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The greeting
and description of Jesus
3:14 And unto the angel
[messenger or pastor] of the church of the Laodiceans write;
[1] These things saith
[a.] the Amen,
[b.] the
faithful and true witness,
[c.] the beginning of the creation of God;
3:15 I know
[1] thy works,
[2] that thou art neither cold nor hot:
[a.] I would thou wert cold or hot.
3:16 So then
[1] because thou art
[a.] lukewarm, and
[b.] neither
cold nor hot,
[2] I will spue thee out of my
mouth [this is organized religion—a church without a Savior—which is
left on the earth when the true church is caught up to meet the Lord in the air
(1
Thes. 4:17), before God pours out His
wrath on an unbelieving world].
3:17 [3] Because
thou sayest, I
[a.] am rich,
and
[b.] [am]
increased with goods, and
[c.] have need
of nothing; and
[11.] knowest
not that thou art
[aa.] wretched, and
[bb.] miserable, and
[cc.] poor, and
[dd.] blind, and
[ee..]
naked [self-righteousness is
blind indeed]:
3:18 I counsel thee
[1] to buy of me
[a.] gold tried in the fire [the FAITH which comes from hearing
MY WORD (1 Pet. 1:7; Rom. 10:17),
[11.] that thou mayest be rich; and
[2] [to buy of me] white raiment,
[b.] that thou
mayest be clothed [clothed in God’s
righteousness (2
Cor. 5:21)], and
[c] [that] the
shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and
[3] anoint thine eyes with
eyesalve [it is the entrance of His
Word that brings light (Ps. 119:130)],
[a.] that thou
mayest see.
3:19 As many as I love,
[1] I rebuke and
[2] [I] chasten:
[a.] be
zealous therefore, and
[b.] repent.
3:20 Behold,
[1] I stand at the door, and
[2] [I] knock [Jesus is on the outside of the members’
hearts of this church, trying to get in; they practice religion, but have never
been born again by receiving Jesus as
a personal Savior]:
[3] if any man
[a.] hear my
voice, and
[b.] open the
door [of his heart],
[3] I will
[a.] come in
to him, and
[b.] will sup
with him, and
[11.] he [will sup] with me.
3:21 To him that overcometh [by being born again and resisting the mark of the beast (Rev. 13:15)]
[1] will I
[a.] grant to sit with me in my
throne,
[11.] even as I also overcame, and
[12.] [I]
am set down with my Father
[aa.] in his throne.
3:22 He that hath an ear,
let him hear
[1] what the
Spirit saith unto the churches
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