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…
Revelation Chapter 3 THE SEVENTH CHURCH, SEAL, AND TRUMPET (The Harvest Period) THE LAODICEAN CHURCH (As taken from the, New Albany Notes on Revelation) It is, strangely enough, a little more difficult to analyze this Church’s message than the previous messages. When we live in the middle of a situation, we are more inclined to negate important things and to exaggerate little things. The question regarding to whom the Laodicean message is written is even a problem. See: How to…
“One of the Seven Messengers to the Church” (The following was taken from, “The New Albany Notes on Revelation”) Preparatory Information: In Revelation we (or John, representing us), are addressed in a number of ways. (a) Directly by Jesus (Rev. 1:17-20) (b) By a voice from heaven (Rev. 4:1; Rev. 14:13) (c) By an elder (Rev. 5:5) (d) By an angel (Rev. 10:9) (e) By a voice from the throne (Rev. 19:5, 9, 10) and (f) (the point of this…
“To Whom Are the Seven Church Messages Written?”, Part 2 THE SOLUTION? With the evidences presented in our previous post being nearly overwhelmingly in favor of the messages being meant for the TRUE CHURCH, we must deal with Brother Russell’s position stating that the Laodicean message is to the nominal church. There can be no question that the seventh Church is unique. For the first time in history the Lord admonishes the separation of the true from the false. Recall…
“To Whom Are the Seven Church Messages Written?”, Part 1 (The following was taken from, “The New Albany Notes on Revelation”) This question may appear a strange one. The messages to the Churches SHOULD BE to the Church! But the question often arises among brethren as to whether these messages are to the church nominal or to the true Church, or both. THE PROBLEM It should be noted that this would probably not be a question if we only had…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 14 continued “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write…” An extensive newspaper work by the Pastor also provided a worldwide witness. From a small beginning the work expanded until approximately four thousand newspapers and magazines, at one time or another, published his sermons—about two thousand doing so simultaneously (What minister today could say the same?). By this means he preached to an estimated fifteen million to twenty million people weekly. These sermons,…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 14 continued “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write…” Russell was not the founder of a new religion, he merely revived the great truths taught by Jesus and the apostles, and turned the light of the twentieth century upon these. In so doing, he did more than any other man of modern times to establish the faith of the people in the Scriptures. By the citation of scriptural authority, he taught and…