The seventh (7 th ) Church of Revelation is the church of Laodicea:

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The seventh (7 th ) Church of Revelation is the church of Laodicea: Laodicea became important only in Roman times. It was capital of the Cibryatic convention, which included at least twenty-five towns. It was also the wealthiest Phrygian city, and especially prosperous in this period. It was ten miles west of Colosse and six miles south of Hierapolis. Zeus was the city s patron deity, but Laodiceans also had temples for Apollo, Asclepius (the healing deity), Hades, Hera, Athena, Serapis, Dionysus and other deities. Many Jewish people lived in Phrygia.

The seventh (7 th ) Church of Revelation is the church of Laodicea: Rev. 3: 14-22

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:15,17 -

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:15,17 - Indifference (cf. 2:2) -Due to -Wealth - Increase - Sufficiency Ignorance

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:15,17 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot... 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:15 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:15 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. - The Sin of Indifference

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:17-17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; Indifference (cf. 2:2) - Due to - Wealth

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:17-17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; Indifference (cf. 2:2) -Due to -Wealth - Increase

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:17-17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; Indifference (cf. 2:2) -Due to -Wealth - Increase - Sufficiency

I. Things that were worthy of condemnation: Rev. 3:17-17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: - The Sin of Ignorance

II. Words of Consequence: Rev. 3:16-17 -

II. Words of Consequence: Rev. 3:16-17 - So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

II. Words of Consequence: Rev. 3:16-17 - So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. - i.e. vomiting

II. Words of Consequence: Rev. 3:16-17 - So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. - i.e. vomiting Point: This is an instance when the church can make God sick and God can t stomach it anymore.

III. Words of Exhortation Rev. 3:18-19 -

III. Words of Exhortation Rev. 3:18-19 - 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

IV. Words of Compensation: Rev. 3:20-21 -

IV. Words of Compensation: Rev. 3:20-21 - 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.)

The Seven (7) Churches of Revelations are the churches of: 1. Ephesus (Rev. 2:1-7) 2. Smyrna (Rev. 2: 8-11 ) 3. Pergamos (Rev. 2:12-17) 4. Thyatira (Rev. 2:18-29) 5. Sardis (Rev. 3:1-6) 6. Philadelphia (Rev. 3: 7-13) 7. Laodicea (Rev. 3:14-22)

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