Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” “Those watching and learning from the admonishing and teaching, who have become zealous and willing to change their courses, are now told what special blessing they will receive. BEHOLD! This word, behold, is used as a flare —an attention getter —so that we do…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 19 “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore, be zealous and repent.” “The words translated rebuke and chasten, are in the Greek much more forcible than here appears. The first means reproach, disgrace; put to shame, dishonor. The latter, to train or educate like a child or youth. What a call! No wonder that the proud and conceited teachers of popular churches cannot hear the call. No wonder that some who have seen…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 19 continued “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore, be zealous and repent.” As it is explained by the Southern Wisconsin Class “This verse is a continuation of the previous verse, in that the Lord is still trying to get individuals in the seventh church to repent (change direction). Here, he tells us that he is going to rebuke and chasten those whom he loves, his children, in order to get them to…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 18 continued “I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.” As taken from The Keys of Revelation. “This message indicates the self-complacent attitude of the nominal Church of Christ, which is completely unaware of its true condition… There…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 18 continued “I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.” As taken from (Revelation Notes Southern Wisconsin, edited) Gold Refined by Fire The seventh church was cautioned to buy gold (truth) that was refined in fire (had been…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 18 “I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.” This verse contains the Lord’s remedies for the ills of Laodicea. He suggests three needed procurement’s: 1. gold refined by fire, 2.white garments, 3. eye salve. The first of…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 17 continued “Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.” Having considered how our verse pertains to the nominal church let us now view it as it pertains to the Lord’s consecrated people. (As taken from the New Albany Notes on Revelation) “In addition to the lukewarmness, we now have a listing of the problems to which Christians…
Revelation Chapter 3 Continuing from our previous post. To be a minister or priest in the nominal Church of to-day, one must bring with him a plentiful store of that which Paul despised and left behind, namely, human wisdom (1 Cor. 1:17; 2:16). There is a wisdom learned by the mature, “even the hidden,” “which the Spirit teaches.” This is not taught in the great schools, seminaries of men, neither can it be learned there, but it is “freely given…
Revelation Chapter 3 Before we move on to our next verse let us take a brief recap of our last two verses. VERSE 15-16 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth.” “For many, COLD means someone who is NOT THE LORD’S. They would, therefore, need not to be spewed…
Revelation Chapter 3 (As taken from, The Keys of Revelation) VERSE 15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.” While the comparison here is boiling hot and icy cold, it is the intermediate state of lukewarmness that is, in reality, most accentuated. There is more hope that the cold of the world, who have not yet been warmed by the gospel call, may become hot and fervent Christians…