That even as you have come to His process, you commit His
heart into your heart, into His hands.
That He shall touch your heart so that you'll be able to
receive His way. Shall you pray?
Our Lord and our God, we commit our heart.
It is our prayer now you shall touch our hearts, that your
weight will be fatal in our hearts.
I. To see Jesus.
Throughout the week we he studied about the
revelation John received from the Lord and scriptures makes us
to understand that the Lord opened John's eye and he
received the revelation from the Lord.
The Bible says our goal changes not today.
John is no more. Here, you are here, I'm here.
Even as the Word of God is coming, we want to lift our
hands on to the heavens and ask the Lord to open our eyes.
When the Lord open our eyes, we shall see what He wants us to
see. Open my eyes to see Jesus.
Shall you begin to pray and ask the Lord to open your
eyes, to see you, to see you? Shall we humbly resume our
seats? Father, in the name of Jesus, I
want to thank you this morning for an opportunity like this is
enough for a reason that throughout the whole week you
have guarded us and You have taken us through your word.
We pray in the name of Jesus as today marks the climax of our
area week and we are studying about the seven churches.
It is our prayer, O Lord, that before this morning service will
come to a close, You will give us a revelation.
You help us to understand Your word so that we shall abide with
Your word. We thank You in Jesus name,
Amen. Amen.
For those of you who are not able to come since Tuesday to
Friday, maybe I'll try and talk briefly about what we learnt and
then we'll come to today's topic.
On Tuesday, by the grace of God, our resident minister and the
person of Pastor Emmanuel Lacosa took us through the Ephesus
church, the Ephesus church. And from what we learnt, we
realized that the challenge that the Ephesus church had is that
they they, they were receiving false doctrine.
They were the church had sound doctrine and worked hard, but
lost its first love. The Ephesus church, the hard
sound doctrine, what it means is that they received the Word of
God. They were taught the word of
God. They worked so hard, but along
the line they lost the love of God.
How they began their devotion to God, their devotion to the
Kingdom business, they lost it. And so God was calling them to
remember their first love and repent.
And then God gave them a promise.
The promise God gave to the Ephesus church was that they
will access the tree of life in the paradise of God.
They will access the Tree of Life in the paradise of God on
Wednesday. Pastor Attention While estate
pastor was in our miss. He took us through the Sadist
Church and he made us to understand that the Sadist
Church was a dead church. Their challenge is that they had
reputation for being alive but was spiritually dead and
dormant. The Sadist church, they had a
reputation. They thought they were alive,
but spiritually they were dead and God gave them a promise.
The promise God gave them was that he include them in white
garments and then their names will be kept in the book of Life
and and confessed before the Father.
And then on Thursday, past Elder George also took us through the
Pegamom Church. That is the compromising church.
The compromising church and their challenge was that they
allowed false teachings, false doctrine, doctrine of Balaam,
the Nicolaitans, and then they compromised with the world and
yeshi and yeshi and yeshi. They compromised the compromise.
And then God also give them a promise.
The promise God gave them was that He's going to give them a
hidden manner, a white stone, and a new name.
I can't elaborate much about this God.
That's not our focus this morning.
It's for the purpose of those who couldn't come at all.
That's why I'm mentioning it. And then on Friday, Apostle, our
area head was in our miss in the person of Apostle Dr. De la
Quampa. He taught us on the Philadelphia
church, that is the faithful church.
The faithful church. The challenge was that they
maintain faithfulness with limited strength and urine
pressure. They maintain faithfulness with
limited strength and then they endured pressure and then the
promise God gave them was that He will make them a pillar in
the temple of God, receiving a new name.
He will make them a pillar in the temple of God and they will
receive a new name. And then because of time, I
think the other two churches, Smina and Tiatra, yesterday, on
Friday, area had spoke briefly about them.
We couldn't have time to treat it.
But when Ariel spoke about Philadelphia, he also mentioned
about Smina, which is the suffering church.
Their challenge was faced with intense persecution, poverty,
Emma, Tito and they are promised, they were promised the
crown of life. They will not be hit by the
second death. And then the theatre, the
tolerance church, their challenge was that they
tolerated immorality and false teaching, that is the teaching
of Jezebel. But God promised them authority.
