 All right, so the recording is on. Let's just pray together and then we will get started in our course, BC 308 on Revelation and Daniel. And let's just pray and ask God that as we look into His Word, we will receive understanding and also revelation and our lives will be strengthened. Could somebody lead us in prayer, please? As we begin? Father God, we come before you, join once again. We want to just say thank you, Father God, for everything. Thank you, Father God, for your Word, Father God. Thank you, Father Subject. Thank you, Father God. Give your wisdom and audits and peace and comfort, Father God. Give your revelation, Father God that we can understand the subject, Father God. Thank you. Amen to your hand every time, Father, thank you. Almighty Jesus, name be pray, amen. Amen, amen. All right, thank you. Good morning, everyone. We are going through our study in the book of Revelation. And just quickly review a few things. We are still in the early chapters of Revelation. Just to quickly review our approach to the book of, our approach in studying the book of Revelation is that one of the things we've said is that really the Lord Jesus gave the soul revelation to John, the apostle. You know, in three parts, he said, write the things you have seen, the things that are and the things that are yet to come. So we have broken or say, we have divided the book of Revelation into those three timelines. Things that you have seen are essentially what John saw right then, that is Revelation chapter one, things that are, which has to do with the seven churches that existed at that time when John was there, which is Revelations chapter two and three. And then things which are too come, that means things that are going to happen in the future, which is Revelation chapter four on till the end. So we divide or we break up the book of Revelation to these three simple things, just as the Lord told John. We are right now going through chapters two and three, just looking at those seven churches. What was happening with those seven churches and what lessons we can learn from those seven churches. So we are just going through that out quickly. Summarize some things and then we just, we are in chapter three, so we will finish that and then move on into chapter four. So, you know, as the Lord Jesus is revealing this to John and you know, John sees that the Lord holds the seven stars in his right hand, the seven stars, each of the star represents the leader of each of the seven churches, the human leader of the seven churches. So he holds the seven stars in his right hand and the Lord is also the one who walks in the midst of the seven lampstands. So each of the seven churches is represented by a lampstand and the Lord is walking in the midst. That means he is, you know, overseeing, looking at all those seven churches. Now what we mentioned last week is, this is only representative of what the Lord is doing. That means the reality is there were hundreds of churches at that time, all across, you know, the Middle East and across the Mediterranean, literally hundreds of churches, small, small, small towns, villages, cities. So there were many, many churches. But in the vision, the message that is coming across to us is the Lord is holding the leaders of the churches in his hand, both as a protection and also as a sign of accountability. That means these leaders are accountable to the Lord, they're answerable to the Lord. And secondly, the Lord is one who walks in the midst of the churches, meaning he is overseeing, he is looking into every local church, how it's working, how, what is happening, what is going on, he's seeing. You know, so it's, even though here we are seeing only, you know, seven stars, seven churches, seven lampstands, the reality is this applies to all of the churches of the Lord, right? So that's something we mentioned. And therefore it applies to us as well. You know, we are here 2,000 years later, but the message the Lord gives to each of these churches is a message for us today. That means we must also check our own lives as leaders and also our own churches as leaders because the Lord is looking into every local church, examining it, seeing how it's doing, et cetera, right? So just to cover the churches we have gone through our revelation to be the first church that the Lord speaks to is the church in Ephesians. And quickly summarizing, you know, he says, you know, he knows this church is a very good church. They're doing the ministry, they're doing the work and they're very diligent, they are very, you know, they are very discerning and so on. But yet the one thing he says is, look, you have departed from your first love. And so you need to repent and you need to do the first works. So first love, first works are very important and they have to be maintained first in our lives. First love for the Lord, first works towards the Lord that has always to be maintained. And if we depart from that, the Lord Jesus is telling the church in Ephesians, you have actually fallen. That means you have gone down. You know, you're not where you're supposed to be. Why? Simply because they have gone away from their first love. They have stopped doing the first works. So we learn from that, you know, how important it is to keep our love for the Lord Jesus Christ. Love the Lord our God, all our heart, all our mind, all our soul, all our strength and to do the first works, which is to seek him first, to pray, to read the Bible, to, you know, just focus on him in worship. Those are the first works, meaning that the works that express my first love, those are first works. So I must do that first, keep that always in our lives and then, okay, go about all the other things. It's a good things. So the challenge for you