For those who have but a little strength, the Lord sets open a wide door. You may not be able to open the door, but you can enter it in His Name. Once He opens the door, all the opposition you may be called upon to encounter will not avail to shut it; and if He shuts the door against your adversaries, all their craft and strength will beat against its exterior in vain. Get Christ to shut the door against the tempting at would allure you from your allegiance, may be sorely beset, but He will keep them in the hour of trial. They shall not miss their crown, but shall become permanent and important constituents in the eternal Temple. "We have often stood to notice the strength and stability of a pillar in an old church. It has looked unmoved on generations that have grown from youth to age at its base, and so shall Christ's saints endure.
It is marvelous how much Christ can make of our poor lives, if only we yield to Him. It was said of a great statesman recently deceased, "He was a resounding example of what a great thing a great man may make of a life." But how much greater can Christ make a life, once a mere block of stone, but now inscribed with His own mystic handwriting and engraving! [source]
Chapter Summary: Revelation 3
1The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved and exhorted to repent 7The angel of the church of Philadelphia is approved for his diligence and patience; 14the angel of Laodicea rebuked for being neither hot nor cold 20Christ stands at the door and knocks
What do the individual words in Revelation 3:13 mean?
The [one]havingan earlet him hearwhattheSpiritsaysto thechurches