27th April 2014 

 Revelation 3: 14-22. A message not just for Laodicea at the end of the first century but one for some of the churches of the 21st century?

To be true to himself God disciplines those he loves. He longs to be intimate with his followers and spend time with us and so he says that often we simply ignore his knocking on the churches door. Our attitude is all too often, “I am rich and well off and have all I need” – this is a failure to realise that we are missing out on what Jesus has to offer and we are in fact poor, naked and lacking in sight and personal insight fulness. In other words we are lukewarm about what Jesus is offering. He advises that they buy from him pure gold, white garments and eye ointment – he is the remedy to their luke warmness. So therefore there will always be a cost to us: I suggest we will enjoy the benefits if we are will to pay the price in time spent in the presence of Jesus. It doesn’t bear thinking about what we are missing out on because of our over busy lives.

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