What is Christ's message to the last church?
Answer
'Unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot.
. . . Because thou says, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; . . . I counsel thee to
buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou may be rich; and white raiment, that thou may be clothed. . . . As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent!' Verses 14-19.
NOTE - Laodicea signifies the judging of the people, or, according to Cruden, a just people. This
church exists in the time of the judgment and the proclamation of the final warning messages preceding
Christ's second coming. See Rev. 14: 6-16, and readings on pages 55-66 of Vol. II. This is a time of great
profession, with but little vital godliness and true piety.
How fully are we thus united with Christ in His experience of death and resurrection?
21. What did this council, in its twenty-ninth canon, decree concerning the Sabbath and Christians who continued to observe it ?
7. Seeing, then, that the Sabbath is holy, is to be kept holy, and is a day for holy convocations, what must be its character?
8. After commending this church for their good works, what charge did the Lord bring against them?
What is God's attitude toward the poor?
What divine law of retroaction attends giving?
What promise was made to Abraham concerning the land?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle