Revelation 3:19

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 3:1-22

SPECIAL DOCTRINO-ETHICAL AND HOMILETICAL NOTES (ADDENDUM)Section ThirdEarth-picture of the Seven Churches. The Seven Epistles (Chs. 2, 3)General.—The seven Churches as real portraits and at the same time as typical pictures of the whole Church, as regards (1) local extension and (2) chronological development.—The seven Churches as the centre of the seven loosed Seals or unveiled worldly history; as the occasion for the seven penitential Trumpets for the world in the Church and the Church in the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 3:14-22

“I Stand at the Door and Knock” Revelation 3:14-22 It is better to be cold than lukewarm, for in the latter case all that God’s love can do for the soul has only produced a moderate result, while if we are cold, our soul has yet to be tried. The Gospel has a better chance with the openly profane and godless than with those who have been brought up under its influence and are so far unaffected. The mischief with men generally is that they do not know themselves, and do not want to know; and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 3:1-22

The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is largely to that living remnant. The charge to be watchful was not spoken to death, but to life. Christ's message to the period was a call to establish the things that remained. The letter to the Church at Philadelphia covers the great period of evangelization which, ushered in by the Puritan... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 3:1-22

The Churches at Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea Revelation 3:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at Sardis. This is the fifth Church in the seven, and some startling things are revealed. 1. Sardis had a name to live but was dead. We fear that there are many churches who deserve this characterization. You read their reports to the church association, or conference, or synod, and you would think that they are quite alive. They tell of so... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 3:19

LOVE’S CHASTENING‘As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be Zealous, therefore, and repent.’ Revelation 3:19 Let us think of sickness and suffering in what is undoubtedly one of its most important aspects, as chastisement for sin. However it comes upon us, and whether it comes as the direct result of sin or not, it is always well for poor, erring human beings to remember this aspect of it, and to try to make a real use of it in this capacity. I. Pain is a great gift of God to a world in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:1-22

Messages To The Seven Churches (Revelation 2:1 to Revelation 3:22 ). The Son of Man now gives John messages to the seven churches. Each of them follows a general pattern. Firstly an introduction based on John’s vision (‘the things you saw’), secondly the state of the church and various warnings (‘the things which are’), and finally future events and the promises to the overcomers (‘the things which shall be hereafter’). Among other things they follow the pattern of Israel’s history as a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:19

‘As many as I love, I reprove and punish for their own good. Be zealous therefore and repent (have a change of heart and mind).’ (See Proverbs 3:11-12 for the idea of chastening, cited in Hebrews 12:3-9). The word for love is philo meaning great affection. Jesus wishes the Laodiceans to know that His heart reaches out to them, that His love is not dependent on their deserts. As God as Redeemer says in Isaiah 43:3 ‘you are precious in my sight and I have loved you’, while in Deuteronomy 7:8... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:1-22

Revelation 2:1 to Revelation 3:22 . The Letters to the Seven Churches.— These letters are addressed to individual churches, but their messages are intended for the Church as a whole. In every letter there occurs the phrase, “ He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.” read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:14-22

Revelation 3:14-Song of Solomon : . The Letter to the Church at Laodicea.— Laodicea was 40 miles SE. of Philadelphia and near Colossæ . It was famous for its wealth, and when it was overthrown by an earthquake in A.D. 60 , it disdained to receive a subsidy from Rome, preferring to restore the damage out of its own resources. It was, according to Sir W. M. Ramsay, one of the great banking and financial centres of the time. Revelation 3:14 . the Amen: cf. Isaiah 65:16 (RVm.), “ the god of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 3:19

I rebuke and chasten; elegcw kai paideuw the words may be translated, I convince and instruct, or deal with them as children; but it also signifies to chasten, and is so translated, 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:7; we translate it learn, 1 Timothy 1:20. By these words Christ lets this angel know, that although he had in this epistle dealt smartly with him, yet he had done it from a principle of love, as a father to a child, Hebrews 12:7. Be zealous therefore, and repent; he adviseth him... read more

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