Instructions given to members of the church of Philadelphia by the Lord Jesus Christ are as follows:

Passage

¹¹ I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown. (Revelation 3:11)

Understanding

Keep what you have been given. Uriah held fast to what the king had, not what he had. It cost him his crown and his life. Greed, wanting more, is idolatry, and idolatry is adultery.

Risk warning

Losing your spouse. If you think you have no strength in you to keep fighting for your marriage, it is because someone is trying to take your crown, your spouse. God knows you have little strength, and Jesus is coming to you soon, so do not give up.

References

Your crown is your wife

⁴ An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones. (Proverbs 12:4)

Uriah

⁸ Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and a present from the king was sent out after him. ⁹ But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. (2 Samuel 11:8-9)

The sins of men

²⁴ The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. (1 Timothy 5:24)

Be faithful

⁴⁵ “Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? (Matthew 24:45)

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