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Slide 2 Revelation Slide 3 Joshua 1 Do not let the book of the Law depart from your mouth, meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do eveything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (v8) Slide 4 Letters to 7 churches whose light was never meant to go out. Slide 5 Slide 6 Revelation Revelation 3: 14 - 22 Slide 7 Laodicea Slide 8 Hot:On-fire, sold-out, passionate believers in Jesus. Lukewarm:Religious people, Christians in name only, doing their duty. Cold:Not believers at all, cold towards God and faith. Extrover ts? Introverts ? Slide 9 Hot:Lukewarm:Cold: Extrover ts? Introverts ? Slide 10 Laodicea Slide 11 Dispensationalist View Slide 12 1.Ephesus the Apostolic Church (AD30- AD100) 2.Smyrna the Church of the Roman Persecution (100-313) 3.Pergamum the Church of the Age of Constantine (313-600) 4.Thyatira the Church of the Dark Ages (600-1517) 5.Sardis the Church of the Reformation (1517-1648) 6.Philadelphia the Church of the great Missionary Movement (1648-1900) 7.Laodicea the Church of the Apostasy (1900-present day) Slide 13 Slide 14 Laodicea Hierapolis Colossae Slide 15 Site of Laodicea, Mostly not yet excavated Nothing good about the Laodicean church! Slide 16 What this Church thought about itself Rich! Bankers Black Wool Eye Salve Slide 17 What Jesus thought about this church Poor, naked and blind! Bankers? Youre poor! Bankers? Youre poor! Buy gold from me! Buy gold from me! Black Wool? Youre naked! Black Wool? Youre naked! Buy white clothes from me! Buy white clothes from me! Eye Salve? Youre blind! Eye Salve? Youre blind! Buy eye salve from me! Buy eye salve from me! Slide 18 What Jesus thought about this church Poor, naked and blind! It is proud, self-sufficient and complacent. It has excluded Jesus. The Answer? Come to me, says Jesus. (echoes of Isaiah 55:1-2) Slide 19 Revelation Hot, cold or spat out? Slide 20 Deeds Slide 21 Hot: On-fire, sold-out, passionate believers in Jesus. Lukewarm: Religious people, Christians in name only, doing their duty. Cold: Not believers at all, cold towards God and faith. Extrover ts? Introverts ? Slide 22 Deeds Water 1.T o drink 2.T o wash 3.H ealing Properties Slide 23 Laodicea Hierapolis Colossae Slide 24 Part of the double aqueduct that brought water from the south to Laodicea. It was made of individual stone blocks, hollowed out, then sealed together with plaster and olive oil. The water was so concentrated with minerals that the Romans designed vents, capped by removable stones, so the aqueduct pipes could be cleaned of deposits. Slide 25 Mineral-encrusted water pipes in a 16-foot-high water tower on the south side of Laodicea. The aqueduct that carried water into the city ended here. From here, the lukewarm mineral water was distributed throughout the city. Slide 26 Water Deeds Not fit for purpose! For drinking, bathing, or medicinal use. Lack of effectiveness not lack of fervour. Slide 27 Revelation Hot, cold or spat out? Slide 28 All loved and Redeemable! Love and discipline go hand in hand! (v19) Slide 29 Revelation 3: 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me. Slide 30 Revelation 3: 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me. Slide 31