You hast a name that you live, but are dead

 

You hast a name that you live, but are dead

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Revelation 3:1『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. 』

 

The one who has the seven spirits and the seven stars said to the Sardis church, “You have a name that says you are alive, but you are dead.” It is Jesus who has the seven spirits and the seven stars. There were seven churches in Asia Minor when the Apostle John wrote the book of Revelation, and these were the churches that actually existed. These seven churches symbolize all the churches today. It is said, “There are churches like the Church of Sardis even today.” Jesus said, "I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead."

“It seems alive, but it is dead”. Because it is the act in 『I know your deeds』. Usually, when people in the church think of this act, they think it has to do with the believers' life of faith. In John 6, there is a miracle of two fish and five loaves of bread. Many people saw the miracle and appeared to Jesus to meet him. Jesus said to the crowd, “The reason you sought me is because you saw a sign. No, because he ate and was full.” He said, “Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life.” Then the Jews asked, “How should we do God’s work?”

Jesus said, “It is the work of God to believe in him whom God has sent.” Here, the “work” of working for food that endures to eternal life is believing in the one sent by God.

The work of God is to “believe in the one whom God has sent,” and the act of rebuking the church in Sardis in the book of Revelation is that Jesus says, “I know how you believe” about believing in the one God has sent.

“They don’t really believe it.” Everyone who sees and believes in the Son of God has eternal life. Since He says “the dead”, it means “I do not believe in the Son”. In other words, it means “believing wrongly”. “Believing in the Son of God is because you didn’t believe exactly and with certainty”. It means 'be there'. It means, “Be clear and certain about the gospel.” It means, “You must not be lukewarm about the things of God.”

God said, “I have not found anything perfect about your deeds,” but your deeds are believing in the Son of God, which means “You are not perfect.” In other words, “I think God’s promise has not been fulfilled”.

So, keep what you have received and what you have heard, and repent. At first, when the apostles preached the gospel, they taught it properly, but they said, “I couldn’t keep it.” The word “repent” does not mean “repent” about the fact that humans have made mistakes in their lives. It's a saying to people, "Trust properly." That is, “Do not try to attain the righteousness of God through the law, but attain the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ.”

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.(Romans 8:3-4)

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