Welcome to Part 2 with Dr. Nick Frederick, Revelation, chapters 1 through 5.

So there's the first four churches in chapter 2.

Chapter 3, we're going to get the last.

There are these final three churches.

The first church is the church at Sardis.

And here's what John says.

These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God kind of these angelic

attendance right that we saw in previous chapters the seven stars the angels that

oversee these churches I know thy works thou hast the name that thou livest and are dead. My guess is something like they appear to be

faithful, yet they persist in sin. Perhaps something like that. This church is going to have

a specific problem with complacency.

Seems to be their issue. Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain

that are ready to die. In other words, raise your game. You've got to take it up a

notch here. You're getting complacent. You've got to take it up a notch here. You're getting

comfortable all as well in Zion. And that's not how I need my

disciples to live.

Verse 4, thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments in this image of

garment again filed garments seem to symbolize sin our cleansed garments seem to represent the atonement.

They shall walk with me in white for they are worthy because they've resisted sin.

Then that clothing imagery continues in verse 5.

He that overcome, the promise is they shall be clothed in white

raiment. Your clothes right now that are defiled are going to be made white in

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