啟示錄3:14-22

3:14 「你要寫信給老底嘉教會的使者，說：『那為阿們的，為誠信真實見證的，在上帝創造萬物之上為元首的，說：

3:15 我知道你的行為，你也不冷也不熱；我巴不得你或冷或熱。

3:16 你既如溫水，也不冷也不熱，所以我必從我口中把你吐出去。

3:17 你說：我是富足，已經發了財，一樣都不缺；卻不知道你是那困苦、可憐、貧窮、瞎眼、赤身的。

3:18 我勸你向我買火煉的金子，叫你富足；又買白衣穿上，叫你赤身的羞恥不露出來；又買眼藥擦你的眼睛，使你能看見。

3:19 凡我所疼愛的，我就責備管教他；所以你要發熱心，也要悔改。

3:20 看哪，我站在門外叩門，若有聽見我聲音就開門的，我要進到他那裡去，我與他，他與我一同坐席。

3:21 得勝的，我要賜他在我寶座上與我同坐，就如我得了勝，在我父的寶座上與他同坐一般。

3:22 聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！』」

“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.

  “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!  So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.  For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.  I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.  Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.  The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

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    老底嘉教會被主責備：「我知道你的行為，你也不冷也不熱；我巴不得你或冷或熱」。有人就用這話來責備現今的教會，其實現今的教會比老底嘉教會的狀況更嚴重，根本是冷淡！

    然而主卻沒有丟棄老底嘉教會，仍然勉勵他們：「凡我所疼愛的，我就責備管教他；所以你要發熱心，也要悔改。看哪，我站在門外叩門，若有聽見我聲音就開門的，我要進到他那裡去，我與他，他與我一同坐席。得勝的，我要賜他在我寶座上與我同坐，就如我得了勝，在我父的寶座上與他同坐一般。」

    其實今日主仍然這樣勉勵他的教會，教會一定要為主「發熱心」，不要再冷淡了！

啟示錄3:7-13

3:7 「你要寫信給非拉鐵非教會的使者，說：『那聖潔、真實、拿著大衛的鑰匙、開了就沒有人能關、關了就沒有人能開的，說：

3:8 我知道你的行為，你略有一點力量，也曾遵守我的道，沒有棄絕我的名。看哪，我在你面前給你一個敞開的門，是無人能關的。

3:9 那撒但一會的，自稱是猶太人，其實不是猶太人，乃是說謊話的，我要使他們來，在你腳前下拜，也使他們知道我是已經愛你了。

3:10 你既遵守我忍耐的道，我必在普天下人受試煉的時候，保守你免去你的試煉。

3:11 我必快來，你要持守你所有的，免得人奪去你的冠冕。

3:12 得勝的，我要叫他在我上帝殿中作柱子，他也必不再從那裡出去。我又要將我上帝的名和我上帝城的名（這城就是從天上、從我上帝那裡降下來的新耶路撒冷），並我的新名，都寫在他上面。

3:13 聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！』」

“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.

  “‘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.  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.  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.  I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.  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.  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

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    非拉鐵非教會是主所愛的教會，看見主為她做了大事：「看哪，我在你面前給你一個敞開的門，是無人能關的。那撒但一會的，自稱是猶太人，其實不是猶太人，乃是說謊話的，我要使他們來，在你腳前下拜，也使他們知道我是已經愛你了。你既遵守我忍耐的道，我必在普天下人受試煉的時候，保守你免去你的試煉。我必快來，你要持守你所有的，免得人奪去你的冠冕。得勝的，我要叫他在我上帝殿中作柱子，他也必不再從那裡出去。我又要將我上帝的名和我上帝城的名（這城就是從天上、從我上帝那裡降下來的新耶路撒冷），並我的新名，都寫在他上面。」

    然而他們之所以如此得主喜愛，是因為「遵守我的道，沒有棄絕我的名」、「遵守我忍耐的道」。這也就是說，非拉鐵非教會是「聖徒恆忍」的見證。當然「聖徒恆忍」之能力來自「上帝恆保守」！

    求主幫我們不忘記：「上帝恆保守」。正如保羅說：「為這緣故，我也受這些苦難。然而我不以為恥；因為知道我所信的是誰，也深信他能保全我所交付他的（或譯：他所交託我的），直到那日。」（提後1:12）

