In this sermon, Keith Miller walks through Revelation 3:1–6 and Jesus’ letter to the church in Sardis. Sardis was a city known for past greatness, wealth, and security—but also for complacency. More than once, the city fell because its people failed to stay watchful. In the same way, the church in Sardis appeared alive on the outside, but Christ exposed the deeper reality: “You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.”

Jesus calls this church to wake up, strengthen what remains, remember what they received and heard, keep it, and repent. Sardis reminds us that spiritual apathy is deadly, past faithfulness cannot replace present obedience, and Christ sees beyond reputation to reality.