The situation in Laodicea is a lesson for us in realising what we have in Christ and a warning not to trade it for the things of this world that will not last.

But testing is not something confined to the city of Philadelphia in the first century, so this letter has much to say to us as well!

In Jesus' letter to the church of Sardis, he answers a modern question with some ancient and divine insight about what the reality of our identity is... and it is not what the church at Sardis expected!

Jesus shows us the model of practicing conditionaltolerance and unconditional love, for love is the highest virtue of all - the mark of a true disciple.

This is something every Christian man should aspire to!

Which would be the greater test on your faithfulness?

When we think like this, we are failing to remember that ultimately we will receive the crown of life from our our Saviour, Jesus

In the face of particularly difficult living conditions for followers of Jesus, the Christians in Ephesus were encouraged to return to the patient endurance they had exhibited in the past.

As we finish the opening chapter of Revelation this Sunday, Pastor Greg will endeavour to provide a Biblical framework for understanding this final book of the Scriptures.

This Sunday we start looking in to the text of the Book of Revelation proper, and seeing the source of this blessing and our hope for the future.