TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Revelation 3:19
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​Memorize this Verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
19. A M A I L I R A C B Z T A R

Notes on this verse:

“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten”: Both verses 18 and 20 indicate that Christ was speaking here to unbelievers. God certainly loves the unconverted (compare John 3:16). Both “reprove” and “discipline” often refer to God’s convicting and punishing the unregenerate (Matt. 18:17; 1 Cor. 14:24; 2 Tim. 2:25).

Jesus says here that He rebukes this church because He loves them.

Proverbs 19:18 “Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.”

Jesus tells this church to get excited about serving Jesus and repent of their lukewarmness. When Jesus returns, we must be found working. Work for the night is coming when man’s work is done.

Just as a fruit tree produces much more fruit after it is pruned, Jesus here is pruning the church so it will produce much fruit. Tribulation comes to make us strong. Perhaps this church would be stronger if it faced a little tribulation.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

In the closing appeal of these messages to the churches, Jesus issues a final call as we see in the next scripture

TODAY'S BIBLE READING

February 16

Old Testament
Leviticus 1-4  —  8.0 minutes
Psalms 38  —  4.0 minutes

New Testament
Matthew 17:1-13  —  3.0 minutes
Acts 23:12-35  —  6.5 minutes

Total Average Read Time — 21.5 minutes