Jesus wants to have a conversation with the Church in your city. In the Letter to the Church in Philadelphia, Jesus encourages and exhorts the people to persevere, hold fast, and fix their attention upon eternity. Jesus emphasizes His care for His people as He intervenes to open and shut doors, helping those who are persecuted and in difficulty to fulfill His will. He then lays out the rewards to those who overcome, promising that those who keep His Word are able to because they are being kept by Jesus.