Podcasts about Revelation 3

Scripture Reading: Revelation 3:14-22 If ever there was a church in the Biblical setting which mirrors the church in America today, it is the church in Laodicea.  Laodicea was a wealthy city, with a clothing industry, a flourishing money changing trade, and a famous medical school which was known for the development of ointment for the eyes and the ears.  Banking, industry, medicine, education … Laodicea had it all. But there was a very serious problem in the church in Laodicea.  Spiritually they were lukewarm (Rev 3:15,16).  There was no fire in their soul for God.  And His assessment of this congregation was "you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked" (Rev 3:17).  They were blind to their own spiritual lethargy.  They thought they were doing well because of their material wealth, but all the time their souls were shriveled up … and they did not even know it. One of the great dangers in America, with our unbelievable wealth, is self-indulgence and self-deception.  The gold and the white garments and eyesight the Lord is offering in Revelation 3:18 are spiritual wonders … faith, holiness, insight into eternal truth, delight in God.  There is nothing we possess in our house that even comes close to the value of such things.  May God keep us from half-hearted affections toward spiritual wealth.  By His grace may He help us to be passionate about having our eyes opened to heavenly mysteries and everlasting truth.  Everything else is perishing.

Revelation 3:7-13 | Holding Fast to Jesus | Chris Daukas

“To the Church at Sardis” - Revelation 3:1-6

Send us a textIn this episode, you will find the following:1) Reading of Revelation Chapter 32) Explanations of key takeaways3) Summary4) Prayer

20 Proverbs 5-6; 05 Deuteronomy 26-29; 19 Psalms 10-16; 66 Revelation 3-9

A verse-by-verse study through the Book of Revelation

A verse-by-verse study through the Book of Revelation

September 15, 2025Hope Alive: Applying God's Word to Your Daily LifeThe Revelation 3:17-22I am Chad Harrison, and I am the teaching pastor of Lake Community Church and had been serving as a pastor for 25 years. I'm also a practicing attorney. This podcast is designed to help you study God's word and find God's will for your life. The purpose of studying scripture is that you might know the character of Jesus Christ, and that you might see the world from the Father's perspective. That you gain wisdom that changes your life. I pray in the name of Jesus right now that God would open His word to you and allow you to see Him and to know Him. To know His will, that you might glorify Him and that you might walk in faith and power each day, especially today. In Jesus name.If you would like to revisit today's Bible study, please visit our website at https://hopealive.buzzsprout.com/ to download the transcript. If this podcast ministered to you, please subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple podcasts. Reviews help us reach more people and spread the wisdom of God. Please follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopealivewithgod/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hopealiveministry/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LakeComChurch/ -Lake Community Church 

A verse-by-verse study through the Book of Revelation

Scripture Reading: Revelation 3:7-13 We live in an age in which profit margins and statistical analyses are the methods by which almost everything is judged.  Bigger is better.  It is a world of Apple and Microsoft and Amazon … a world in which larger companies swallow smaller companies … a world in which something is deemed wrong if this year's numbers are not higher than last year's numbers.  Almost everything in life is quantified and evaluated accordingly. The upshot of this statistical environment is that churches have become preoccupied with numbers.  But bigger budgets do not necessarily mean spiritual growth.  Bigger membership rolls do not necessarily mean more Christians.  Bigger buildings do not necessarily mean more sincere worship. Certainly this is one lesson from the church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-13.  They were a church of ‘little power' (Rev 3:8).  They did not have the reputation of Sardis, nor the splendor of Pergamum, nor the influence of Ephesus.  They were probably the smallest of the seven churches, but, according to this letter, they were the most effective of all the churches.  They were obedient to God's Word (Rev 3:8,10) and saw even some of their enemies repent and worship Jesus Christ (Rev 3:9).  God's evaluation of a church (or an individual) is based on things like faithfulness, purity, humility, perseverance, obedience … not on statistical analyses.  Bigger is better?  Not in the kingdom of God. 