啟示錄3:1-6

3:1 「你要寫信給撒狄教會的使者，說：『那有上帝的七靈和七星的，說：我知道你的行為，按名你是活的，其實是死的。

3:2 你要警醒，堅固那剩下將要衰微（原文是死）的；因我見你的行為，在我上帝面前，沒有一樣是完全的。

3:3 所以要回想你是怎樣領受、怎樣聽見的，又要遵守，並要悔改。若不警醒，我必臨到你那裡，如同賊一樣。我幾時臨到，你也決不能知道。

3:4 然而在撒狄，你還有幾名是未曾污穢自己衣服的，他們要穿白衣與我同行，因為他們是配得過的。

3:5 凡得勝的必這樣穿白衣，我也必不從生命冊上塗抹他的名；且要在我父面前，和我父眾使者面前，認他的名。

3:6 聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！』」

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.  Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.  Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.  Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.  The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

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    撒狄教會雖然受到主大大的指責，但是主卻仍然鼓勵他們：「你還有幾名是未曾污穢自己衣服的，他們要穿白衣與我同行，因為他們是配得過的。凡得勝的必這樣穿白衣，我也必不從生命冊上塗抹他的名；且要在我父面前，和我父眾使者面前，認他的名。」

    人常常以責備人來顯明自己的好，但是主耶穌並非如此，即使再惡劣，再沒有可取之處，主耶穌從來不放棄，總是用鼓勵的方式！

    我們在教會中也當是如此，常常彼此鼓勵，興旺福音、建立教會。

啟示錄2:18-29

2:18 「你要寫信給推雅推喇教會的使者，說：『那眼目如火焰、腳像光明銅的上帝之子說：

2:19 我知道你的行為、愛心、信心、勤勞、忍耐，又知道你末後所行的善事，比起初所行的更多。

2:20 然而，有一件事我要責備你，就是你容讓那自稱是先知的婦人耶洗別教導我的僕人，引誘他們行姦淫，吃祭偶像之物。

2:21 我曾給她悔改的機會，她卻不肯悔改她的淫行。

2:22 看哪，我要叫她病臥在床。那些與她行淫的人，若不悔改所行的，我也要叫他們同受大患難。

2:23 我又要殺死她的黨類（原文是兒女），叫眾教會知道，我是那察看人肺腑心腸的，並要照你們的行為報應你們各人。

2:24 至於你們推雅推喇其餘的人，就是一切不從那教訓、不曉得他們素常所說撒但深奧之理的人，我告訴你們，我不將別的擔子放在你們身上。

2:25 但你們已經有的，總要持守，直等到我來。

2:26 那得勝又遵守我命令到底的，我要賜給他權柄制伏列國；

2:27 他必用鐵杖轄管（轄管：原文是牧）他們，將他們如同窯戶的瓦器打得粉碎，像我從我父領受的權柄一樣。

2:28 我又要把晨星賜給他。

2:29 聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！』」

"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

"'I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works. But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden. Only hold fast what you have until I come. The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. And I will give him the morning star. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. '

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    推雅推喇教會也是一個受到異端影響的教會，因為有一位假先知耶洗別，有不蒙上帝喜悅的教導，引誘上帝的僕人行姦淫，吃祭偶像之物。上帝也給她悔改機會，但她不願意，所以主叫她病臥在床。那些與她行淫的人，若不悔改所行的，主也要叫他們同受大患難。對於這樣的異端，主還用了激烈的手段：「我又要殺死她的黨類（原文是兒女），叫眾教會知道，我是那察看人肺腑心腸的，並要照你們的行為報應你們各人。」

    主當然也用祂的權能鼓勵那些真正愛主的人，「那得勝又遵守我命令到底的，我要賜給他權柄制伏列國；他必用鐵杖轄管（轄管：原文是牧）他們，將他們如同窯戶的瓦器打得粉碎，像我從我父領受的權柄一樣。我又要把晨星賜給他。」

    這也告訴我們，我們現在好像沒沒無聞，沒有人認識，但是上帝認識，祂必要高舉我們這些屬於祂的子民，讓我們與基督一同做王！