GOD IS SO GOOD - REVELATION - 3 : 17 , 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 . 18 , I counsel thee to buy of 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 thy eyes with eyesalve , that thou mayest see . ( SOME BELIEVERS FALSELY ASSUME THAT LOTS OF MATERIAL POSSESSIONS ARE A SIGN OF GODS SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS . LAODICEA WAS A WEALTHY CITY , AND THE CHURCH WAS ALSO WEALTHY . BUT WHAT THE LAODICEANS COULD SEE AND BUY BECAME MORE VALUABLE TO THEM THAN WHAT IS UNSEEN AND ETERNAL . WEALTH , LUXURY , AND EASE , CAN MAKE PEOPLE FEEL CONFIDENT , SATISFIED , AND COMPLACENT . BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU POSSESS OR HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE , YOU HAVE NOTHING IF YOU DONT HAVE A VITAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST . HOW DOES YOUR CURRENT LEVEL OF WEALTH AFFECT YOUR SPIRITUAL DESIRE ? INSTEAD OF CREATING YOUR LIFE PRIMANILY ON COMFORT AND LUXURY , FIND YOUR TRUE RICHES IN CHRIST . LAODICEA WAS KNOWN FOR ITS GREAT WEALTH - BUT CHRIST TOLD THEM TO BUY THEIR GOLD FROM HIM ( REAL SPIRITUAL TREASURES ) THE CITY WAS PROUD OF ITS CLOTH AND DYE INDUSTRIES - BUT CHRIST TOLD THEM TO PURCHASE WHITE GARMENTS FROM HIM ( HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ) LAODICEA PRIDED ITSELF ON ITS PRECIOUS EYE SALVE THAT HEALED MANY EYE PROBLEMS - BUT CHRIST TOLD THEM TO GET MEDICINE FROM HIM TO HEAL THEIR EYES SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THE TRUTH ( JOHN 9 : 39 ) CHRIST WAS SHOWING THE LAODICEANS THAT TRUE VALUE WAS NOT A MATERIAL POSSESSION BUT IN A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD . THEIR POSSESSIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS WERE VALUELESS COMPARED WITH THE EVERLASTING FUTURE OF CHRISTS KINGDOM ) . GOD BLESS YOU ALL ... I LOVE YOU :)
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:18:30 +0000
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