jesusʼ hand.
What this signifies is His calling
and protecting of these messengers but also the great accountability that church
leaders have to Jesus and so He reminds them that He is the one who is holding
them in His hand.
C. In that Christ introduces Himself as the one who has the seven Spirits of God and
the seven stars, He points out that these qualities that He posses insures righteous
judgment of the wicked.
Revelation 5:6
III.
ASSERTION OF KNOWLEDGE, Verse 1
A. “I Know thy works”
1. Jesus simply states that he has knowledge of their works but He doesnʼt
elaborate.
With the other churches he did.
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2. Evidently there were a few things that they were doing that were, at the least,
noticeable.
However, the issue of concern that Jesus brings up with this church
was so important that it superseded any and all good works that were worth
mentioning.
So he gets straight to the point with no commendation!
3. “Like the letter to Laodicea it is an unmixed message of rebuke and censor.” 1
IV.
COMMENT AND CONCERN, Verses 1-2
A. “that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.”
1.
With this church and Laodicea Jesus did not have anything good to say about
them.
2. The problem was that hey had a name to live but the reality was that they were
dead.
a) A name to live:
(1) They were the church, they were christians, disciples of Jesus Christ
and recipients of the Gospel of grace.
(2) This is what they were by name and what they were known for.
So they
were christians in name only.
Nominally christians, nominally disciples,
nominally believers in Jesus etc…
b) But in reality they were dead:
(1) An appearance of christianity and godliness but, according to Christʼs
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