and me is, personally as leaders, we must maintain first love and first works and also make sure that congregation, the church as a whole, maintains first love and first works. That means keep the focus on the Lord Jesus Christ and don't let the ministry, the works, you know, they were doing a lot of work and they were, the church in Ephesians, very strong, et cetera. But you shouldn't let that become more important than first love, first works. The church in Smyrna, the Lord recognizes that, you know, they're doing their works, they're doing the ministry, or they're going through hardship. They may not be very well off. So he says, I know your poverty. You know, they must have been struggling financially in the natural, et cetera, but he still tells them, you are rich. And spiritually, they're really good. So the church in Smyrna is a good church. It's one of the two churches that he doesn't rebuke. He doesn't tell them they have to repent of anything. He only wants them that they're going to face hardship for 10 days, but he's going to let them be tested. So the reason why he doesn't stop the hardship is it's part of their testing. That is, they're going to, you know, be tested, they're going to come out fine. They're going to come out stronger. So he, you know, he's letting them go through those hardships. And, you know, he just says, you endure the overcome and you be faithful unto death. The church in Purgamos and the church in Taitira, which we saw last week, both these churches had kind of a similar problem. The problem was they were taller. I mean, they were good churches. Again, they had, you know, they were doing their works. They were walking in love. So like he tells the church in Taitira, and I was 19, a revelation too. I know your love, your works, your love, your service, your faith, your endurance. So, you know, he's really commending this church. They're doing very well. But the common problem both these churches was they were tolerating wrong doctrine. They were tolerating it. So in the church in Purgamos, and they were tolerating the wrong doctrine of Balaam and there are doctrine of Nicoletians. Basically this doctrine was leading people to do things that are displacing to the Lord. So how do we test doctrine? What is the fruit of that doctrine? You know, how is it affecting people's lives? Is it drawing them closer to the Lord? Is it helping them become more like Jesus? Or is it causing them to go into things that are wrong, sinful, displeasing to God? So in the case of the church in Purgamos, the doctrine of Balaam, the doctrine of Nicoletians was just leading people away. In the case of the church in Taitira, they were tolerating a woman who claimed to be a prophetess. But what she was doing was actually leading people, her teaching, what she was teaching, was actually leading people into sin, doing things that are displacing to God. So once again, the Lord is not happy about that. So the learning for us here is, we have to watch over the doctrine, what we allow to be preached and taught and brought to the people in our care, right? We have to make sure that what we preach, what is taught, what is brought to the people should strengthen them and help them become more like Christ and not, give them a license to go do things that are wrong, things that are displacing to God. That's a test, we have to be watchful. And so in both these churches, he says, you need to repent, you need to get it back, get back, take these things out. He says, I hate it. I hate this kind of teaching, I hate this thing, to get it out, stay focused. So it's a learning for us. Then we went into chapter three, the church in Sardis. We kind of did that very, very quickly. The church in Sardis had a different kind of a problem, but it is something we also must be very careful about. The problem with the church in Sardis was, they had a reputation, a name that they were alive, but the Lord said to them, you are dead. So we cannot go by reputation. We cannot go by what people say about us. As leaders especially, we have to go to the Lord and say, Lord, what are you saying about the church that I am posturing, I'm leading? Where are we? How do you see us in the sense, is everything okay? Are the things we need to correct? Because if you only go by reputation, which is what people are saying about us, like the church in Sardis, they may say, wow, what a wonderful church, what, this church is alive, this church is full of life, and they may say nice things, but we can't go by that. So that was a problem with this church in Sardis. People were saying, you're alive, but the Lord was saying, you are dead. And then he points out certain things. He says, your works are not perfect before me, before God, that means they were doing things, but what they were doing was not right in God's eyes. I mean, it wasn't really what God wanted them to do. And then he also points out, he says, you know, this is in verse three, remember, remember how you have received and heard, hold fast. So it seems like they had left the things that they were taught in the very beginning, and they moved away from it. So he says, remember how you received and heard, you know, what you were taught in the very beginning, remember those things and hold fast to it. So it teaches us how important it is for us as a church, that we need to hold on to the foundational, fundamental truths, and not depart from it. Hold on, remember how you have received and heard, and hold fast. Another thing he points out to the church in Sardis is, that most of the people that have defiled their garments, that's a phrase that simply means, they are now living compromised lives. They're living in, you know, worldly things. So they've defiled their garments, they become