Not Eagles Home!
Godzilla don’t want you to be confused. This not city with an NFL team! Philadelphia a city in Asia Minor founded in 189 BC. It developed to be center of Greek language and thought. It, in essence, a missionary city for Greek culture.
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. ‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
Revelation 3:7-13
Like Sardis, Jesus have nothing but compliments for Philadelphia church. Church continue to thrive even though small. In other words, they small but mighty, and they will be seen by others as they thrive before the world. They are also “open door” to spread good news to rest of world! The are missionaries of Christian life.
Big Lizard ask you if this how you see your church? What’s its reputation? Are they spreading good news outward?
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