laodicean message
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Good Morning Everyone and Happy Sabbath.
Thank -introduction-song
Key Text: Revelation 3:20 ESV(Change Slide)
Revelation 3:20 ESV
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
Face Screen and Read TextPlease read the text with me. Let's Pray.Change Slide - bombarded by messages. TV, Print, Internet,
Constant State of (Click)Information overload
Information Overload
Evaluate the message.
What kind, for whom, and who sent this message. Then what's the content of the message Change Slide
Lets try to Read again our key text
Revelation 3:20 ESV
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
Let us look at the key phrases and what does it tell us about the message
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I stand at the Door and knock
This message is a personal message
I Stand at the door and knock
This is a personal message
God knocks at each of our hearts.
Not at the door of the church or a house but each of our hearts.
It is a very personal message.
It is also a... (change slide)
If anyone
This message is a message of freedom for everyone
if... I want you to remember it. It may be a small word but it speaks of freedom of a choice, a decision.
This message is about making a choice. The sender of the message does not force anyone to open the door. He waits for our choice
The next phrase is...
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Hears my voice
This message is a call
Hears my voice...
This message is a call, an invitation to everyone, its not only of a selected few but to all who has ears and has the ability to hear.
Listening is not even required
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And opens the door
This message demands action
Opens the Door- This message demands action- This message must be acted upon, only then can one benefit from it
Message- personal- optional, freedom- invitation, call- demands action,
For whom is this message? Rev. 3:14Change Slide
Revelation 3:14 ESV
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
To the angel of the church in Laodicea
Who is this angel, who are the members of the church in Laodicea?
Lets try to look at what our Prophet Ellen G. White says about it...
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The inscription:1. to whom2. by whom...to the angel of the church in Laodicea
The message to the Laodicean church reveals our condition as a people (E.G. White; The Review and Herald, December 15, 1904).
Lets have a little audience participation, lets read it together giving emphasis on the word or phrase that has a different color from the rest.
Ready Read
Our condition... Ellen is talking about our condition
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...to the angel of the church in Laodicea
The condition of many of those who claim to be the children of God is exactly represented by the message to the Laodicean church
Ellen G. White Manuscript 117, 1902
Here's another statement from E.G. White. Let us read it together just like the other one.
Who is claiming to be the children of God in these last days?
The Message is for....Change slide
You
This is our message, our special message...
Next Let us try to discover who sent this message. In receiving any message it is so important to know who sent the message
That's why we have caller ID in our phones
Who sent this message?
Revelation 3:14 ESV
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
Revelation 3:14 gives us the answer lets try to read it again...
Read:
The sender did not just give one description of himself but provided us with several let us go to the first
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The words of the Amen...
one that is steady and unchangeable in all his purposes and promises
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
Who is the Amen
According to Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
Amen is the one that is steady and unchangeable in all his purposes and promisesThe one that never changes
Let's go to the next description...Change Slide
The faithful and true witness...
Faithful: pis-tos'; trustworthy
True: alethinos (al-ay-thee-nos); truthful
Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary
Faithful and True Witness
- faithful- True
The one that faithfully speaks(as a witness, a witness always speak) the truth.Someone who will tell you the truth whether you like it our not. The truth hurtsLast... Change Slide
The beginning of God's Creation...
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not, I am the first and the last
Revelation 1:17 ESV
The beginning of God's Creation
Our Creator
The first and the last...
The one who holds everything in his hands including time...Time the beginning, the ultimate demonstration of our finiteness, we could not control it
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This is a message from Jesus
Jesus- the one that never changes- the one who is the truth- the alpha and the omega
We are now we ready to study this special message from Jesus for us today.
I'll like to call these God's Loving Rebuke
Ready... Let me ask you this question... Change Slide
What do you think is your standing before God right now?
1 = worst
10 = excellent
If you are going to rate yourself on a scale of 1 10 with 1 as worst10 as excellent
Lets have a show of hands...
If you want let's try it with pictures
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What do you think is your standing before God right now?
Let us asked the Bible...
Revelation 3:16 ESV
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What is really our standing before God?
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
Revelation 3:16 ESV
Let us focus on what God will do to us...
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I will speu you out... KJV
Speu - emeo (em-eh'-o) to vomit.
Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary
The KJV uses the word SPEU which comes from the word emeo in Greek which means to vomit.
Vomit suka
Let us try to look at EGW comments on this text
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I will spew you out... KJV
Christ represents them as nauseating to His taste [Revelation 3:17, 18 quoted]
E.G. White (Manuscript 61, 1898).
Nauseating in our vernacular LOOD
Why are we nauseating to His Taste?
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What is our condition as seen from the point of view of Jesus?
What is really our condition as seen from the point of view of Jesus?
Read Revelation 3:17 ESV
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Revelation 3:17 ESV
Revelation 3:17 ESV
clearly says that we are nauseating because we are....
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wretched
miserable
poor
blind
naked
But these are only the symptoms.
The root cause is that we Believe otherwise...
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Revelation 3:17 ESV
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
For you say... but you do not realize
We are deceiving ourselves
The Heart is deceitful, who can understand it.
Ellen G White says...