worldly. Only there are, there are only a few of them who have not defiled their garments. That's in Revelation three, verse four. So that's another problem we find. So maybe it's, you know, it's because of these things that their works are not right in the eyes of God. And ultimately, they have a reputation, they're alive, but they are dead. So it's a big learning for us. We have to be very careful as leaders and as a church. So God, please help us to be right in your eyes. Please help us to live wholeheartedly before you. Please help us to do the things you want us to do, and not worry about reputation. Okay, it's nice if people, you know, say nice things about us, that's up to them, but we can't live by it. We have to go before God, and say, what do you say about us? Okay, so we stopped there, and we are going to pick up Revelation three, verse seven. We're going to look at the church in Philadelphia. Okay, so let's please start reading from Revelation chapter three. Sorry, that was a long review. I just reviewed everything we did last week, but I did quite a lot of time. Anyway, Revelation chapter three, we're going to read from verse seven to 13, and could somebody read that passage for us? This is the church in Philadelphia. Anyone can read? Siddharth, you want to read that for us, please? Chapter three also. Yes, Revelation three, seven to 13. For the end of the church in Philadelphia, because the work of faith is holy and true, we hold the key of faith. What we open, no one can shut. What we shut, no one can open. I know you did. See, I have placed before you an open door, but no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept your words in a marginalized manner. I will make those who are, who are of the synagogue faith, to claim to be Jews because they are not, but are liars. I will make them come and fall down of your faith and of knowledge that I have loved you. Since you have yet no amounts to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the power of fire that's going to come on the whole world to the best inhabitants of the whole. I'm coming soon, hold on to what you have, so that no one will close their eyes. I want you to tell us, I will not have to look in the center of my heart. Never again will they lose. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God. The new Jerusalem is coming back out of heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name. We are going to ask you a present word for the state church of Jesus Christ. Okay, thank you. All right, so the Lord is speaking to this church in Philadelphia. Now, this church in Philadelphia is, the other church to which the Lord does not rebuke. He doesn't tell them, you know, repent of anything. So church in Smyrna and the church in Philadelphia. These are the two churches. There is no call to repentance, there's no rebuke. But let's look at the church and let's see what the Lord is speaking to them. He's saying, he introduces himself again. This is another thing to see across the seven churches. How the Lord introduces himself to each one of the seven churches and what he promises as a reward for the overcomer because these are still, you know, that's who he is today. And so it's very much something we should look into. So he introduces himself as the one who has the key of David, that means he has the authority of the kingdom. The authority of the kingdom, right? David represents King David. He has a key of David, authority of that kingdom. He's just showing to them that he is ruler. He is the one with authority of the line of David. And he says, look, this is verse seven. He says, when I open, no one can shut it. When I shut, no one can open. In other words, this is absolute authority. So he's assuring the church, look, I am the Lord who has absolute authority. I am the one who has the key of David. The king, the ruler of the kingdom, absolute authority. No one can undo what I do. If I open, it remains open, if I shut, it remains shut. And from that introduction, he tells them, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it. Now, in what exact context this applies, we don't know, right? Maybe is it an open door for ministry? Is it an open door in their city to keep growing and reaching people? What exactly this open door has to do with that? Of course, the leader of the church and the church would understand, because it is, of course, relevant to their, do what's going on in and amongst them. But for us today, we have to remember that the Lord deals with us in a similar way. That the Lord, our Lord, is the one with absolute authority. I mean, he opens a door for us, nobody can shut it. He says, I've set before you an open door, no one can shut. So when God sets before you or before your church, your ministry, an open door that is giving you access to do something, is giving you access to go somewhere, to maybe in your city, in your nation, in your region, whatever. If the Lord is doing that and for you, you just have to walk confidently knowing no one can shut it, no one can stop you. If God is opening the door for you, who can stop it? Right? So that's the assurance he's giving this church. That's a beautiful assurance, I was praying, Lord, let that happen for us as well. Just like what he did for this church, do it for us, because God is no respecter of persons. And of course, our context is different. We are in a different city and doing a different kind of ministry here, but he's the same Lord. And he's the same Lord over each of our churches. And then he says, you know, if you look at the good side of the church in Philadelphia, and I will just highlight that, here is a church that has kept his word. You don't find that mentioned in any of the other churches. He says, you have kept my