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.
In the New Testament, as in the Old, the people of God were led by elders who were selected from among the people.
Daniel urgently asked God to keep his own promises for the glory of his own name.
In Daniel 1, four teenagers show us how to be faithful when we are pressured to conform to the world around us.
