Letters to the Seven Churches

While in exile on the Island of Patmos, the Apostle John recorded the final book of the Bible, Revelation. It was the revelation John received directly from the Lord Jesus. In chapters two and three, we read how Christ directed John to deliver messages to seven churches existing at that time. These churches were located in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. The selected churches were representative of all the churches that existed at that time. They also are representative of and speak to our churches today. The letters contain powerful warnings and rich encouragements to churches throughout the world, then and now. In this series, Reverend William Macleod examines each of Christ’s direct and challenging messages to the churches. This series aims to provide meaningful insight, correction, and encouragement benefiting both individual believers and churches worldwide.

The church in Sardis appears to have been in a dreadful state of self-righteousness, the worst kind of hypocrisy. Christ tells them he has the seven Spirits of God, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the Helper, the Advocate, the one badly needed in the church of Sardis. They had a name they lived, but were dead, yet, there was a godly remnant among them, so there is hope, if they will repent. Those who are ashamed of Christ, he will be ashamed of them, but those who confess Christ, those who overcome, Christ will happily acknowledge them on the judgment day.

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