What Church Are You? Sardis?

REVELATION 3:1-6

Revelation 3:1-2,4

...I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.


Sardis reminds me of two kinds of people today that would fit well into their church.

1. The person who looks so happy and vibrant on the outside, yet is dying on the inside. They won't show anyone their true selves.

2. The person who goes to church, gets all excited, has the reputation of being super-godly, dances, shouts, etc, yet outside of church they are living like hell.

Both types of people are living a dangerous life and unless they change their course they will soon die spiritually. Contrary to some beliefs God does not look at our lives as a game. He is not sitting up on His throne using humans as game pieces on a board, rolling dice to alter our situations. In fact He gets so angry at people who do not live right inside and outside of church that He gives this threat through one of His angels:

3:2-3 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

Sinners are looking for real people who serve a real God. If we put on a false face and live a false life, don't you think the sinners will wonder if we serve a false God?

Wake up! You are being watched, by God and sinners. God Bless~