He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.
-- Rev 3:5
The Son of Man observes that saints in Sardis have a reputation for being alive, but he says they are dead. They have not completed the tasks he has given them. Evidently, they began well, but they have lost their focus, and now most of them have soiled their clothes with sin. The Son of Man reminds them that if they are going to complete their work and actually possess the kingdom, they will have to refocus on the word they had received and heard. Then they would have to obey it. Those who overcame would be dressed in white clothes of righteousness, and their names would remain forever in the book of life, which is the roll of citizens in Christ's kingdom.
Sometimes we need to check to see if we have lost our focus and so failed to complete the tasks set before us when we became his servants. When we focus on the cares of this life, his life withers and dies within us. Then we will fail to complete the task of possessing the kingdom for eternity.
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