December 12
Rev 3:7-22
“To the angel of the assembly in
Philadelphia write:
“He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens
and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one
can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny
my name. Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say
they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come
and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Because you
kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing,
which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. I
am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes
your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my
God, and he will go out from there no more. 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 out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. He who has an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write:
“The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says
these things:
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold
or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit
you out of my mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches,
and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one,
miserable, poor, blind, and naked; I counsel you to buy from me gold refined
by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe
yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye
salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. As many as I love, I reprove
and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door
and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in
to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. He who overcomes, I will
give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat
down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit says to the assemblies.”
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