Reading:
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.
Commentary:
The lukewarm Christian
does not feel their sin, and when they examine themselves for sin, they find
little wrong which they have done. They
reason that if they sin it is no big deal, for Christ forgives everything, and
they think they can coast through life and receive heaven when they die. Such Christians
may profess Christ but they do not really know Him. He is a small Savior for their small sins,
and God therefore must spew them out.
"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." Dead is dead. Let us not make light of our sins but see how
wretched and miserable, poor, blind and naked we are in sin. "As many as I love, I rebuke and
chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." Christ alone saves.
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