The Seven Churches of the Revelation

THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF THE REVELATION

"Let him who has ears, hear what the Spirit says to the churches?"

Churches	Strengths	Failures	Instruction	Promise To Faithful
Loveless EPHESUS (Rev. 2:1-7)	Hard work Patient endurance Reject evil Persevere	You have forsaken your first love	Repent and do the works as you did at first	You will eat from the tree of life
Suffering SMYRNA (Rev. 2:8-11)	Endure your suffering and poverty, yet you are rich	None	Remain faithful even when facing prison, persecution or death	I will give you the crown of life. You will not be hurt by the second death
Worldly PERGAMUM (Pergamos) (Rev. 2:12-17)	Loyalty to Christ; refuse to deny Him	Tolerate cults, heresies, idolatry and immorality	Repent!	Hidden manna and a stone with a new name on it
Wrong Doctrine THYATIRA (Rev. 2:18-29)	Love, faith, works, patient endurance; constant improvement	Tolerate pagan cults, idolatry and immorality. Judgement coming!	Repent!	Faithful hold fast until I come. I will give you authority over the nations and gift of the morning star
Spiritually Dead SARDIS (Rev. 3:1-6)	Only a faithful remnant have kept the faith. Church is spiritually dead	Repent and turn back to Christ	Strengthen what little faith remains	Faithful will walk with Jesus and not be blotted out of the book of life
Spiritually Alive PHILADELPHIA (Rev. 3:7-13)	Kept my word and have not denied my name	None	I have placed before you an open door. I will keep you from the hour of trial.	I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God
Complacent LAODICEA (Rev. 3:14-22)	None	Neither hot nor cold. You rely on riches but don't realize your spiritually impoverished condition.	Turn from indifference and repent!	I will invite those who overcome to sit with me on my throne