All these promises, when God told them their weaknesses and
He make them to understand if they able to repent and change
the promises that He, the Lord will give unto them.
So the theatre church, God promised them authority to rule
over the nations, rule the nations with an iron Skepta,
shatter the nations like poetry, and then receive the morning
star. Amen.
So throughout the whole week,
one of the first we can say is that from the lessons and the
studies that went on, God is giving the church hope.
God is giving the church His promise.
And so this morning, if you are here, I want to announce you
that there is hope in the church.
The church is full of all. The church has a lot of promises
that we need to claim. And do not forget that when we
talk about the church, we are talking about you, we are
talking about me. Amen.
So the promises are focused on eternal life, all the promises
that were enumerated or given to the servant churches.
The focus is on eternal life, eternal life, intimacy with God
and reigning with Christ. And then the call God is giving
is that they will emphasize that while the church as a whole may
be criticized, the promise to the individual who overcome
these challenges will receive the promise.
Hello. The promise is or will be given
to those who are able to stand and overcome the challenges.
So what it means is that some of the churches went through
challenges. The only churches that did not
go through or did not have any, you will get there.
Let's go step by step. And then we could also see that
from all the churches the Lord was in their mess.
And then maybe if we should read Revelations chapter, let me see.
Let's read Revelation chapter 2, verse one and three.
Revelation chapter 2, verse one and three.
I'm reading from here to the Angel of the church in Ephesus.
Right, Right. These are the word of him who
holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the
seven golden lampstands. The seven golden lampstands
stands for the church. Yeah.
Please go on, please go back, go back again.
Let me start to the Angel of the church in Ephesus writes These
are the worst of him who hosts the seven stars in his right
hand and walks among the seven golden lamb stump.
Now let me ask this question. Who hosts?
Oh, don't mean irrational. The Scripture is saying that
these are the worst of him who holds the seven stars in his
right hand. And then I want to ask or pose
the question, who holds the seven stars?
Who? I can't hear you.
Jesus. Jesus.
Yeah. So that is the revelation John
received. So he's talking about Jesus
here, the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand
and walks among the seven golden stars.
So you could see that, yes, the churches have challenges.
Some of the churches were going through immorality.
Some of the churches were doing unpleasant things.
Some of the churches please the Lord.
And the Bible is saying that the one who holds the seven stars,
who is Jesus, Bible is saying that he walks among them.
Hello. So what it means is that as a
church, as a church, Jesus always walks among us.
It doesn't matter what goes on. It doesn't matter.
And the reason why you should understand and accept the word
of God is that at times some of us Christians, we even complain
when things are not going on well, when we see that some
people are not depicting, depicting the life of a true
Christian or reflecting the life of Christ.
And at times it can even happen that leaders also do same.
When it happens like that, assuming you remember, you go
and see your presiding header in a bar corner somewhere, taking a
friend and saying gouda or Casa or Casa corner.
Then you the member by mistake, you come to the bar and then you
see your presiding. And this same presiding will
come and stand here. And then he will be preaching or
you see your presiding that entering a hotel room with a
young lady who is not the wife. And then the same presiding that
will come and stand here. And then he will tell you.
He will tell you what repent when I'm saying repent and you
are seated there. What would you see?
Oh, maybe so I'll say me then or Shia you have you repented Anna
Monca Lizzy Wonka. Amen.
So the point here is that the church, no matter how you see
it, whatever that is going on in the church, John is saying that
Jesus is in his church. Hello.
And when you hear such word, mawakuma and toya, Amen.
And so escape into English assembly.
I want to stand upon the authority of the Word of God and
tell you that Jesus in his in his church, Yeshua, yes you are.
And then when you continue, please let's continue.
It says it says that I know your deeds, your hard work and your
perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate
Wiki people that you have tested those who claim to be apostles
but are not and have found them false.
I think I'm one example and I'm in mine.
The fact that not many my, my, my, my, my my, what my actions
does not depict, depict what they'll be only as a presiding
Aida. But you are not your force.
Amen. Amen.
Jesus knows about this thing, and that is the reason why he
gave the revelation to John. I know your deeds.
