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Revelation 3:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Revelation 3:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 3:2

Theological / Devotional

Be watchful. Concerning watchfulness as a Christian duty see on Matt. 24:42; cf. Matt. 25:13.

Things which remain. Even in degenerate Protestantism there were certain things worth laboring to preserve. Much, but not all, had been lost. The spiritual life of Protestantism was dying, but the system was not yet dead. “Survival” may be thought of as the keynote of the Sardis period of church history.

Thy works perfect. The ardor of Protestantism during its early years gave promise of a pressing forward toward perfection in understanding revealed truth and in applying it to the life. But as the years went by zeal and piety waned, and the church wearied of the effort to reach the goal it had set out to attain.

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