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The Laodicean Message
“Unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things
saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the
creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I
would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and
neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of My mouth. 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 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.
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore,
and repent. 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. 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. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.”
Verses 14-22
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The Lord is soon coming. The watchmen on the walls of Zion are
called upon to awake to their God-given responsibilities. God calls for
watchmen who, in the power of the Spirit, will give to the world the
last warning message; who will proclaim the time of night. He calls
for watchmen who will arouse men and women from their lethargy,
lest they sleep the sleep of death.
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