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.

To the church at Philadelphia, Christ introduces himself as “he that is holy, he that is true, and he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth…and he that is holy.” He saw and acknowledged their good works. They were a small church, and had little strength, but they kept his word and did not deny his name. So the Lord encouraged them that he would keep them from the hour of temptation, and reminded them to “hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.”

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