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Sardis 1. Introduction Man in the Alps.

2. Condition of the Ch. at Sardis 1. Dead 2. Not joined hands with the world but dead 3. Reputation to live 4. Some just ready to die

3. Appropriate Title Assumed by X "These things Saith He that hath the Seven Spirits and the Seven Stars." 1. "Seven Spirits" = Holy Spirit - Notice. X's rel. to Him Compare - "I beheld a lamb as it had been slain, having Seven horns & Seven Eyes which are the 7 Spirits of God Sent forth unto all the Earth." =X has a fullness of all Spiritual gifts, hence able to recover, revive, &c 2. "Seven Stars" = Angels of the ch's Notice the relation bet - X and his ministry - hence the relation bet - the gifts of the Holy S. & the Ministry and by indirection bet- the Holy S. & the Ch.