The Callous Church

First Words:

I. The ___________ to the Church –Revelation 3:14 – “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.“

II. The ____________________ of the Church – Revelation 3:15-17

A. The ____________ – Revelation 3:15a – “I know your works…”

B. The ______________ -Revelation 3:15-17

1. Their ________________ – Revelation 3:15 – “ I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! ”

2. Their ________________ – Revelation 3:16 – “So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.”

3. Their ___________ – Revelation 3:17 – “For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched,

pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.”

III. The ________________for the Church – Revelation 3:18-20

A. The Lord’s ________ – Revelation 3:18 – “I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.”

1. Value

2. Vestments

3. Vision

B. The Lord’s ______________ – Revelation 3:19 – “Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.”

C. The Lord’s ____________ – Revelation 3:20 – Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

IV. The ______________ concerning the Church –Revelation 3:21-22 “’The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ ”

A. The ____________ to the Overcomer

B. The _________________ to the Observer

So…What’s it to me?

What is my spiritual temperature, my church’s spiritual temperature?

What place does Jesus occupy in my life, my church’s life?