word. So this is in verse eight. So it seems to us that this church in Philadelphia was a church that was committed and was living by and was walking by the word of God. You have kept my word. So through all kinds of things, they've kept his word, they've not denied his name. And he also says in verse 10, once again, you have kept my command to persevere. That means you haven't quit. You've kept my command to persevere. They've kept going. So these are two things the Lord, you know, highlights about the church. You've kept my word and you've not denied my name. You have kept my command to persevere. Verse 10. So this church seemed to be a church that really stayed with the word of God, refused to deny Christ in any way and they persevered, they persevered. They didn't quit. They didn't give up. They kept going. And it is so amazing what he promises them. First, he had promised them. I said, before you're an open door, nobody can shut it. Second, he said, I will make the synagogue of Satan. I will make those people come and worship at your feet so that they will know I love you. The synagogue of Satan represents these Jewish people who were opposing them. They were actually, you know, these people who, or at least they claimed to be Jews and but they were opposing the church and they were actually, Jesus refers to them as a synagogue of Satan. People who are the devil is in their midst. They're an assembly or a gathering of Satan's people. What a promise he gives them. He says, I will make them come and worship at your feet. I was praying, Lord, do this for us. You know, those who try to oppose the church, who oppose the work of God, let them come and bow before the Lord, who is in our midst and let them acknowledge the Lord loves us, just like what he told this church. And the third thing he promises them is I will keep you from the hour of tribulation that comes upon the whole or all those who dwell on the earth. And this could refer to the great tribulation coming. It could refer to that. Some may want to take it in an immediate context which means something that happened right then and there and there at the end time, which the only issue is, he says it's something that will dwell that comes upon the people now on the whole world and those who dwell on the whole earth. So that's the problem. If you apply verse 10 in an immediate context, that means if you put it back in the first century, well, what kind of a tribulation is perfect to the whole world? We don't have any. So that is why Revelation 3.10, most likely, and I'm just saying most likely because I'm not saying very definitely, but just we're trying to understand it. Most likely points to that great tribulation, the trial that will come upon the whole world, upon all the people who dwell on the earth. He says, I'll keep you from it. Meaning I'll keep you from that great tribulation. And he also promises them other things. He says, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God and I'll write your name and I'll give you a new name. This is what meaning, I'm gonna ask, what does it mean for a new name? It's a very, it's like, God is getting very personal. And he's saying, I'm gonna call you by a very special name. That's a Revelation 3.12. It's a name nobody else knows, but he says, I will give you that special name. You know, it's like this between the Lord and you, right? So the Lord and the believer, who's all coming, I'll give you a special name. Just show that I love you and you're gonna be part of that new Jerusalem which will come from heaven. So that's all future, it's all in the future. This is the blessing that he has promised believers. Okay, so the key takeaway from the church here in Philadelphia is they kept his word. They didn't deny his name and they kept his command to persevere. And that was it, in response to that, he has promised them wonderful things, something that we can ask for our own congregations and our own churches. God, you said before us an open door, no one can shut. You make those who are opposers come and bow at our feet and let them acknowledge that you love us Lord. And God, you keep us, preserve us. Of course, you keep us and preserve us from the out of trial, okay? So the last church, this is Revelation 3.14 to 22. This is the last one. The church at Laodicea, can somebody read that? Revelation chapter 3, 14 to 22, please. And to the angel of the church of the Laodicea, write, this thing says, the amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. I know your words that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you so hot. So then because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth. Because you say, I am rich and become wealthy and have merest nothing. And do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold, refine in the fire that you may be rich and white carmines that you may be clothed, that the same of your nakedness may be revealed. And anoint your eyes with eye slip that you may see as many as I love, Arabic and Cheston. Therefore, be jealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and dine with him, and he with me. To him who overcomes, I will grant to sit with me on my throne as I also overcome and sat down with my father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the circus. Thank you. Thank you. So, to this church in Leodicea, it is a very, very strong rebuke, very strong rebuke. But there is a lot that we can learn and take for ourselves. Now, it is interesting how Jesus introduces himself to this church. He says, look, this is verse 14. He is the Amen, meaning the fulfillment of all the promises of God. He is the Amen. He is the faithful and true witness. He is the one who came into the earth, faithful and true witness, referring