...and preach of Christ, yet Christ hated their doctrine. " Christ saith to the church of Smyrna, ' 1 know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are of the synagogue of Satan.' So the church js to have a judgment upon these blasphemers, and are to...

...in the flesh," "Who was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification." Ver. 9. I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty (but thou art rich), and / know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan....

...the Church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive ; thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which...Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into...

...Ephesus—says, he knew where they dwelt. This church was composed of Jews ; Christ said, I know the bla-phemy of them which say they are Jews and are not ; but are the synagogue of Satan, (these Jews had become backsliders, and had fallen under the name of Satan and devil) fear none of...

...The peace and happiness of the Smyrnaen church are strikingly contrasted by their Divine Master with the " blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are of t he synagogue of Satan." These were professed Jews, men of violent and profligate character, who...

...beneath its branches, in the " Paradise of God." EPISTLE TO SMYRNA. LECTURE III. REVELATION ii. 9. I KNOW THY WORKS, AND TRIBULATION, AND POVERTY, BUT THOU ART RICH. THE subject for the present Lecture is the second of the epistles to the Asiatic Churches, addressed...

...church of Ephesus—says, he knew where they dwelt. This church was composed of Jews: Christ said, I know the blasphemy of them, which say they are Jews and are not; but are the synagogue of Satan, 'these Jews had become backsliders, and had fallen un. 1 der the name of Satan and devil,' fear none...

...such as walked in the divine power, ' and such as did not 1 ' Christ saith to the Church of Smyrna, " I know the blasphemy of " them which say they are Jews, and are not ; but are of the synagogue " of Satan." So the Church is to have a judgment upon these blaspne' mers, and are...

...replete with evidence of our Lord's ability and inclination to save, the epistle thus continues, " I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, but thou art rich." No doubt, in the first instance, this declaration was peculiarly applicable to the Church at Smyrna,...

...replete with evidence of our Lord's ability and inclination to save, the epistle thus continues, " I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, but thou art rich." No doubt, in the first instance, this declaration was peculiarly applicable to the Church at Smyrna,...