Revelation 3:19

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 3:14-22

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 3:14. Laodiceans.—The city of Laodicea was situated on the banks of the Lycus, near Hierapolis and Colossæ. Archippus was possibly the angel of this Church, in the sense of being its chief pastor. Laodicea received its name from Laodice, wife of Antiochus, the second King of Syria, by whom it was re-built and beautified. Amen.—Here only used as a personal name. Faithful.—In the sense of trustworthy (see Revelation 1:5). “Trench suggests the three things... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 3:19

Revelation 3:15 , Revelation 3:19 I. Look at the loving rebuke of the faithful Witness: "Thou art neither cold nor hot." We are manifestly there in the region of emotion. The metaphor applies to feeling. We talk of warmth of feeling, ardour of affection, fervour of love, and the like; and the opposite, cold, expresses obviously the absence of any glow of a true, living emotion. So, then, the persons thus described are Christian people with very little, though a little, warmth of affection and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 3:19

DISCOURSE: 2503EPISTLE TO LAODICEARevelation 3:19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.IN the epistles to the seven Churches of Asia, there is an exceedingly rich variety of instruction, that is quite as applicable to us at this day as ever it was to the Church to whom it was first delivered. It is probable that some in Laodicea would regard the menace which was sent them in this epistle as a prelude to their utter destruction. They could not conceive that... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Revelation 3:14-21

An Earnest Warning about Lukewarmness A Sermon Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, July 26th, 1874, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Newington "Unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich,... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Revelation 3:19

The Loved Ones Chastened November 22, 1857 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." Revelation 3:19 . The dealings of God towards the sons of men have always puzzled the wise men of the earth who have tried to understand them. Apart from the revelation of God the dealings of Jehovah towards his creatures in this world seem to be utterly inexplicable. Who can understand how it is that the wicked flourish and are in great... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 3:1-22

Chapter 3And unto the angel of the church in Sardis (Protestant Reformation) write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God ( Revelation 3:1 ),And so the fullness of the Spirit as it dwelt in Jesus, Isaiah the eleventh chapter.and the seven stars; I know thy works, that you have a name that you are alive, but really you are dead ( Revelation 3:1 ).Dead Protestantism. And I'll tell you if you don't believe it is dead, go to Europe. You go into a post-Christian era when you get... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 3:1-22

Epistle the fifth. Revelation 3:1 . Sardis, once a flourishing city, the residence of ancient kings, now a miserable village, having but few christians. This is not the Sardis, capital of Lydia, where Crœsus reigned, the richest king of all the east; the city which Cyrus took by the treachery of an officer, and eased Crœsus of all his gold and silver. Vide Cyroped. lib. 7. The Sardis of John is fifty miles east of Smyrna. Many critics have indeed asserted this to be the capital of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 3:14-22

Revelation 3:14-22The Laodiceans.Laodicea--the self-complacent ChurchLaodicea is the type of a self-complacent Church. Underneath the condemnation of luke-warmness there is a yet more heart-searching lesson. Lukewarmness itself is the sure result of self-complacency; it is absolutely impossible for self-complacent men |o be other than lukewarm. If we grasp this truth we get below symptoms of a grave and conspicuous evil in Churches to its very source; we reach the heart and display its hidden... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 3:19-22

Revelation 3:19-22As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.Divine chastisementI. In reference to the sinner, what is the object of Divine chastisement? The merciful design is the conviction and conversion of the sinner, his restoration to the image of God. And what are the means employed by the Holy Spirit for this end? Sickness, poverty, bereavements, the ministry of the Word, the faithful admonition of a loving friend, or even a tract offered by the wayside.II. In regard to the Lord’s own... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 3:19

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Ver. 19. As many as I love ] q.d. Think not that I hate you, because I thus chide you. He that escapes reprehension may suspect his adoption. God had one Son without corruption, but none without correction. We must look through the anger of his correction to the sweetness of his loving countenance; as by a rainbow we see the beautiful image of the sun’s light in the midst of a dark and waterish cloud. See more in... read more

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