No one likes to think of their spiritual life as being only lukewarm and it is not something we would readily admit to. Yet this is the problem with the church at Laodicea. It was tepid, insipid and Jesus was about to spit it out of his mouth. It would be nice if we could read about this from a lofty disengaged vantage point, but the reality is, when we read it we are challenged to think about the spiritual temperature of our own lives.
Read: Luke 12:35–40; Revelation 3:14–22
No one likes to think of their spiritual life as being only lukewarm and it is not something we would readily admit to. Yet this is the problem with the church at Laodicea. It was tepid, insipid and Jesus was about to spit it out of his mouth. It would be nice if we could read about this from a lofty disengaged vantage point, but the reality is, when we read it we are challenged to think about the spiritual temperature of our own lives. Read: Revelation 3:7-13
Among the seven churches, Philadelphia along with the church in Smyrna became known as a great church. Φιλεω (Phileo) means love and αδελφος (Adelphos) means brother in Greek. Philadelphia means brotherly love. Read: Revelation 3:1-6
God told Apostle John to send a letter to Sardis. Sardis was the capital of the Asian Kingdom of Lydia. It was a very important for political, commercial, and religions centre. And it was a very wealthy city. Most cities where seven churches were in this area depended too much upon Rome, because of their limited food and resources. However, Sardis was different. It had plenty of food and natural resources including gold and silver. Many of people were very rich, so they could survive without the help of Rome. Read: Philippians 2:1–11; Revelation 2.18-29
I was listening to the radio this week and heard about a charity called Give a kid a blanket. This winter they have received and passed on 17,469 blankets to families in need. It is encouraging that in our nation there are kind-hearted people involved in compassionate service. |
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