In the letter to the church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-13, we read the second of two letters that contains only praise and encouragement from Jesus for the church. Although the church in Philadelphia looked weak, it was actually strong, because it had done the one simple thing that all churches and all Christians must do: keep Christ’s word. Jesus’ instruction to them (and to us) was correspondingly simple: hold on to what you have.
Almost all humans recognize that there is a gap between what we should do and what we actually do. Also, we have invented many...
A biblical explanation of church membership and its great privileges and responsibilities
"Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life."