The Letter to the Laodiceans and What It Means to Us |
Revelations 3:14 And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you were cold or hot. 16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness is not visible at all; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him who overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
This is an amazing passage. Laodicea is a Greek word that means: People having the rulership or power. It indicates that Christians are letting themselves be influenced by society and popular opinion. In fact, Laodicea could be translated to mean: Democracy. They are lukewarm. When a person dies, they begin to go from 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit to room temperature. The are no longer able to maintain their body temperature since they are dead and they are soon at room temperature which is known as lukewarm. When a person dies, they immediately start to be molded by the environment and eventually reach the exact same temperature. When a Christian thinks that they are rich in Christ and don't realize that they are wretched, miserable, poor, and blind, they become dead in their faith and they start to be molded by the environment. That's because being a Christian is being a Christ follower. To follow Christ, you must hear His Voice and respond to Him. If you do this, the road is always upward to higher heights in Him. You realize that the best is yet to come and that what you have already attained in Christ is but a foretaste of what He has for you. You realize that you need more of Christ and you long for it with all your heart. Read the Bible and ask God to show you the things in your life and in your church that are not according to the pattern. God wants to bring these things in line by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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