“And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.”
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars — you have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead — Sardis appears respectable but is spiritually moribund; Christ presents himself with the seven spirits (fullness of the Spirit) and control of the seven stars, confronting the church with what it lacks. The reputation-reality gap condemns complacency.
Church Fathers on Revelation 3:1
The fifth class, company, or association of saints, sets forth men who are careless, and who are carrying on in the world other transactions than those which they ought — Christians only in name. And therefore He exhorts them that by any means they should be turned away from negligence, and be saved; and to this effect He says:—
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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