Hear What the Spirit Says to the Churches Revelation 3:13

John the apostle saw the vision of Jesus in chapter one of “Revelation”, and he began to write to the “seven churches in Asia”. He started with the church located in “Ephesus”, then the “church of Smyrna”, the “church in Pergamos”, the “church in Thyatira”, “the church in Sardis” and “the church in Philadelphia” where He told them, “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown”, and he added, “Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.” In chapter three and verse thirteen of Revelation Jesus declared for people who have “ears” to “hear what the Spirit says to the churches” where we read:

He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.

The verse reads, “He that has an ear, ...” John began with the words, “he that has an ear” which means “the person who hold, owns and possesses the body part used for the faculty of hearing, perceiving, understanding and knowing with the mind”, “let him hear” or “allow and permit that person attend to, consider, understand and perceive”. Jesus called upon everyone who has the “capacity for listening, perceiving and understanding”.

The verse goes on to say, “... what the Spirit says unto the churches.” John continued with the words, ““what the Spirit” which means “that which the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit who is coequal and co-eternal with the Father and the Son” “says” which means “speaks, utters, declares and proclaims” “unto the churches” which refers to “toward the assemblies of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting”. Jesus desires for everyone to “consider, understand and perceive” what God's “Spirit” is telling the “churches”.

When we consider John's words in this verse, we see how Jesus declared the same exhortation to the “church in Philadelphia” as He did the other churches. God desires for people to have “listening ears” and “obedient hearts” to what His “Spirit” says, and those who have received His Son Jesus as their “Savior and Lord” and part of His “church” should be “hearing” Him at all times. May all who are reading these words “hear” and “obey” the “Spirit” of the living God.

Next time we see John share how Jesus addresses, “the angel of the church of the Laodiceans”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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