The message contextualizes Paul's letter to Ephesus and the emphasis on the free gift of grace given through Christ Jesus.

Jesus is supreme over creation. He is the head of His church. He is the sole power holding your life together.

When a church has thoughts self-sufficiency and expressions of self-satisfaction - that's a church that makes Christ sick.

Since truth and love are inseparable - we cannot embrace any situation which requires a denial of truth from ourselves or a misrepresentation of truth to others.

Though Philadelphia is insignificant in the eyes of the world- its worship of Jesus, dedication to the Gospel and expectation of eternal blessing makes it A Church Jesus Praises.

The message draws seven vital characteristics of truth from the beginning of the Apostle John's second letter.

The Lord's message to His church at Sardis confirms that an assembly can be dead and just not know it yet. However, just like in His ministry, Jesus can raise the dead.

An introduction to 2nd John shows the twin virtues of truth and love and both inseparable and indispensable.

When false teaching and immoral behavior rise up in the assembly, that church will ultimately experience either the reward for obedience to the Lord Jesus, or judgment for remaining disobedient to the Lord Jesus.