2. Watch introductory video
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Watch introductory video
Revelation 3:14-22

3. The Church at Laodicea Revelation 3:14-22
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot…So because you are lukewarm…I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Rev. 3:15-16 (all Scripture references in NIV)
refreshing cold water soothing hot tea
Revelation 3:14-22

4. by Hans Christian Anderson
The Church at Laodicea
“You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, poor, blind, and naked.’” Rev. 3:17
by Hans Christian Anderson
Revelation 3:14-22

5. The Church at Laodicea Revelation 3:14-22
“I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so that you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so that you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.” Rev. 3:18
Revelation 3:14-22

6. I shall come forth as gold!" Job 23:10
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“The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.” Prov. 17:3
"...when He has tried me,
I shall come forth as gold!" Job 23:10
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7. The Church at Laodicea Revelation 3:14-22
“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.” Rev. 7:9-10
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8. The Church at Laodicea Revelation 3:14-22
“Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. ‘Go,’ he told him, ‘wash in the Pool of Siloam (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.” John 9:6-7
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9. “Those who I love I rebuke and discipline.” Rev. 3:19
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“Those who I love I rebuke and discipline.” Rev. 3:19
“Endure hardship as discipline…No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” Heb. 12:7-11
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10. Enthusiasm – the Cure for the common faith
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Enthusiasm – the Cure for the common faith
“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might…” Eccl. 9:10a
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men…” Col. 3:23-24
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11. Enthusiasm – the Cure for the common faith John Wesley: “en Theos”
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Enthusiasm – the Cure for the common faith
John Wesley: “en Theos”
“Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.”
“Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can.”
“I look on all the world as my parish… to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation.”
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12. The Church at Laodicea
God is passionate about you and He longs for you to be passionate about Him!
“Oh Lord, ignite a passion within us for You and Your church that can never be extinguished!
We want to burn for you!”
Revelation 3:14-22