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Hope in the Lord: Navigating Sin and Assurance - Glorious Hope | Studies in Revelation
The book of Revelation is the pulling back of the curtain so that we can see what the future of God's people will be. This revelation is our glorious hope as we look to Jesus in these days of tribulation and know for sure he is coming back to take us home.
The next two churches, before we come to the final church of Laodicea, are Sardis and Philadelphia. These two churches appear to be different, but share a common need to look to Jesus. Sardis was a church influenced by the arrogance of its city. Sardis believed itself to be secure because of its fortress strategically placed on high cliffs. The church had led itself to be secure, yet the charge against them is that they appear to be alive but they are really dead. They receive no commendation and simply rebuked for their decay in sin. But there is hope for them if they only turn and look to Jesus.
Philadelphia is a different story. The receive only commendation and no rebuke. They are a church in a city heavily influenced by the cult of the emperor, yet they have not given in. But it is not just the pagan world that is putting pressure on the church, it is the local Jewish synagogue as well. This church assures believers that they are truly Lord's and his salvation is not for ethnic Jews who reject Jesus. The church, the new Israel, is made up of Jew and Gentile who believe in Jesus. But this church too needs to look to Jesus and to place hope in him so that they will be kept to the end. The Protestant Reformers called this the Preservation of the Saints, a promise that is still with us today.
The letters to these two church force us to place our hope firmly in Jesus as our Saviour and as our keeper in the midst of a fallen and sin-filled world. He will lead home so that we will worship God for all eternity.
Glorious Hope is a podcast teaching series from Annalong Presbyterian Church. You can find out more at www.annalongpc.org/sermons.
Get your copy of the ESV Scripture Journal (Revelation) wherever you get your Christian books to help your own study in this series.
A video of this podcast is available at https://youtu.be/-5jyIRH4wrc.
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By Annalong Presbyterian ChurchThe book of Revelation is the pulling back of the curtain so that we can see what the future of God's people will be. This revelation is our glorious hope as we look to Jesus in these days of tribulation and know for sure he is coming back to take us home.
The next two churches, before we come to the final church of Laodicea, are Sardis and Philadelphia. These two churches appear to be different, but share a common need to look to Jesus. Sardis was a church influenced by the arrogance of its city. Sardis believed itself to be secure because of its fortress strategically placed on high cliffs. The church had led itself to be secure, yet the charge against them is that they appear to be alive but they are really dead. They receive no commendation and simply rebuked for their decay in sin. But there is hope for them if they only turn and look to Jesus.
Philadelphia is a different story. The receive only commendation and no rebuke. They are a church in a city heavily influenced by the cult of the emperor, yet they have not given in. But it is not just the pagan world that is putting pressure on the church, it is the local Jewish synagogue as well. This church assures believers that they are truly Lord's and his salvation is not for ethnic Jews who reject Jesus. The church, the new Israel, is made up of Jew and Gentile who believe in Jesus. But this church too needs to look to Jesus and to place hope in him so that they will be kept to the end. The Protestant Reformers called this the Preservation of the Saints, a promise that is still with us today.
The letters to these two church force us to place our hope firmly in Jesus as our Saviour and as our keeper in the midst of a fallen and sin-filled world. He will lead home so that we will worship God for all eternity.
Glorious Hope is a podcast teaching series from Annalong Presbyterian Church. You can find out more at www.annalongpc.org/sermons.
Get your copy of the ESV Scripture Journal (Revelation) wherever you get your Christian books to help your own study in this series.
A video of this podcast is available at https://youtu.be/-5jyIRH4wrc.