November 16, 2008: Keys to the Kingdom – Michael Hidalgo

Philadelphia was the furthest east of the seven cities that were written to. It was a missionary city built for the express purpose of furthering Greek life and thought. If one lived in Philadelphia, they held Greek thought higher than anything else. They were to go and make disciples.

God gives the Church a new imperative. Go and make disciples for me. He is opening a door for them to go through. They are no longer to be missionaries for Caesar but for God himself.