So whatever we are doing in the House of the Lord, in the
Kingdom business, the Lord knows your hard work and your
perseverance. The Lord knows at times you have
to persevere. At times, some of us, we work so
hard for the Lord. At times we even go against our
will to do Kingdom business. Amen.
Let's move to the vestry and then I'll come back to you have
persevered and have endured hardships for my name and have
not grown weary because of time will not continue.
So what it means is that whenever you are going through
tribulation, John himself, the apostle who had the revelation,
he received the revelation as a result of the tribulation he
went through when he was abandoned on the Patmos Island.
And then everybody was thinking that he should die there.
That is where the Lord gave him the revelation.
And so maybe if you are here this morning, I want to announce
to you that you may be suffering as a result of your
righteousness. You may be suffering as a result
of your commitment to the Kingdom business.
I want to announce you that Jesus is in the known of all
these things and he's encouraging us to persevere.
Amen. Because of time.
Let me go straight to what we are supposed to learn today.
Today we want to talk about the La Docia Church.
La Docia Spirit divine, Oh my
nature. Duty of Jesus.
Beauty of Jesus.
Beauty of Jesus Shall we humbly be on our feet?
We want to pray once again and ask of the Lord to make us the
kind of church who is beautiful. That I will be the church who is
beautiful. That you will be the church who
is beautiful. Die beauty of Jesus, shall you
open your mouth and pray? Tell the Lord, make me a church
which is beautiful. Father, Lord Jesus, Lord, we
pray ourselves into thy hands. Oh Lord, a promise church is our
prayer. Father, Lord Jesus, for you
shall make us a promise church, a kind of church.
Father, Lord Jesus, this one which is beautiful, Your own
glory. We know you have prayer
answering God, and even as we pray in the name of Jesus you
will grant us our prayer requests.
Your name you praise forever in the name of Jesus.
Shall we sit down, Spirit? Spirit divide.
The beauty of Jesus.
The beauty of Jesus BC praise the Lord, yo.
So as I said, we want to talk about the La Lusia church this
morning. And then we realized that with
the Loudestia church, they are challenging us.
They were a lukewarm church. A lukewarm church.
We want to read from Revelations chapter 3, verse 14 to 22.
Shall you project it for us? Revelation chapter 314 to 22 To
the Angel of the church in Laodicea, right?
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are
neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or
the other. So because you are lukewarm,
neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
You say I am rich, I have acquired wealth and do not need
a thing. But you do not realize that you
are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
I cancel you to buy from me gold, refine in the fire so you
can become rich, and white clothes to wear so you can cover
your shameful nakedness and solve to put on your eyes so you
can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and
discipline. So be honest and repent.
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 that person and be with me.
To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with
me on my prune. Just as I was victorious.
I sat down with my father on his truth.
Amen. Amen.
So here we could see that with a La Dosia church, they also had
their promise and they also had their challenge.
The challenge they had was that they were a lukewarm church.
The Bible describes that they were not hot and they were not
cold. So what it means is that they
did not have one stand. It's just like someone who is
not a Christian, who is not a wetly person.
Amen. In other words, the person has
one feet in the church 1 feet outside of the Kingdom.
And the Bible describes such a person or such church as a
lukewarm church. And the Bible is saying that the
church or that person should take a stand.
If you are hot, be hot, and if you are cold, be cold.
And the Bible is saying that if you fail to be hot and you fail
to be cold, I'll speak to you out.
Amen. Amen.
So this was the life of this was the kind of life that the church
in Laodicea lived. And from the Scriptures you
could see that God gave them a promise.
He said, I will give you the right to sit with me on my
throne. So the promise is that if they
are able to change, if they are able to repent from their
lukewarmness, the promise that is given to them is that they
will be given the right to sit with Jesus on his throne.
Amen. Amen.
And then from the Scriptures also, we realized that when we
talk about the Laodicea church, you could see that it was the
kind of church which was so rich, which was rich.
And because of their wealth, they couldn't identify, they
couldn't recognize their wretchedness.
And then if you study from scriptures or one you, you
study, you could realize that the, the, the Laudisia church
was financially independent. They lacked nothing.
