The Amen is Jesus, the faithful and true witness.
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness.
Amen is the word of assent. It is so. It is firm. Jesus takes the word as a name in the letter to Laodicea. These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. Paul says all the promises of God are Yes in Him, and through Him is the Amen, to the glory of God. The church says amen to a prayer. He is the Amen. The promises do not hang on a later vote. They are Yes in the one who is faithful and true.
- The Amen is a title, not only a closing word.
- It stands with the faithful and true witness.
- Laodicea hears it from the one who is about to spit the lukewarm out of His mouth.
These things saith the Amen.
The faithful and true witness.
In him it is always Yes.
- The Amen is Jesus.
- The title is in the letter to Laodicea.
- It is paired with the faithful and true witness.
- Paul says the promises of God are Yes in Him.
- Through Him is the Amen, to the glory of God.
- The church’s amen answers. His is the name.
- The Word – It is so.
- The Name – The Amen.
- The Letter – Laodicea.
- The Pair – Faithful and true witness.
- The Promises – Yes in Him.
- The Glory – To God through Him.
- Revelation 3:14 – “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:20 – “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”
- Revelation 3:15-16 – “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot… So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
- Revelation 1:5 – “And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.”
- Revelation 19:11 – “And he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.”
- Isaiah 65:16 – “He who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth.”
- Deuteronomy 27:15 – “And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:16 – “How shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks?”
- Revelation 22:20 – “Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
- John 14:6 – “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness.
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen.
Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The Amen is Jesus. The church says the word. He is the word. The promises are Yes in Him.
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