Lesson 2251

(Lesson 2251)(02-06-18) Revelation 3:14-22
    “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; 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. 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: 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. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 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 am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”

    I believe that this letter to the church of the Laodiceans is intended for those of us in the modern church age. The reference to being “cold or hot” fits most of today’s churches exactly.
    Just as today’s quote says of the Laodiceans, our modern churhces, for the most part, have become over bloated and lazy toward the work of the Lord. We have come to a point where our service to the Lord’s church means to simply show up, occupy a pew for an hour or so and hope some lost soul drops by and sits beside us so that the preacher can convince him/her to accept the amazing grace of God. That is NOT what Jesus had in mind for His church members. We are to go to every extreme, everywhere, every day, to bring the pure gospel of Jesus Christ to every lost soul we can possibly reach. If we don’t get off our bottoms and become hot with a zeal for the Lord’s purpose, we suffer the possiblility of losing our influence forever or, as Jesus put it, being spewed out of His mouth.~