Revelation Letters VI
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. ‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ Revelation 3:7-13
Name Dropping
I was at a film award ceremony a few years ago, and I had the opportunity to converse with a fairly well-known actor about my appreciation for some of his work. For the rest of the weekend, whenever he noticed me, he called me over and introduced me to his famous friends.
None of them new me, or anything about me. But because HE introduced me, praised me, and claimed me as a friend, so did they.
I was not accepted because of the small part I played in a small film. I was accepted because that well-known actor claimed me.
That is what all Christians are like in the kingdom of God. We are accepted because JESUS loves us individually. We are of note because JESUS loves us individually. We are adopted children of God because JESUS loves us individually.
He, before God, drops OUR name! And that makes us amazing.