They lack nothing. And then according to history,
you know, the Laudisia churches around the techie area, they
always experience earthquake. And you see when an earthquake
happens in a country and then there is so much disaster, you
could see that there are other countries which go to support
them with France and other relief items.
They go and support them with relief items.
But according to the studies we did, we realized that the
Lordicia Church was so rich that whenever earthquake happens,
they still needed not the support of other people.
They had so much that they could cater for themselves.
They were financially sound or independent.
The Aldicia Church was a church full of fashion.
Fashion, fashion, fashion capital.
Always say fashion. I hope you understand dressing
the Laudesia Church. In the Laudesia church, when you
read, you could realize that they had a clothes industry.
And so they were. They were, they were.
It was a fashion town or fashion church.
They didn't joke with fashion at all.
Amen. Amen.
And when we said they didn't joke with fashion, I hope you
understand because the, the, the number of phone number number.
But what I'm trying to say is that it's like because they were
rich, they had money and because of that, they were fashion,
fashion, fashion. What's minded?
They don't joke with fashion. And so in the church now,
fashion now this, at times we also see it when the Lord bless
you so much, we dress and dress and dress, and at times we
forget about ourselves. And so because they were fashion
minded, it got to a point that they could dress anyhow in the
name of fashion. In the name of fashion, maybe
let me say that when you're a child of God, it is good to
dress, but you need to be mindful of how you dress.
One of the reasons that shows that they were lukewarm is as a
result of their fashion. How the wetly person dresses
should be different from how the godly person dresses.
Martina dispensation. It is like at times we the
believers learn from the unbelievers.
We learn from the unbelievers in the name of fashion.
Just imagine in our church when we were given the opportunity to
especially the ladies to put on trousers.
At times the way we put on the trousers in the name of fashion.
Obey to Misha and Asabi Navin Shipping inertia to him or to
her Nenebia. That was how the church in
Laodicea lived, in the name of Nenebia.
And the Bible says that they were wretched, but they didn't
know that. So what it means is that you can
be in the church and think that I'm financially sound.
Oh, my dressing, come on, By the sight of God you are wretched.
In the sight of God you are naked in the sight of God you
are very, very pitiful. And then one thing also, if you
read, you could see that they were known a world renowned
medical school drawing patient globally famous specifically on
its highly effective ear bumps and eye drops.
During that time globally, they were manufacturers of eye, let
me say eye drop or eye medication and that ear
medication. So what it means is that maybe
during those days, any person in any part of the world, when they
needed medication, they need to they need to buy from Laodicea.
They had ear balm, they had eye drop, but the Bible says they
were blind. Hello.
So all that Bible is trying to say is that though they had all
these things, they were naked in the sight of God.
So what it means is that the fact that you have the best, the
fact that you have everything, does not make you the righteous
person. From what you read, you could
see that these are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true
witness, the ruler of God's creation.
The Amen was traced from Isaiah 65 and 16 where God is the God
of truth. He is steady, unchangeable, and
His promises are beyond doubts. Our goal is unchangeable.
The times changes, the time changes.
Recently I was looking at a video and then someone there was
this young lady who was going to give water to the to the to the
wife, to the husband. Sorry.
When the young lady sent the water to the husband, she knelt
down like this and then Nisha femme or the man.
And then they were trying to demonstrate how things has
changed yearly. And then what they were trying
to say is that now the young lady must sit down for the man
to bring, to bring to serve the wife or the woman, the water.
That is the kind of dispensation in which we leave it and won't
be unto you if you don't do it. Listen.
And our country because in any mere aircraft.
So the point is that time changes, time changes, time
changes. Gone are the days in the 80s,
seventies, if you see a young man with bushy hair, let's just
say we are current in our dispensation.
I was like gone are the days if you dress with your trouser too.
Naboo, let's just say we are current in our dispensation.
How is it like? So the point is that day in day
out time changes, but our goal does not change is the same
yesterday, today and forever on Susanda until if God does not
change, then please, we should understand that the precepts,
the principles of God does not change.
The types may change. Amen, Amen.
And then maybe let's read Revelations 19 verse 12.
Revelations 19 verse 12 His eyes are like blazing fire.
