1. Compiled and Presented by:
Letters to the Churches Dave Stewart
10 August, 2008
Las Cruces, NM
#06 www.churchofchristmiranda.com
An Open Door
Revelation 3.7-13
Synopsis: The church in Philadelphia reminds us that no matter our
weakness, Jesus opens doors for us and expects us to be faithful. He also
reminds us that He loves us and will take care of us.
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“Let all that you do be done with love.”

2. When one door closes, another
opens; but we often look so long and
so regretfully upon the closed door
that we do not see the one which
has opened for us.
—Alexander Graham Bell

3. An
Open
Door
Revelation 3.7-13

4. Let him hear

5. Aegean
Sea Pergamum
Thyatira
Smyrna G A L AT
Sardis
Philadelphia
Ephesus A S I A
Laodicea
Patmos
PA
MP
HY
LIA
LY C I A
Rhodes
Great Sea
te (Mediterranean)

6. Holy One

7. Holy One
True One

8. Holy One
True One
Key of David

9. I know your works

10. Our Lord opens doors for us.

11. Our Lord opens doors for us.
Salvation

12. “I am the door. If anyone
enters by me, he will be
saved”
—John 10.9

13. Our Lord opens doors for us.
Salvation
Blessing

14. “and will go in and out
and find pasture. ...
I came that they may
have life and have it
abundantly.”
—John 10.9-10

15. Our Lord opens doors for us.
Salvation
Blessing
Evangelism

16. “But I will stay in Ephesus
until Pentecost, for a
wide door for effective
work has opened to me,
and there are many
adversaries.”
— 1 Corinthians 16.8-9

17. Faithfulness
without
excuses.

18. “and I was with you in
weakness and in fear and
much trembling”
—1 Corinthians 2.3

19. “My grace is sufficient for
you, for my power is
made perfect in
weakness.”
—2 Corinthians 12.9

20. “Please, Lord, how can I
save Israel? Behold, my
clan is the weakest in
Manasseh, and I am the
least in my father’s
house.”
—Judges 6.15

21. “You are not able to go
against this Philistine to
fight with him, for you
are but a youth, and he
has been a man of war
from his youth.”
—1 Samuel 17.33

22. “What are these feeble
Jews doing.”
—Nehemiah 4.2

23. “The sluggard says,
‘There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the
streets!”
—Proverbs 22.13

24. “I can do all things
through Him who
strengthens me.”
—Philippians 4.13

25. I have
loved you.

26. “See what kind of love
the Father has given to
us, that we should be
called children of God;
and so we are.”
—1 John 3.1

27. “nor anything else in
creation, will be able to
separate us from the
love of God in Christ
Jesus our Lord.”
—Romans 8.39

28. “I will keep you from
the hour of trial.”
—Revelation 3.10

29. “I will never leave you
or forsake you.”
—Hebrews 13.5

30. “I will make him a pillar
in the temple of God.”
—Revelation 3.12

31. “I will write on him the
name of my God and
the name of the city of
my God ... And my own
new name.”
—Revelation 3.12

32. What doors
has Jesus
opened for
us?

33. Will we be
faithful
despite our
weakness?

34. Jesus loves me.