REVELATION 3:18-22
Those of Laodicea had their own opinion of themselves. The Lord had a different opinion of them.
"I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may
be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten" (Revelation 3:18-19).
"My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord... for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth" (Hebrews 12:5-6).
If you're not chastened then you're a bastard.
You're really not His son. God only chastens His sons. Don't get down on God when He chastens you. Rejoice! At
least it proves you're His son. If He didn't care, He wouldn't even bother.
This is His first cure for being lukewarm.
The second cure for lukewarmness: be zealous.
Get out of that lukewarm rut.
Get out of that tepid state. Become zealous for the Lord. The final cure for lukewarmness is to open your heart to God 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 [or eat supper with him], and he with me" (Revelation 3:20).
The Lord is inviting Himself into the closest, deepest, most intimate communion and fellowship with you - eating together with you, partaking with each other, becoming a part of each other by supping together.
"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne" (Revelation 3:21).
We'll be ruling with Christ and sitting by Him on His throne even as Jesus has been exalted and is sitting at the right hand of the throne of the Father on high.
"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches" (Revelation 3:22).
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