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Letter To Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) A church with no commendation is reminded it must remain zealous. |
Letter To Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22)
A church should be zealous.
- God Knows Our Temperature (v15-16)
- Their spiritual temperature revealed a problem in the congregation and they were sickening to Jesus…they needed a zeal according to knowledge (Rom. 12:11; 10:2; Titus 2:14; Eph. 2:10).
- We must not grow lazy and indifferent in our spiritual walk (James 1:22, 25; Gal. 6:9).
- God Knows Our Worth (v17-18)
- They seemed to trust in themselves and had a high estimation of their spiritual value, but God could see their true worth — they were bankrupt and in need of help.
- They may have been physically wealthy but that did not mean things were going well; they needed to reevaluate where their riches lay (Matt. 6:20-21).
- However, Jesus had the solution to all of their prob-lems…something of true value to treasure (Prov. 23:23), white raiment with which to be clothed (Rev. 3:5; Gal. 3:27), and eye salve by which to see (Matt. 13:15-16).
- God Knows Our Need For Discipline (v19).
- God was showing His love for them in this discipline (Heb. 12:6-12) — He was trying to save them.
- They could show their love in return by humbling themselves to Him (John 14:15; 1 John 5:3).
- Before them was the opportunity to enjoy eternal life, it was up to them what they would do with it.
