1. The Flame of the church of Sardis.
-Remnant

2. The Flicker of the church in Sardis
-Inauthentic

3. The Fuel of the church in Sardis
-Pay Attention, Remember, Repent, Reward
The Point: We must be Authentic.
1. The Figurehead
Revelation 3:7 (ESV)-“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

2. The flame
A. _________________
Revelation 3:8 (ESV)-“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

B. _________________
Revelation 3:8 (ESV)-“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

C. _________________
Revelation 3:10 (ESV)-Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

3. The flicker
Revelation 3:9 (ESV)-“Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.

4. The Fuel
A. _________________
Revelation 3:9 (ESV)-“Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.

B. _________________
Revelation 3:3 (ESV)-“ I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

C. _________________
Revelation 3:3 (ESV)-“ I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

D. _________________
Revelation 3:4-5 (ESV)-“ The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

Continue to be obedient and faithful.
Keep enduring for the sake of the gospel.
Remember the promises of Jesus…it is worth it!!

Here Is The Point: As churches and individuals we must endure!