On today's podcast, we're diving into a powerful and sobering message from the book of Revelation. We'll be looking at the letter to the church in Sardis, a city famous for its history, its wealth, and its seemingly impenetrable fortress. But as we'll discover, a great reputation can hide a deadly secret.Jesus Christ sends a message to this church that pulls back the curtain on their spiritual condition. He says, "I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead." This isn't a church under persecution; it's a church that has grown so comfortable with the world that it has lost its spiritual life.Join us as we explore Christ's urgent call to "wake up," to strengthen what remains of their faith, and to repent. We'll examine the profound promises He makes to those who overcome—including the assurance of a name that will never be blotted out of the Book of Life.Complete Content Survey ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. I have a new devotional book available ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

September 12, 2025Hope Alive: Applying God's Word to Your Daily LifeThe Revelation 3:14-16I am Chad Harrison, and I am the teaching pastor of Lake Community Church and had been serving as a pastor for 25 years. I'm also a practicing attorney. This podcast is designed to help you study God's word and find God's will for your life. The purpose of studying scripture is that you might know the character of Jesus Christ, and that you might see the world from the Father's perspective. That you gain wisdom that changes your life. I pray in the name of Jesus right now that God would open His word to you and allow you to see Him and to know Him. To know His will, that you might glorify Him and that you might walk in faith and power each day, especially today. In Jesus name.If you would like to revisit today's Bible study, please visit our website at https://hopealive.buzzsprout.com/ to download the transcript. If this podcast ministered to you, please subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple podcasts. Reviews help us reach more people and spread the wisdom of God. Please follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopealivewithgod/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hopealiveministry/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LakeComChurch/ -Lake Community Church 

What kind of sin disgusts Jesus? He is certainly appalled by sexual sin, religious idolatry, and worldly compromise, but in the seven letters to the churches of Revelation, his harshest words are reserved for lukewarm Laodicea. In this letter to Laodicea, Jesus calls them and us out of spiritual apathy and lukewarmness by showing his disgust for it, describing what it looks like, detailing a path back, and revealing that he rebukes in grace.

September 11, 2025Hope Alive: Applying God's Word to Your Daily LifeThe Revelation 3:10-13I am Chad Harrison, and I am the teaching pastor of Lake Community Church and had been serving as a pastor for 25 years. I'm also a practicing attorney. This podcast is designed to help you study God's word and find God's will for your life. The purpose of studying scripture is that you might know the character of Jesus Christ, and that you might see the world from the Father's perspective. That you gain wisdom that changes your life. I pray in the name of Jesus right now that God would open His word to you and allow you to see Him and to know Him. To know His will, that you might glorify Him and that you might walk in faith and power each day, especially today. In Jesus name.If you would like to revisit today's Bible study, please visit our website at https://hopealive.buzzsprout.com/ to download the transcript. If this podcast ministered to you, please subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple podcasts. Reviews help us reach more people and spread the wisdom of God. Please follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopealivewithgod/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hopealiveministry/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LakeComChurch/ -Lake Community Church 

September 10, 2025Hope Alive: Applying God's Word to Your Daily LifeThe Revelation 3:7-9I am Chad Harrison, and I am the teaching pastor of Lake Community Church and had been serving as a pastor for 25 years. I'm also a practicing attorney. This podcast is designed to help you study God's word and find God's will for your life. The purpose of studying scripture is that you might know the character of Jesus Christ, and that you might see the world from the Father's perspective. That you gain wisdom that changes your life. I pray in the name of Jesus right now that God would open His word to you and allow you to see Him and to know Him. To know His will, that you might glorify Him and that you might walk in faith and power each day, especially today. In Jesus name.If you would like to revisit today's Bible study, please visit our website at https://hopealive.buzzsprout.com/ to download the transcript. If this podcast ministered to you, please subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple podcasts. Reviews help us reach more people and spread the wisdom of God. Please follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopealivewithgod/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hopealiveministry/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LakeComChurch/ -Lake Community Church 