to his earthly life, the one who lived on this earth and bore witness to the truth. Faithfully, he never compromised. He was faithful and true witness. He bore witness to the other truth, the word he was called to preach. Now, this last part of verse 14 can cause a lot of trouble. It says, he Jesus says about himself, he is the beginning of the creation of God. So it can cause a lot of trouble because people can use this and some cults, evidently. I mean, like, for example, the Jehovah's Witness and others who don't believe in the deity of Christ in the sense of him being equal with God but who talk about Jesus as a created being would use this latter part of this verse because Jesus says he is the beginning of the creation of God. So they say, oh, he's the first one whom God created. So he's not God, but he's the first one whom God created. He says he created being. But that is not an interpretation that is consistent with the rest of the scripture. So remember, one of the principles of hermeneutics that he learned is every passage in scripture has to be interpreted in the light of the rest of scripture. You can't just say things in isolation. The other passage in scripture referred to Jesus Christ as God, who was eternal, who was there from everlasting to everlasting. And he was, you know, he's the Word. The Word was with God. He was in the beginning with God and so on. So don't let this phrase or the sentence, the beginning of the creation of God, put you off in the sense through you off, man. It cannot be interpreted as he's the first one whom God created. But it has to be understood as he is the starting point of all of creation, that means all creation took place through him, by him and for him. This is where it started, or this is the one through whom it started has to be understood like that. It means in him, through him and by him, all creation began. And this is very consistent with what other scriptures say. One passage that I would point to is Colossians 7 to 1, and verse 16. It says 16 and 17, for by him all things were created. By him all things were created. All things were created through him and for him. So I'm talking about Colossians 1 and verse 16 and 17. So that's the way we understand this. So don't let somebody take this, this line, the sentence and say, oh, look, he was created. Now you have to understand that that's everything, all of creation began in him. And that's consistent with Colossians 1, 16 and 17. It's consistent with John chapter 1, verses 1, 2 and 3. All things were created by him and for him. And several other scriptures, including Hebrews 1, 3. Again, it says he, everything began in Christ. So Jesus introduced himself. Look, everything starts with me. The beginning of the creation of God, all of creation started there with Jesus. And it came out of him. And so he speaks to the church and there it is here. And he says in verse 15, see, I know your works. That means you aren't doing ministry as a church. I know your works, but it's lukewarm. It's lukewarm, meaning it's half-hearted. You're doing something, but your heart's not in it. It's passionate work. It's not wholehearted work. You're lukewarm. And I'd rather that you be on hot or cold. But you're doing this. You're doing works, but it's half-hearted. Heart's not in it. Now, why is that? Why is it that they're not through on fire? Because he says, and so verse 16 he says, because you're lukewarm, I'll get you out. Meaning I will just, I'll spear you out. I mean, I don't like that. It's utter disgust to God. So that's very important that when we serve the Lord, do the works he's called us to do. Do it with all our heart. Don't do it half-heartedly. Don't do it with lukewarm passion. Do it with the red-hot, fiery passion, meaning 100%. Heart is in it. Because he just doesn't like what's lukewarm. He will just reject it, spear you out of the mouth. But why is that? Why would they like that? Well, one reason, one thing that we can see here is, and Jesus points that out in verse 17, he says, you say, I am rich. I'm wealthy. I don't need anything. That means this church in Laodicea had come to a place where they said, look, you know, everything is fine for us. You know, we've got everything. And it could be, you know, and if you read some commentaries, they might point this out. But it could be that because here they were in a city where everything was going good. And they were in a city where, you know, the city was doing well. So the church was doing well financially. Church, you know, everything was going fine. No problems. And so even the church had come to this place of complacency, self-sufficiency. You know, we have everything. Everything is fine. So we don't need anything. And so they became, you know, okay, we just do our work a little bit. I've had it. Just keep going. They're not on fire. No passion. And they are in this mode where they're saying, I'm rich. I'm wealthy. I don't need anything. Now that maybe their experience in the natural put them like this in the spiritual spiritual also that became complacent. I'm not saying that just because things are going good in the natural that will make us become complacent. It doesn't have to, you know, we can always keep ourselves stirred up in the spirit with everything going well in the natural too. I mean, and that's great if we can maintain that. But spiritually, this started to come into a place where they said, we don't need anything. But the Lord is telling them, see, actually, spiritually, you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked. Spiritually that is your condition. Your real condition. Poor, wretched, miserable, blind, naked. Spiritually that shape. But you're thinking, oh, I've got everything. Everything is fine. Spiritually