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1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
2. Many say the letter to the church at Laodicea describes the church today. What do you think?
3. Scripture
   1. Revelation 3:14-22
   2. The One: Write down My words, and send them to the messenger of the church in Laodicea. “These are the words of the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation:

I know your works. You are neither cold with apathy nor hot with passion. It would be better if you were one or the other, but you are neither. So because you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.  You claim, ‘I am rich, I have accumulated riches, and I need nothing’; but you do not realize that you are miserable, pathetic, poor, blind, and naked.  So here is what I suggest you do: buy true gold from Me (gold refined by fire so that you can be truly rich), white garments (to cover you so that you can keep the shame of your nakedness from showing), and eye ointment (to treat your eyes so that you may see clearly).

“Those I love I also correct and discipline. Therefore, be shamelessly committed to Me, and turn back. Now pay attention; I am standing at the door and knocking. If any of you hear My voice and open the door, then I will come in to visit with you and to share a meal at your table, and you will be with Me.

“The one who conquers through faithfulness even unto death I will place next to Me on My throne, just as I Myself conquered and took a place of honor with My Father on His throne.

“Let the person who is able to hear, listen to and follow what the Spirit proclaims to all the churches.”

4. Devotional
   1. Remember The story of the King who had no clothes?
      1. Tailors fooled him into accepting a fine suit of clothes made from such fine cloth that only the wisest could see it.
      2. No one would tell the king they couldn’t see he was naked for fear they would be thought unwise.
      3. Finally a child looked up and asked why the king was parading through the street naked and all in the crowd, including the king, recognized he had been duped.
   2. That’s what’s happening to many churches today
      1. God’s word isn’t true
      2. He doesn’t really mean what He says
      3. Surely He wouldn’t send anyone to hell for disobeying if He really loved us
      4. God doesn’t really care what we do
      5. We can always ask forgiveness at the end of life and everything will be okay
   3. We have lost the fire and passion of the early church
      1. No sacrifice
      2. Leftover time
      3. Leftover money
      4. Leftover worship
      5. God takes something other than first place
      6. We’re lukewarm in devotion
   4. The result – He’ll vomit us out of His mouth and out of His kingdom
      1. Lukewarm doesn’t cut it.
      2. Think we’re okay
      3. But just going through motions
   5. What’s your spiritual temperature?
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