Passage
Revelation 3:14-22 (ESV)
The Church in Antioch
Acts 11:19-30
Key Verse: 11:26
Here I Am! I Stand at the Door and Knock
Date: Oct. 26, 2018
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
1. Because you are lukewarm (14-18)
Jesus really dislikes a lukewarm church, wanting to spit them out of his mouth. The church of Laodicea was wealthy, and didn't need anything, becoming comfortable and complacent. Complacency is evidence of spiritual poverty. Jesus wants them to be refined like gold in a fire, have white clothes to cover shamefulness, and eyes to see their true spiritual condition. We cannot buy these anywhere, not even on Amazon, they are only from Jesus.
1. Those I love I rebuke and discipline (19-22)
Jesus' love moves him to initiate towards us, even in rebuke, so he may discipline us, and give us the spiritual blessing of sanctification leading to holiness. But we need to let him in, hearing his voice through his word. Let's hear his knock and his voice, open the door of our hearts, and enjoy intimate fellowship with him as the center and Lord of our life.
Prayer: Prayer: Father, thank you for Jesus' love which rebukes my complacency. Come into my heart.
One Word: Won't you let Jesus in?
