Unit 2 Choice 2

City	What They Did That Pleased the Lord	How They Needed to Repent	Promised Blessings
Ephesus (2:1-7)	Work,patience,can’t bear those that are evil.	Left their first love – the Lord	Eat fruit of tree of life which dwells in God’s paradise.
Smyrna (2:8-11)	Work, tribulation, suffering poverty		Crown of life
​Pergamos (2:12-17)	Have not denied their faith	Following some false doctrine	Give white stone with a new name.
Thyatira (2:18-29)	Works, charity, service, faith, patience	Allowing Jezebel to preach false doctrine. Adultery	No additional burdens, power over nations and morning star.
Sardis (3:1-6)	Not defiled garments	Works are not perfect Hold fast and repent	Not blot out name in book of life. Confess his name before Heavenly Father.
Philadelphia (3:7-13)	Kept His word and did not deny Christ.	Repent of being liars	Keep from hour of temptation.  Pillar in the temple He will write His new name upon them.
Laodicea (3:14-22)		Not hot nor cold. Bragging of their riches.	Sit with Him on His throne. He will come to them and sup with them.

All of the counsel give to these saints can be applied to me today.  I really like that John tells them that the Lord knows their works and their struggles.  He knows the good that they are doing as well.  He tells them the specific things that need to be repented of as well.  The one that I could stand to work on is to hold fast.  The world can have such a pull on me but not in big things.  It is those little things that I need to hold fast on.  Being diligent in studying the scriptures and in FHE that I need to work on.

The two blessings that I really liked was where he talked about walking with you dressed in white because of your worthiness.  Imagine walking in the temple of the Lord with the Lord!  What a wonderful blessing for following His counsel.

D&C 14: 7 And, if you ^akeep my commandments and ^bendure to the end you shall have ^ceternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God.

D$C 63: 20  ^aendureth in faith and doeth my ^bwill ^cinheritance upon the earth when the day of transfiguration shall come;

These two scriptures tell us that if we overcome the challenges of this life we can have the best of the best gifts of God.  We can receive an inheritance that is worth more than any amount of money.