While John was describing when he had the revelation and then
he saw Jesus seated on the Troon and then he was describing him.
His eyes are like blazing fire. On his head are many crowns.
He has a name written on him that no one knows but He
Himself. Amen.
He has a name written on him that no one knows but He
himself, and then He is. That is the originator of
creation. Colossians one verse 6.
The God of creation is the exact same as the God of redemption.
He initiated the world and imitates restoration.
The originator of the world. The originator of the world.
The danger of neutrality. If the Church or the Leodisia
Church were identifiable enemies, enemies, a resistance
strategy could be formed. If allies, they could be
embraced because they are neither friendly nor angonistic.
They are impossible to classify. Hello, where will you be
classified? And then the divine response.
Christ regards his neutral, this neutral attitude as nauseating.
Of all spiritual condition conditions, indifference is the
hardest to combat, prompting the stark warning, I am about to
spit you out of my mouth. So what it means is that when
you are in the church or as the church, if you fail to identify
your stunt, he will spit you out and say if you are warm, be warm
and if you are cold, be cold. Amen.
So the Bible is saying that if you fail to have a stand, Jesus
will spill you out. And so as I stand here, if I
have double stand, the Bible is telling me that Jesus will spill
me out. And you also, if you also have
double stand, Jesus will spill you out.
If that is the case, then I need to repent.
If that is the case, then you need to repents.
Amen. Amen.
The Elodisia Church was deeply loved by Paul, who considered
it's part of his mission field. Yet over time, the church
members simply became indistinguishable from the proud
culture around them. They suffered from the
catastrophic reversal of values. What they considered an asset
was actually their liability. Their earthly security had
blinded them to their severe spiritual vulnerability.
Because they were so rich, they didn't see their real states as
a church. They didn't see their real
state. If that is the case, then is it
good for God to bless or it's not good for God to bless?
Because I believe they are riches was from God.
Hello, those of us who are praying for riches, while you
are praying hard, hard, that Lord, if you bless me, help me
to know you more. There is another which says that
if you want to see, if you want to know the character of
someone, give him riches. The real character of someone,
give him riches. Someone may be humble, someone
may be, may be whatever, as a result of his condition, but let
him come out of that condition and then you see the actual
stand of that person. So the Laodicea Church, we could
see that they were very rich and they needed nothing.
They were very rich and they needed nothing.
That is what they were boasting of.
I have everything. I don't need anything.
But in the sight of God, when Christ wears them, carries them,
Christ sees that they were very wretched, they were very
pitiful, and they were very poor.
So when the Lord blesses you, it is very important for you to
carry yourself. How does God sees me?
And then the divine prescription
Jesus gave unto them is that they will come and buy gold.
They will buy from him gold refined in the fire.
And then the next one. Then Odyssea Church boasts of
famous black Violet designer fashion.
No, no, what are some of the fashion designs as they say
also, Oh Charles, you draw our hand on a more friend and say
polo, Polo isn't my design. Polo.
I remember some time ago, there are some young men, they don't
have food to eat, but they can't contribute.
And then Adidas not on share, no dressing up as obviously Adidas
washer Nike fashion. And then one day I bought to get
it. They boast with it, they boast
with it fashion. But in the midst of this, in the
abundance of their fashion, in the sight of God, they were seen
as naked. And then the divine prescription
that was prescribed to them is that they will buy white clothes
to cover their shameful nakedness.
And then as I mentioned, they were the world class.
They had the world class eye ointment.
They were the manufacturers of it.
But in the sight of God they were boasting.
We have the best eye drop eye ointment.
By the sight of God, they were blind.
They were blind. The eye ointment that is
supposed to help the eye see clearly in the sight of God.
They were blind and Bible is saying that the Christ
recommended that they buy salve to put on their eyes so they can
see. Amen.
Christ counsels to buy gold refined in fire through wealth.
Is Christian character forged uniquely in the context of pain,
trial, and sacrifice? So I said we would do Christ
cancels them to buy gold refined in fire.
Gold that is refined in fire, How does it look like?
We are told that when the miners get the gold, it starts from the
dust. But before you get the gold out
they are talking about it must go through fire.
Until it goes through fire you will never see gold.
