TOPIC:"Faithfulness In an Unfaithful World"
"Yet even in Sardis there are some who have not soiled their garments
with evil deeds. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy"
As we come to this section of Revelation we have here a remarkable group of devoted believers who were surrounded by wickedness outside the church and worldliness within the church. This company of dedicated believers remained loyal, undefiled, and holy amidst a multitude of others in Sardis who went along with the evil practices of the day. I want you to notice this magnificent fact: The God who sees everything knew all about their Christian testimony and spiritual witness. Christ commends them and remembers them in the words of our text: "In Sardis there are some who have not soiled their garments with evil deeds. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy."
You and I are presently living in confusing times in which moral values and biblical standards are being denied, twisted, revoked, and turned upside down. Righteous people with their moral principles are not being heard while wickedness seems to be prevailing all around us. As we look at the world's condition everything seems desperate and hopeless. But with real spiritual insight we may behold that even right here in our own Sardis are a company of professing Christians who have not soiled their garments with the filth of this world.
I now want to direct your attention to some wonderful truths about this group of believers at Sardis. Let's begin our study of these faithful believers who lived in an unfaithful world.
Consider, to begin with, some SIGNIFICANT TRAITS of this group of believers at Sardis. They are characterized by the inspecting Christ in these words: "Yet even in Sardis there are some who have not soiled their garments with evil deeds...All who are victorious" (vv. 4, 5). There are . . .