The third chapter of Revelation begins with a letter to the church at Sardis, which looks vibrant on the outside but is dying on the inside. Jesus comes to this church with a call to wake up and remember the Good News they have heard and received. What about us? Do we also need awakening to the Good News? Join Matt Pierson as he brings us this message of an encouraging wake-up call from Revelation 3.
“A picture of nominal Christianity, outwardly prosperous, busy with the externals of religious activity, but devoid of spiritual life and power.”
George Eldon Ladd, Professor at Fuller Seminary, on the church at Sardis
“We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.”
John Calvin
“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
C. S . Lewis
“What’s the point of faith unless you and it are serious – seriously serious – unless your religion fills, directs, stains and sustains your life?”
Julian Barnes, Nothing to be Frightened Of
“The final ingredient of watchfulness is expectancy… expectancy signals hope – not the flimsy hope of wishful thinking, but the confident expectation of promises fulfilled by a faithful God.”
Brian G. Hedges, Watchfulness
