Main Question: Can we remain faithful to the gospel in the midst of persecution and not deny the name of Christ?
Key Takeaway
Jesus commended the church in Philadelphia for their faithfulness in the midst of persecution and he encouraged them to keep going. He promised to reward them with eternal life with him in the temple of God in the new Jerusalem.
He next told them that those who were persecuting them would be shown that they were wrong and that they would be vindicated from slander as Jesus revealed to the persecutors that he loves his church.
He then told them that they would be kept from an hour of trial of God’s wrath being poured out that was to come upon the whole world and promised them that in eternity they would continually be in God’s presence.
