“Remember therefore how thou has received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shall not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shall not know what hour I will come upon thee.” Commentary: Christ will judge his church! Judgement begins at the House of God! He will come unknown to some! His stealth footsteps unknown to the perishing! Some in the church would not repent! Sin not forsaken with hypocracy and the decay of sterile religion! It was a church in the form of Godliness yet no power! A dead church! Buried but never resurrected! Jesus called them to be watchful against their enemies and to be active and sincere in their duties dependent upon the Holy Spirit to revive and strengthen their faith and affection living for God alone! Jesus did make mention of a few faithful at the Sardis Church! Surely those members are written down in the Book of Life! We are to live for God with all the evil that surrounds us! As Jesus supplies our strength to endure to the end we through his grace snatch the deceived out of the jaws of Satan! Stay faithful in the midst of an unfaithful generation! Choose good over evil! Proclaim his good news in the midst of all the bad news! Proclaim his love for the world that has rejected him without cause! Stay faithful and true to Christ and his church! Is your name written down in the Book of Life? Only Christ and you know for sure! If not repent as Christ asked the Church at Sardis to do! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYou.com