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Ellen G. White, Manuscript 108, 1899
Those whom Christ warns have some excellent qualifications, but they are neutralized by all who have a diseased self-love, self-deception, self-justification
Please Read
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wretched
miserable
poor
blind
naked
Self - Love
Self - Deception
Self - Justification
God considers us, wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked
Because of
- Self Love- self deception- self justification
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Ellen G. White, Letter 66, 1894
Many are Laodiceans, living in a spiritual self-deception. They clothe themselves in the garments of their own righteousness, imagining themselves to be rich and increased with goods and in need of nothing,
Read and Emphasize
Let us continue
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Ellen G. White, Letter 66, 1894
when they need daily to learn of Jesus, His meekness and lowliness, else they find themselves bankrupt, their whole life being a lie
Read and Emphasize
- Bankrupt- living a lie
These are pretty strong words and these are addressed to us as the Laodecean church
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Ellen G. White Manuscript 163a, 1898
But they are worse than dead in trespasses and sins. They hear the Word, but make no application of it to themselves; instead, they apply the Word spoken to their neighbors
Read and Emphasize
Worse than DEAD
- a message, rebuke for them but they apply it to their neighbor
Let us pause for a moment...
These attitude reminds me of one of my favorite stories... Change Slide
The Emperor's New Clothes
Self Deception, Self Justification, Self Love
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HOPELESS?
miserable
poor
wretched
blind
naked
Self - Deception
Self - Justification
Self - Love
We are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and nakedBecause we love our selves, we deceived our selves, we think ourselves righteous usually by comparing ourselves with our neighborsYet this is our true condition... and we do not realize it or we just don't like to seeStare for a minute at the pictureIt's not nice but that is the truth
It seems hopeless...but are we. Change
Revelation 3:19 ESV
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline...
The underlying reason is LOVE, it might be a message that would really hurt but it is out of LOVE
The message is not a hopeless messageWe could do something about our condition.What do we need to do,
Let's look at the message...
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Revelation 3:18 ESV
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see
Read...
This is our hope...
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We need to do three things
First we need to listen to the counsel
Not just hear but listen
Next...
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We need to do three things
Go to Christ
Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden
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We need to do three things
Then we must buy... we need to buy three things
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Gold tried in fire
According to Ellen G White...
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Gold Tried in Fire
The gold that Jesus would have us buy of Him is gold tried in the fire; it is the gold of faith and love, that has no defiling substance mingled with it
E.G. White The Review and Herald, April 1, 1890
Gold of Faith and LoveTo make us truly rich
A love without any tinge of selfishness
A faith without a tinge of doubt
After the gold we need to buy...
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White Garment
This is...
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White Garment
The white raiment is the righteousness of Christ, the wedding garment which Christ alone can give
E.G. White The Review and Herald, April 1, 1890
White Garment to cover the shame of our nakedness
We become naked when we fell into sin
The Righteousness of Christ obtained for us at an infinite price
The last thing we need to buy...
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Eye - Salve
Eye Salve...
Let us see what does Egwhite says about it
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Eye - Salve
The eyesalve is the true spiritual discernment that is so wanting among us, for spiritual things must be spiritually discerned
E.G. White; The Review and Herald, April 1, 1890.
The eye - salve, the Word of God, makes the conscience smart under its application; for it convicts of sin
E.G. White; The Review and Herald, November 23, 1897
The word of God with true Spiritual discernment
To open our eyes to our true condition
But there is a big BUT...
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How can we buy anything when we have nothing
With our present condition... Click
Not just anything but very expensive things.
How can we afford things that even if we sell the whole universe we could not even affordThings with an infinite price
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How do we buy anything when we have nothing?
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
and he who has no money, Come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price
Isaiah 55:1 ESV
Here is the answer...
We just have to come to Jesus
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How do we buy when we have nothing?
Says Christ, By renouncing your own self-sufficiency, giving up all things, however dear to you, you may buy the gold, the raiment, and the eyesalve that you may see
Ellen G. White; The Review and Herald, November 23, 1897
Renounce ourselves,
How do we buy when we have nothing?
You may manifest great zeal in missionary effort, and yet because it is corrupted with selfishness, and tastes strongly of self, it is nought in the sight of God; for it is a tainted, corrupted offering.
Ellen G. White; Manuscript 33, 1894
Empty our heart of selfishness
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How do we buy when we have nothing?
Unless the door of the heart is open to Jesus, unless He occupies the soul temple, unless the heart is imbued with His divine attributes, human actions when weighed in the heavenly balances, will be pronounced Wanting.
Ellen G. White; Manuscript 33, 1894
And allow Jesus to enter our hearts and show us our real condition
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Self - Deception
Self - Justification
Self - Love
Utter Hopelessness
We need to remove our love for ourselves, stop deceiving ourselves, and accept our sinfulness.
Open our eyes to our utter hopelessness for only until then will we be able to hear...
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...Jesus knocking at the door of our hearts, only until then will we open our doors and welcome him into our lives.
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Then he will come in bringing with Him all the richness of heaven, including The Gold of Faith and Love, The White Garment of His Righteousness, The eye-salve of God's Word coupled with Spiritual Discernment, not to mention eternal life, and sup with us forever
Will you let him in today.
Flower In The Rain
You are the one, there's no one else
Who lifts me up and gives me water from the well
But there's a hole that seems to drain it all away
And once again I'm left in fear and doubts
When all my strength is crying out
Flower In The Rain
So here I am againWilling to be opened up and brokenLike a flower in the rainTell me what have I to doTo die and then be raisedTo reach beyond the painLike a flower in the rain
Flower In The Rain
The evil wind it blows a stormto rock my worldJust when I think I'm safe and warmI'm led astray far too easilyIt's always hard for me to say I'm wrongUntil I know I can't go on
Flower In The Rain
So here I am againWilling to be opened up and brokenLike a flower in the rainTell me what have I to doTo die and then be raisedTo reach beyond the painLike a flower in the rain
Flower In The Rain
Lord, You have searched meAnd know when I sleep and when I riseYou're familiar with all my waysEven the darkness will shine like the dayWhen you look into my heart
Flower In The Rain
So here I am againWilling to be opened up and brokenLike a flower in the rainTell me what have I to doTo die and then be raisedTo reach beyond the painLike a flower in the rain
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