And so Christ counsels them to buy gold refined in fire.
Analysis. That through wealth is Christian
character forged uniquely in the context of pain, trial, and
sacrifice. So what it means is that when
Christ is recommending, Christ is recommending to buy gold
refined in fire. What it means is that the
church, the believer, will go through pain, will go through
trial, and will go through sacrifices.
And John the Apostle is a typical example.
The other time our area head was saying that when John the
Apostle was maltreated and then he went through all the
hardship, John never prayed and said when the people more
treated him to the point that they wanted to take his life.
Paul the John never prayed against them, but rather he saw
an opportunity and it is as a result of that that he received
a revelation. So I want to stand upon the word
of God and tell you that suffering is part of the
worship. But this part of it, we don't
talk about it of lit. We, some people believe that
when you come to the saving knowledge of Christ, you are
free from trials, you are free from troubles.
Jesus himself, who is our Savior, he went through
suffering. That is the baptism of fire.
And so any believer who do not or who does not go through
suffering, there is something wrong with you.
Our former chairman said once that one, you'll become a child
of God, a believer and the devil does not attack you or strike
you, it means you are not doing anything for God.
And I want to believe that what he said is true.
Whenever the devil sees that you are working for God, you become
a targets or his targets. And when he tries you and he
does not get you, he will move to anything that consents you.
It can be your wife, it can be your children, it can be your
property. And the reason why he was saying
Amen, Amen. Some time ago someone was saying
that he was suffered by now I say Sir, I suffered baby.
Now I say I say she was her meaning.
And they say the father was sent to the machines and then when
your proper attention and then was say, but the guy was so
brilliant and as some people were saying that how can a child
of God go wayward. The man who is preaching the
gospel saving souls come and look in his house neighbor.
When it happens like this, you could see that the man has made
a great sacrifice. Hello.
There was this young man who went to church, they were giving
offering and then he heard a loud or a clear voice which says
give all that you have. And then he gave all that he
had. As I was talking as as at that
time the child was going to write the final exams, they
needed to pay the examination registration and the instruction
was that give everything. So the man to obeyed and then he
gave everything and then on Monday the child came for money
to go and pay. The father said I don't have but
yes that power we are correct. That power we are correct from
what the child is saying, the child is 100% right.
But the further too was obeying the voice that he had the other
time when I was reading scriptures, I understood why
when God told Abraham to go and sacrifice Isaac, Abraham did not
tell the wife this thing maybe would debate about it later.
We would debate about it later. But you think if Abraham had
told the wife uncle. So you see that?
So you see that Abraham took a boss, a bold step in the
interest of the family. And today Abraham has become the
father of Four Nations. Amen.
So what it means is that whenever the Lord gives you a
word which is meant for you, you must keep it.
Now let's move on. Their deceptions and naked their
deceptions. Their deceptions and their
nakedness. Laudisia chased temporary
designer outfits that held Little Valley, unaware of their
humiliating spiritual exposure. There is no point in adorning
the body if the soul is twisted. Christ offers pure white clothes
to cover others into the typical Odyssea church and assuming that
I am one of them. Samia presided that not my
shimmy suit says suit in a brown Bernard.
I was so far. Hey, how do I win she suit so we
see you to near Brown Bay Casim momentator, but for the empire
Casi Casi OK, I'm fine and say Casina Basso is the latest
branded very expensive. So as a presided when I'm coming
to preach and I put it on. So you see that when you put on
something expensive, you ought to find a way to show it so that
people know that this one, it is not common.
So that is how they lived. But were unaware of their
humiliating spiritual exposure. There was no point in adorning
the body in their soul and then the vision.
Despite producing famous eye bombs, the church completely
lacked spiritual discernments. Patients who deny their
condition. Patients who deny their
conditions refuse treatments. Patients who deny their
conditions refuse treatment. What Co hospital?
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In fact, Barbara, I hope you understand.
I hope you understand. So whenever.
They they. Refuse the patient.
Deny their condition. Until you accept your condition,
you can never receive the treatment.
Do not. They didn't see themselves as
such and that is the reason why the recommendation Christ gave
them, they didn't take it. They didn't take.
It they. Didn't take it.
