Tag: Laodicea
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More Than a Mascot – Revelation 3:22
Revelation 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. That is how the message to Laodicea ends, but it is really the Lord’s appeal to every church and every heart. “He that hath an ear, let him hear.” In other words, do not just listen politely. Do…
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The Knock at the Church Door – Revelation 3:20-21
Revelation 3:20-21 Behold, 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. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and…
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Love That Will Not Leave You Alone – Revelation 3:19
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. This is one of the most tender verses in the whole letter to Laodicea. After all the exposing words, after calling them lukewarm and blind and poor and naked, Jesus now tells them why He is speaking so sharply.…
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Refined, Clothed, and Able to See – Revelation 3:18
Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Jesus does not stop with exposing Laodicea. He…
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Rich and Yet Ruined – Revelation 3:17
Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. This is the tragedy of Laodicea. They were completely wrong about their true condition. They said, “I am rich, and increased with goods,…
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Useful, Refreshing, or Repulsive – Revelation 3:15-16
Revelation 3:15-16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. This is one of the most searching words Jesus gives to any of the seven churches.…
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When the People Rule – Revelation 3:14
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. When we come to Laodicea, we come to a church that is painfully familiar. Laodicea was a wealthy city, a banking center with money to…