you're in bad shape. So what is the solution? Of course, he tells them you have to repent. Repent. See, I love you. That's why I'm rebuking you. That's verse 19. I love you. So I'm rebuking you. I'm correcting you. You need to repent. You need to be zealous or become zealous. You need to stir up that zeal. So what was their problem? They were lukewarm. No zeal, no fire. So what is it? You be zealous. You become zealous. Stir up the fire. And he tells them something very interesting verse 18. I counsel you, meaning this is what I'm telling you, how to come out of this situation. Buy from me. What does it mean? Buy from me. How do you pay God money to buy from him? What it means is you pay the price. So he's not asking for money, meaning offering or cash. That's not asking. You pay the price. Spiritually you pay the price. For what? He says you buy from me gold. You buy from me white garments. And you buy from me the anointing that will give you real revelation that you can put on your eyes. You can see. So you buy from me gold. Gold represents what is truly divine gold. So when you see God, when you see his throne, you see gold. Gold represents what is truly divine, what comes truly from God. Gold. You buy from me gold. You buy from me white garments. I mean, this is true righteousness. And you buy from me the anointing to put on your eyes. You buy from me the true anointing. Buy doesn't mean we're giving money. But means he says you pay the price spiritually. You pay the price to receive what comes truly from God as opposed to, you know, just these earthly things. You've got you're doing very well financially, et cetera. No. That is okay. That takes care of the natural things. But spiritually, you need to buy from God what truly comes from God. Second, you pay the price for true righteousness. And you pay the price for true anointing. You pay the price spiritually. So become zealous. Turn yourself up. And you pay the price for what really comes from God for righteousness. It comes through righteousness that you can walk into righteousness. And you receive anointing that brings revelation. You pay the price for it. So don't be in this complacent place where you say everything is fine. I am rich. I am wealthy. I don't need anything. Don't be like that because actually spiritually, you're blind. You're naked. You know, spiritually nothing is there. So become zealous. Stir yourself up and pay the price for this. And he says, he's rebuking them. He says, look, I'm telling you this in love because I love you. I'm telling you this. And then verse 20, Revelation 320 is a verse that, you know, you all know, but it's also very interesting verse because he's actually speaking it to believers. We often use that verse when we are doing an altar call or salvation to the unsaid. We say, you know, the Lord is standing at your door and knocking. And if you let them in, he will come inside. Okay. But actually, Revelation 320, he's speaking to believers, to the believers here in the church in Laodicea. So what's it telling us? It's telling us that because of this complacency, these believers have actually locked Jesus out of their lives. In other words, they're happy, they're self-sufficient. So they are like, I really don't need Jesus now. He's outside. And he says, I'm knocking. To whom? He's talking to the believers. And if anyone broke open the door, I'll come in and I will have this fellowship with him. So Jesus is missing that fellowship. These believers have become complacent. They say everything is fine. So that means they're not having fellowship with Jesus in their personal lives. So he's outside. So this is just a picture. Revelation 320 is a picture of their current relationship. It's like he's outside. No fellowship with Jesus anymore. They become complacent. Everything is easy. So he said, look, I long for fellowship. I want to come and I want to fellowship. So I'm knocking. If you let me in, I'm going to come. I'll fellowship with you. So, Revelation 320, if you look at it from its context, he's actually speaking to the believer. And it shows how deeply the Lord wants fellowship. Why else would he be standing and knocking? Stand at the door and knock? Because he wants it. He would desire to fellowship. So if you open, if you let me in, I'll come and have a meal. I will sit down and eat with you. Meaning this is a picture of that fellowship of communion with the people. What a beautiful picture. But that's the danger of becoming complacent, lukewarm, no zeal just going on. But he says, you need to become zealous. You need to stir yourself up and you need to pay the price and open the door. That's fellowship. That's how we come out of complacency. And then he promises, you know, where's 21? To the overcomer, you're going to sit with me on my throne. You're going to rule with me. So it's not like everything is over. You do this and you're going to sit and reign with me. This is real authority that you're going to have. This is verse 21. So even though chapters 2 and 3 were written, you know, 2000 years ago almost and was written to churches in those days, there's a lot we can learn. There's a lot we can take from these seven churches. And we can constantly pray for ourselves as leaders and for our churches. And so God keep us from making, you know, getting into those problems that they got themselves into. Keep us from that. Help us to walk strong the way you want us to walk and avoid the mistakes. Okay. So it's a time for our break. So we're going to go for a 10 minute break. And then when we come back, we get into chapter 4 and 5, which is we are now moving into things to come, things that are up ahead. Right. So we'll move into that. So let's take a break now and we will be back in 10 minutes. Thank you.