September 9, 2025Hope Alive: Applying God's Word to Your Daily LifeThe Revelation 3:2-6I am Chad Harrison, and I am the teaching pastor of Lake Community Church and had been serving as a pastor for 25 years. I'm also a practicing attorney. This podcast is designed to help you study God's word and find God's will for your life. The purpose of studying scripture is that you might know the character of Jesus Christ, and that you might see the world from the Father's perspective. That you gain wisdom that changes your life. I pray in the name of Jesus right now that God would open His word to you and allow you to see Him and to know Him. To know His will, that you might glorify Him and that you might walk in faith and power each day, especially today. In Jesus name.If you would like to revisit today's Bible study, please visit our website at https://hopealive.buzzsprout.com/ to download the transcript. If this podcast ministered to you, please subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple podcasts. Reviews help us reach more people and spread the wisdom of God. Please follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopealivewithgod/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hopealiveministry/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LakeComChurch/ -Lake Community Church 

September 8, 2025Hope Alive: Applying God's Word to Your Daily LifeThe Revelation 3:1I am Chad Harrison, and I am the teaching pastor of Lake Community Church and had been serving as a pastor for 25 years. I'm also a practicing attorney. This podcast is designed to help you study God's word and find God's will for your life. The purpose of studying scripture is that you might know the character of Jesus Christ, and that you might see the world from the Father's perspective. That you gain wisdom that changes your life. I pray in the name of Jesus right now that God would open His word to you and allow you to see Him and to know Him. To know His will, that you might glorify Him and that you might walk in faith and power each day, especially today. In Jesus name.If you would like to revisit today's Bible study, please visit our website at https://hopealive.buzzsprout.com/ to download the transcript. If this podcast ministered to you, please subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple podcasts. Reviews help us reach more people and spread the wisdom of God. Please follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopealivewithgod/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hopealiveministry/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LakeComChurch/ -Lake Community Church 

Dear Church: SARDIS | Revelation 3:1-6 | Benji Horning

Sometimes, ensuring our spiritual house is in order is worth the small discomfort of testing it, lest we be caught asleep.

The church at Philadelphia didn't look like much financially, numerically, or physically, but they were viewed highest regard by Jesus for one reason - They were faithful to Him. Listen to this week's letter to the seven churches as Jesus reminds us of the necessity and value of faithfulness.

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Sunday Service: Laodicea, a wealthy and self-sufficient city known for its banking, textiles, and medical advancements, had allowed its prosperity to blind it to its need for God. Jesus, identifying Himself as the Amen—the fulfillment of God's promises and the beginning of God's new family—reminded them that everything centers on Him, not their riches. Using the city's lukewarm water supply as an illustration, He exposed how their faith had become useless—neither refreshing like cold water nor healing like hot, but corrupted by pride and self-reliance. Unlike other churches, Laodicea received no praise, only rebuke, for their love of money had displaced their love for God, echoing the warnings given to Israel and the lesson of the rich young ruler. Jesus called them to trade worldly wealth for spiritual riches, to put on the white garment of salvation, and to see clearly through His truth rather than through the blindness of prosperity. Though they had shut Him out, His discipline proved His love, and He stood ready to reenter if they repented and invited Him back in. This warning extended beyond Laodicea, reminding all believers that salvation requires ongoing faithfulness, dependence on Christ alone, and a refusal to let wealth or self-sufficiency replace devotion to Him. Partner with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com/partner Connect with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com                  

Revelation 3:14-22 Who's That Knocking At My Door? with Pastor Ron Brav by Upcountry Calvary

Sabbatical Recap: Benji Horning | Dear Church: Letter to Laodicea | Revelation 3:14-22 | Nate Gushwa

