The American Church: Rich And In Need Of Nothing

Revelation 3:14-22

To the angel of the Church of Laodicea [insert America] write:

These are the words of the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness,

The Ruler of God's Creation.

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot.

I wish you were either one or the other!

So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold--

I AM about to spit you out of My mouth.

You say, 'I am rich, I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.'

But you do not realize that you are wretched,

Pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire,

So you can become rich;

And white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;

And slave to put on your eyes, so you can see.

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.

So be earnest, and repent.

Here I AM! I stand at the door and knock.

If anyone hears My voice and opens the door,

I will come in and eat with him, and he with Me.

To him who overcomes,

I will give the right to sit with Me on My Throne,

Just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His Throne.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

This Time period is after the Resurrection of Christ Jesus;

After Pentecost and before the last apostle died.

Christ is speaking to those Christians who were water washed,

Blood washed, filled with the Holy spirit

And conversing with those of the first twelve apostles.

Christ Jesus declares that He is the Amen [It will be as I say],

The Faithful and True Witness during His time on earth,

And through His people, upon His resurrection,

The Ruler of God's Creation as the King of kings and Lord of lords.

He knows that the Church of Laodicea [America]

Is neither hot or cold toward Him,

And wishes that they were either one or the other,

As they would be easier to deal with that way.

Because they are lukewarm,

Christ Jesus is about to spit them out of His mouth,

And sever relationship with them altogether;

The cold of course are already lost.

The Laodicean [Amerian] Church says of themselves,

By their words and their actions,

That they are rich and in need of nothing.

However, Christ Jesus finds them wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

God's view is diametrically the opposite of the Church's view of themselves.

Christ Jesus counsels the church to come to Him

And buy gold refined in the fire;

Allowing the Holy Spirit to live in and through them;

Then they would become rich in Christ by the Power of His Holy Spirit;

They would have gold refined in the fire of His Holy Spirit;

Then the would have white clothes to wear,

To cover their shameful nakedness;

Then they would have salve to put on their eyes, so that they could see.

They would have actions and deeds motivated by the Holy Spirit.

Christ Jesus declares that He rebukes and disciplines those He loves;

He always warns them when they have gone astray.

He admonishes them to be earnest and repent;

Their very lives are at stake, Eternally.

Christ Jesus stands at the door of every person

Who claims His name and knocks.

Those who hear, open the door to Him,

And He comes in and eats with them,

And has intimate communion with them.

To those who overcome this world and its ways

And the evil one who rules it.

He will give the right to sit with Him on His throne,

Just as He sits at the right hand of God the Father on His throne.

Those of us who have an ear,

Must hear what the Spirit is saying to His Church.

Today, the American Church must awaken itself and be hot for God,

Full of the fire and passion of His Holy Spirit;

An all consuming zeal for God;

Possessing gold refined in the fire of God;

Having actions and deeds that we can present to Christ Jesus,

That have been accomplished through Christ in us.

The American Church

Must become like the Church we read about in the Book of Acts;

The Church birthed out of Pentecost, with Power and Fire.

That is the only Church that belongs to Christ Jesus.

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!