Philadelphia teaches us the importance of perseverance and enduring suffering for the glory of God, a concept that seems to be lost to the Church of today. We are promised suffering in this world (John 16:33, 2 Timothy 3:12). Both Paul and Peter speak to how “good” our suffering is for our Christian character (Romans 5:3-5, 1 Peter 5:10). And James even tells us to count our sufferings as joy (James 1:2-4)!

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