Preacher: John Schubert Text: Revelation 3:10-11 and Selected Scriptures

Scripture Reading: Revelation 3:1-6 The letter to the church at Sardis is the fourth letter of seven letters Christ spoke to these select churches.  The problem in the church at Sardis was spiritual deadness, even though they appeared to the observer to be a church brimming with vitality.  ". . . you have a name that you are alive, and you are dead" (Rev 3:1). This passage cuts to the very nature of spiritual life in a church.  It is possible to have an external appearance of life through forms of worship and programs, while at the same time lack spiritual passion in the heart.  God's evaluation of a church (or a person) is not based on any external forms.  It issues from the status of the heart.  It is possible to sing songs without any earnest reality in the soul.  It is possible to pray without any heartfelt humility or awe or longing.  It is possible to go to church without any deep hunger to know God better.  True worship is not something we can turn on once per week, like a light switch.  Whatever our hearts are like during the week, that is what they are like on Sunday.  If there is no thirsting after God on Tuesday, there will be no thirsting for Him on Sunday morning when the forms of worship are employed.  Genuine worship is an overall perspective and passion of the soul.  Sunday simply gives this passion corporate expression in a church service, but the longing after God is there quite independently of Sunday worship forms.  If such spiritual yearning is not present within each of us, our church can look like it is alive, while all the time being dead. 

Sunday Pastor Rick Barnett 8/24/2025

Shepherding Our Hearts with Tina Shepherd and Addy Hine A Bible podcast for ladies Ep169 - Revelation 3:16

Jesus speaks to the church at Sardis unveiling that they are a dead church. They look alive and check a lot of boxes, but they are a largely spiritually dead and unregenerate group of people. However, even in this dead body, there are living saints. Jesus speaks some of the greatest words of comfort to those who hadn't defiled themselves.

Revelation 3:7-13 The Faithful and True Church with Pastor Ron Brav by Upcountry Calvary

Sunday Service: In Revelation 3:7–13, Jesus commends the church of Philadelphia for their faithfulness despite their limited resources, reminding them that He alone holds the Key of David—the ultimate authority to open doors of opportunity. Unlike other churches, Philadelphia receives no rebuke, but instead encouragement: though persecuted, they remained steadfast in the Word, and Jesus promises to protect them in the coming worldwide tribulation. This passage teaches that true strength lies not in numbers or wealth but in perseverance, obedience, and love. When God opens a door, no one can shut it; when He closes a door, no one can force it open. Believers are urged to remain faithful, guard their salvation, and endure to the finish line, where they will receive a crown and reign with Christ in the new creation, free from pain and filled with everlasting joy. Partner with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com/partner Connect with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com                  

Dear Church: Letter to Philadelphia | Revelation 3:7-13 | Bill Dogterom

Sunday Pastor Rick Barnett 8/17/2025

Sunday Service: Revelation 3:1–6 highlights Jesus' sharp rebuke of the church in Sardis, exposing their false reputation as a vibrant, godly community while in reality they were spiritually dead. Though outwardly active in good works, social causes, and community service, their efforts were not rooted in a heart transformed by Christ. Jesus makes it clear that good deeds without genuine faith are worthless, reminding them that many “good people” will miss salvation. Unlike churches with obvious sins, Sardis' hypocrisy was hidden beneath religious activity, making it harder to discern. Jesus calls them to repent and truly believe in Him, warning that without salvation they will be left behind at His sudden return, like in the days of Noah and Lot. Yet, even in this lifeless church, a few true believers remain faithful, showing that God can still use flawed ministries to bring people to salvation. Jesus closes with hope and encouragement: those who stay with Him will be clothed in white, their sins washed away, their names secure in the Book of Life, and they will overcome by holding fast to Him. Partner with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com/partner Connect with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com                  

Jesus threatens the lukewarm church of Laodicea that they will not be embraced by him unless they become zealous for him and repent! Our students need this warning and rebuke today!

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Preacher: John Schubert Text: Revelation 3:14-22