The Seven Churches: Philadelphia

Listen along as Anthony teaches on the church of Philadelphia.

Notes//Quotes:

Revelation 3:7-13 - Kim J. Reading

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." 
- Matthew 5:8

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
- 2 Corinthians 12:9

“For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
- Romans 8:13 

“32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.”
- Hebrews 11:32-34

“At 4:1 the ‘open door’ will provide John with privileged access to the heavenly throne-room, and with it to heavenly mysteries otherwise hidden from him. The same privileged access is offered to the faithful Philadelphians, and indeed all who heed the words of this message, enabling them to see their own difficult situation from God’s perspective, and thus make sense of it. When one is privileged to glimpse through the opened door, what originally appeared to be a defeat is transformed into a glorious vision of victory.”
- Ian Boxall

“Will play the role of the heathen and acknowledge that the church is the Israel of God.” 
- William Mounce

“Some commentator have affirmed that the way in which Christ will protect believers from the coming tribulation of 3:10 is by physically “rapturing” then from earth into heaven. This is primarily argued on the basis that this best accords with the most logical and literal force of (“keep from”). However, Gundry has shown the improbability of this understanding by demonstrating parallels between Rev. 3:10 and John 17:15, which is the only other NT occurrence of (“keep” with “from”: there Christ prays, “I ask not that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.” Thus Jesus denies a physical removal from tribulation and affirms a spiritual protection from the devil. In Prov. 7:5 and Jas 1:27 has the same idea of protection from evil for those living in the midst of evil.”
- G.K. Beale

“...Small, mostly overlooked things, over a long  period of time with Jesus." 
- Zach Eswine

Question:
Where are we truly drawing our strength from?

“What blazes up on Golgotha is God’s embrace of contradiction: weakness as power, foolishness as wisdom.”
- Jen Pollock Michel