When Our Legacy for Christ is Our Only Concern

These verses reveal that the church of Sardis was a church more concerned with the name they had made for themselves then they were their present relationship to Christ. How easy it is for churches to look backward and relish in the success of the past rather than looking forward to the work the Lord has for them to do today. Though this was a church on the brink of death there were a few names who had not defiled their garments. They were exhorted to further faithfulness and the reward of overcoming.