03:01 .. to the angel of the church in Sardis write . . . he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars .. says this . . . .......... I know your deeds .. that you have a name that you are alive .. but you are dead 03:02 .. wake up .. and strengthen the things that remain .. which were about to die .. for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of my God 03:03 .. so remember what you have received and heard .. and keep it .. and repent .. therefore if you do not wake up .. .......... I will come like a thief .. and you will not know at what hour I will come to you 03:04 .. but you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments .. and they will walk with me in white .. .......... for they are worthy 03:05 .. he who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments .. and I will not erase his name from the book of life .. .......... and I will confess his name before my father and before his angels 03:06 .. he who has an ear .. let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches
03:07 .. and to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write . . . he who is holy .. who is true .. who has the key of David .. ..........who opens and no one will shut .. and who shuts and no one opens .. says this . . . 03:08 .. I know your deeds .. behold .. I have put before you an open door which no one can shut .. because you have a little power .. .......... and have kept my word .. and have not denied my name 03:09 .. behold .. I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan .. who say that they are Jews and are not .. but lie .. .......... I will make them come and bow down at your feet .. and make them know that I have loved you 03:10 .. because you have kept the word of my perseverance .. I also will keep you from the hour of testing .. .......... that hour which is about to come upon the whole world .. to test those who dwell on the earth 03:11 .. I am coming quickly .. hold fast what you have .. so that no one will take your crown 03:12 .. he who overcomes .. I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God .. and he will not go out from it anymore .. ..........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 out of heaven from my God .. and my new name 03:13 .. he who has an ear .. let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches
.................. message to Laodicea - religious and lost
03:14 .. to the angel of the church in Laodicea write . . . the Amen .. the faithful and true witness .. the beginning of the creation of God .. says this . . . 03:15 .. I know your deeds .. that you are neither cold nor hot .. I wish that you were cold or hot 03:16 .. so because you are lukewarm .. and neither hot nor cold .. I will spit you out of my mouth 03:17 .. because you say . . . I am rich .. and have become wealthy .. and have need of nothing .. and you do not know that you are wretched .......... and miserable and poor and blind and naked 03:18 .. I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich .. and white garments so that you may clothe yourself .. .......... and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed .. and eyesalve to anoint your eyes so that you may see
03:19 .. those whom I love .. I reprove and discipline .. therefore be zealous and repent 03:20 .. behold .. I stand at the door and knock .. if anyone hears my voice and opens the door .. I will come in to him and will dine with him .. and he with me 03:21 .. he who overcomes .. I will grant to him to sit down with me on my throne .. as I also overcame and sat down with my father on his throne 03:22 .. he who has an ear .. let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches
Let the believer keep his spiritual ears open continually .. for the voice of the Holy Spirit .. lest he be found merely professing the name of Christian .. and not having the power thereof .. or lest he grow lukewarm toward Christ .. and so be taken unawares .. or even found to be a counterfeit at the sudden appearing of Christ in glory . . . . Rev 3:20 supper is the evening meal .. the last taken before the morning .. breaks and the day dawns .. this verse is a picture of Christ seeking entrance to the Church of the final state .. and calling for individuals out of it who will sup with him .. the night is far spent .. the day is at hand .. to sup with him before the morning breaks is the foretaste of coming glory