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We read about the last days faithful church in Revelation 3:7-13, I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
Unlike the Laodiceans, who are rich and powerful, this pitiful church is barely hanging on. Everybody hates them and nobody hates them more than the Laodiceans. The Philadelphia church is everything to be despised, they believe in the whole bible, they preach sin, they tell people they are going to hell if they aren't saved, they live their godly little pious lives and the Laodiceans hate them for it. If you don't believe me, listen to this Laodicean currently spreading this filth in my home town (the silly voice is dubbed so he is not able to sway you with his cunning words and style, but the words are verbatim):
Even my Christian friends will post rubbish like this, the most recent example was something that I saw on a facebook feed this morning about bar stools in church. The Holy Spirit inside of me had a tantrum over it. I want you to watch it, not from a "Yeah, God is love stand point" but from a perspective of this man is tearing down the faithful church, This man offers no hope or salvation for the sinner. This man wants to make the guy who is comfortable in a bar comfortable in his church. Something is wrong with that! There are plenty of bars, I've been to my share, I want to go to a house of God to worship, I want to be convicted of my sins, I want to change and move from glory to glory - I want off the bar stool! This "preacher's" half version of Jesus (only the love half) will never convict the man, it will never tell the man that it wasn't the people's judgement he felt, it was the Holy Spirit of God convicting him but the Laodiceans will never convict, except the church of Philadelphia, who are honestly the only people they don't want in their churches.
Makes a difference putting those hearing aids doesn't it? Did you hear, the pastor wanted the sinner to feel joy and happiness in his sin. The world has enough bar stools, we need some nice, hard, sturdy, upright church pews. Derek Webb's classic song, Nobody Loves Me, is a perfect illustration for the beat up, powerless, and much maligned Church of Philadelphia. It is of note that this church, well this church is the only one that Jesus did not rebuke. Even so, Come Lord Jesus.
Lovers of Self - Day 1 - Rapture Index Score: 10 out of 10
Perplexities of Nations - Day 2 - Rapture Index Score: 8 out of 10
Mass Animal Deaths - Day 3 - Rapture Index Score: 7 out of 10
Revilers - Day 4 - Rapture Index Score: 8 out of 10
Signs in the Heavens - Day 5 - Rapture Index Score: 9 out of 10
Commotions - Day 6 - Rapture Index Score: 7 out of 10
Scoffers - Day 7 - Rapture Index Score: 10 of 1
Vexed Souls - Day 8 - Rapture Index Score: 10 of 10
Greed -Day 9 - Rapture Index Score: 8 of 10
Famine - Day 10 - Rapture Index Score: 8 of 10
Itching Ears- Day 11 - Rapture Index Score: 10 of 10
Rushing to and fro - Day 12 - Rapture Index Score: 10 of 10
Blind Eyes and Hard Hearts - Day 13 - Rapture Index Score: 9 of 10
Brutal Men - Day 14 - Rapture Index Score: 8 of 10
Wars and Rumors of Wars - Day 15 - Rapture Index Score: 9 of 10
Boasters - Day 16 - Rapture Index Score: 9 of 10
Messianic Jews - Day 17 - Rapture Index Score: 7 of 10
Demonic Activity - Day 18 - Rapture Index Score: 8 of 10
Lawlessness - Day 19 - Rapture Index Score: 9 of 10
Hedging Your Bets - Day 20 - Rapture Index Score: 9 of 10
You Make Me Want to Vomit - Day 21 - Rapture Index Score: 10 of 10
Earthquakes- Day 22 - Rapture Index Score: 10 of 10
Nobody Loves Philadelphia - Day 23 - Rapture Index Score: 10 of 10
Total to date: 203 out of 230 or 88.26%