Divine sovereignty. Despite all these challenges
that they were they found themselves in, they are weakness
they are. They are.
They are, they are.
They are failings and whatever. The Bible says that Christ
knocks at their door. Christ knocks, and so.
You see that Christ initiates the contact of salvation,
sanctification, and moral development directly to the
sinner's doorstep. Engineer my AK.
You know when you find yourself in such situation, the Bible is
saying that Christ knocks when we were yet sinners, Christ
loved us so in our weakness, in our our disappointments, in our
word now may pen is. Not coming Christ is always.
Knocking. Christ is always knocking.
And then the human responsibility that is the human
choice choice. That's the human being or the
believer. The the the person will repent.
The church will repent requires common confrontation.
Virtue is knocking at the door opening it guarantees you will
be a better person today than yesterday.
You know how to say the Laodicea Church was a.
Lukewarm Church. They were neither hot nor cold.
And then Christ reveals to them their actual condition.
They glorify themselves in their riches and their wealth.
They glorify themselves in their fashion.
But the Bible is saying that in this condition, Christ is
knocking at the door of their hearts.
Maybe this morning you are here. Christ is knocking at your door
and then the Bible is saying that any person who decides to
open him, he will come and eat with him.
Hello. He will come and eat with Him.
So the choice is in our hands as to whether we will open or we
will not open. Human leaders, even within the
church. Are inherent inherently hesitant
to share power. Secular institutions have vice
president and deputies, but there is no vice poop.
Human nature is threatened by rivals and fiercely and fiercely
protects its influence. But the divine confidence is
that Christ is completely secure in his absolute sovereignty, and
He is not threatened by rivals. He freely promises the ultimate
authority to the faithful overcomer, the right to sit with
him in his throne. Amen.
The when the human being get the
opportunity to lead or any position, you could see that he
does everything possible to protect his position.
Just like by the grace of God today I am presiding.
Either presiding do not say it may be who say someone has a
gift or a grace aquarium and then I will not allow you to
come and stand here so that the members will not say who I can't
cry as she check this idea that is human being.
For you it happens. Only my make it happens.
I am the leader here. Maybe you are the leader, but
you see that someone is helping you.
You see that the way the other person who is not the leader is
helping. Why should you cry?
Someone will tell you I quit watching here.
A bit true for you, Sir. Now if you what time in here
that is human being and it is in the church.
A banner Sir, I'm from beginner Hana.
Watching will be a minimal. You mean my friend number shiny.
May the Lord have mercy on us. So what is important is that we
will receive the promise of God and the promise is that we will
sit at the right of his truth. Now as a as a church, what is
important is that we will sit at the right side of the Father.
Hello, Nipenya Mia De Queen. And then?
When you continue, he says that he who?
Has here let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
He who has here let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches, I want to beg you in the name of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. From Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, we've had exposition of the several
churches and today being the climax that we are talking
about, the Laodicea Church, which is the lukewarm church.
I want us to mirror ourselves, mirror ourselves that we will
mirror ourselves. But you could see that.
Despite all the. Challenges and the weaknesses.
God has a promise for them so. What it means is that.
Sena Asorini Tibiano God has a promise for the church.
Sena Asorini Tibiano there is hope for the church.
The other time when I was reading and I was asking myself,
hey we need to be serious with the church.
When I got I read about Ananias and Sapphira as at that time I
was of. The view that when?
We come to the Church, we are to come and receive life, and
eternal life for that matter. But Ananias and Zephira came to
the church and they received death.
So what it means is that if your eyes.
Is not open for you to be cautious of whatever you're
doing. You can receive death meanwhile.
The church is not. There for that purpose.
The church is there to give us hope.
The church is there to give us the promises of God and the
promise of God for us. The promise of God for the
Laodicea church. Sitting on Christ's room is our
promise. Do you believe it?
If you believe it, say a big
Amen. Shall we be on our feet?
Shall we be on our feet sitting on Christ's room?
That is the ultimate When you read by was saying that there
was a woman who was lobbying for their children.
I think it should be James St. John.
And then he was telling Jesus, if you go to heaven, let them
sit at your side. She was lobbying.
What? How?
How did she know that sitting at Christ's side is very important?
