The Church in Philadelphia: The Persevering Church

We don’t hear a lot in Revelation 3:7-13 to describe Philadelphia because we will notice most of the letter is taken over not with a description of the church but rather the verses are given over to comfort and encouragement. Little Philadelphia gets the most sustained discourse of promise and of hope—the smaller you are; the weaker you feel—the more it seems Jesus wants to come alongside and give you promise after promise…I count 6 promises.