VII THE VICTOR’S SOVEREIGNTY
VII THE VICTOR’S SOVEREIGNTY – Alexander Maclaren ‘To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.’ — Revelation 3:21. The Church at Laodicea touched the lowest point of Christian character. It had no heresies, but that […]
CHRIST AT THE DOOR
CHRIST AT THE DOOR – Alexander Maclaren “Behold 1 I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.”—Rev, iii. 20. MANY of us are familiar, I dare say, with the devoutly imaginative rendering of […]
CHRIST’S COUNSEL TO A LUKEWARM CHURCH
CHRIST’S COUNSEL TO A LUKEWARM CHURCH – Alexander Maclaren ‘I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.’ — Revelation […]
LAODICEA
LAODICEA – Alexander Maclaren ‘I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot.., be zealous therefore, and repent.’ — Revelation 3:15, 19. We learn from Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians that there was a very close connection between that Church and this at Laodicea. It is a probable conjecture that a certain Archippus, who is […]
VI THE VICTOR’S LIFE NAMES
VI THE VICTOR’S LIFE NAMES – Alexander Maclaren ‘Him that overcometh will I make as pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more, out: and I will write upon him the name of My God. and the name of the city of My God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh […]
THY CROWN
THY CROWN – Alexander Maclaren ‘…Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.’ — Revelation 3:11. The Philadelphian Church, to which these stirring words are addressed, is the only church of the seven in which there was nothing that Christ rebuked. It had no faults, or at least no recorded faults, either […]
KEEPING AND KEPT
KEEPING AND KEPT – Alexander Maclaren ‘Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the war of temptation.’ — Revelation 3:10. There are only two of the seven churches which receive no censure or rebuke from Jesus Christ; and of these two — viz., the churches of Smyrna and […]
V THE VICTOR’S LIFE ROBE
V THE VICTOR’S LIFE ROBE – Alexander Maclaren ‘He that overcometh the same shall be clothed is white raiment; and I will not blot out him name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father, end before His angels.’ — Revelation 3:5. The brightest examples of earnest Christianity are […]
WALKING IN WHITE
WALKING IN WHITE – Alexander Maclaren ‘Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white: for they are worthy.’ — Revelation 3:4. The fond fancy that the primitive Church was a Better Church than to- day’s is utterly Blown to pieces by the […]
LORD OF THE SPIRITS AND THE STARS
LORD OF THE SPIRITS AND THE STARS – Alexander Maclaren ‘… These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven star.’ — Revelation 3:1. The titles by which our Lord speaks of Himself in the letters to the seven churches are chosen to correspond with the spiritual condition o£ the community […]