And why was she lobbying it for the children?
Whatever we are going through on this edge.
Is Tempra A time will come that we're going to give account of
whatever we have done on this edge.
So this morning, as we are talking about the Laodicea
Church, the Bible is saying that they were lukewarm, they were
neither hots nor cold. As we mirror ourselves, the
question is am I hot, am I cold? What am I?
Just bow down your head and speak to God.
We are not praying for long, we have already prayed, but I just
want you to mirror yourselves within this short time.
Are you hot? Are you cold?
The Bible is saying that. If you are neither of this.
He will speak you out. If that is the case, then we
need to take a stand and of course God is expecting that we
will take a stand in Him. In him.
Just pray and then speak to God. Are you hot?
Are you cold? You know yourself.
I know myself. Just speak.
To God this morning, some of us, we delight ourself.
In many things that are, that does not bring glory to God.
Unnecessary things. Yet we are Christians.
We are believers. We still indulge ourselves in
immorality, we still indulge ourselves in idolatry, yet we
come to the presence of God. We are not committed to God in
any way, yet we confess that we are children of God.
This morning, are you hot or are you cold?
Am I hot or am I cold? The Bible is saying that if you
are neither of them He will speak to you out.
But the good news is that he is standing at the door of your
hearts knocking if you will open.
Bible is saying that He will come and eat with you.
If I give God my lifetime, He will take care of me.
He will never, never let me die. I will keep cold.
If I keep cold my lifetime, He. Will take care of me.
Maybe you are here this morning. You are compromising as a result
of what you eat, what you wear, and where you sleep this
morning. The Bible makes sense to.
Understand that our. Goal changes not.
Our God is faithful and He is expecting that we will not be
lukewarm this morning. I just want you to lift up your
two hands onto the heavens. And we are praying unto him
that, Oh God, be merciful unto me one more time.
This lukewarmness we are talking about, should we mirror
ourselves? You could see that if not all of
us, majority of us, majority of us are victim.
We are asking God for His grace this morning.
That will not be like the people of Rhodesia.
But even as He is knocking at heart at the heart of our door,
we shall open Him. Shall you pray?
Father, in the name of Jesus, we want to commit ourselves into
Thy hands once again. Even as we have heard Your word,
we pray, asking for Your grace and Your mercy.
Lord, even as we mirror ourselves with Your word, we
have come to realize that we are victims.
We pray that you shall forgive us in the name of Jesus, and we
pray for Your grace. This morning we open our hearts
unto You and we invite you to come and well within us, in the
name of Jesus, we thank you, for we know you are a prayer
answering God. May your name be praised.
Forever shall we humbly resume our seat.
Coming today. Coming Tuesday.
Coming. Today.
Coming to Spirit, coming to my heart.
Lord Jesus coming to my heart. Coming to my heart.
Coming to my heart, Jesus coming to the grace, coming to stay,
Coming to my heart. Scriptures talks.
About a rich man. Who examined himself and
realized that he was so rich that he forgot about himself and
he became very boastful and it got to the point he was speaking
to his soul and he's telling his soul, my soul eat and drink.
And Bible is saying that when God sat in his truth and had it,
God responded and God took his life from him.
Whenever we get to the point of boasting, we forget about
ourselves. We forget about the fact that we
have a maker, we have a leader. This morning we are praying.
Even as you are seated, just tell the Holy Spirit to come
into your hearts. When the Holy Spirit is in your
hearts, you can never boost. When the Holy Spirit is in your
hearts, He's the one who remind you as why we saying that David
kept his things and from time to time he will look at it to
remind him where the Lord took him from.
Brethren, God took us from somewhere and he has brought us
here. We are asking the Holy Spirit to
come within us. He is our reminder, our teacher.
When he is with us, we can never boost.
Holy Spirit, take your rightful place in our hearts, rule within
us, teach us, guide us, remind us of where you picked us from
so that we will not get to the point of boosting.
And even if we have got to the point of boosting, even as we
have heard your word this morning, may you help us that we
will stop boosting, but rather submit your authority and give
you all the praise. We thank you, we bless you in
Jesus mighty name, Amen. Let's give a club of you know to
Jesus praise.