Where are we going… where have we been?

Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)

 Ephes us A.D.  Smyrn a A.D.  Pergam os A.D.  Thyatir a A.D.  Sardis A.D.  Philadelp hia A.D.

 Ephesus “Fully Purposed”  Smyrna “Bitterness/Death ”  Pergamo s “Much Marriage”  Thyatira “Odor of Affliction”  Sardis “Red Ones”  Philadelp hia “Brotherly Love”

“Outside Knocking and Inside Locking” Where are we going… where have we been?  Laodicea

“Saying and Straying” Where are we going… where have we been?  Laodicea

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Call Challenge  Laodicea

Commissio n  Laodicea- (1900- Rapture) “The Rights of the People” (“Civil Rights”) The name “Laodicea”The name “Laodicea”

Revelation 4:11 – “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created ”.

key of David Revelation 3:7 – “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;”

Psalms 119:130 – “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple”.Psalms 119:130 – “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple”.

Revised Version of 1881

1901 American Standard Version

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen”  Truth “So be it”

John 14:6 –“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”.

John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” 1st John 5:7 – “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”1st John 5:7 – “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth”.John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth”.

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen”  Truth “So be it”

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness”

For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribesMatthew 7:28-29 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness”

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness” “The Beginning of the Creation of God”“The Beginning of the Creation of God”

John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” 1st John 5:7 – “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”1st John 5:7 – “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”

Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”.Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”. John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”.John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”.

John 1:1-3 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made”.John 1:1-3 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made”.

Ecclesiastes 3: “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”Ecclesiastes 3: “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”

1st Timothy 4:1-2 – “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron”

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness” “The Beginning of the Creation of God”“The Beginning of the Creation of God”

Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Laodicea

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “SAY”

1st Timothy 4:12 – “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity”.1st Timothy 4:12 – “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity”. Hebrews 13:5 - “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee”.Hebrews 13:5 - “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee”.

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “SAY”

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “SAY” Deceived about their fellowship Deceived about their fellowship Deceived about their sin Deceived about their sin Deceived about their sinfulness Deceived about their sinfulness

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “SAY” I am RICH I am RICH

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “SAY” I am RICH I am RICH I am INCREASED W/Goods I am INCREASED W/Goods

2nd Timothy 3:16-17 – “ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works ”.

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “SAY” I am RICH I am RICH I am INCREASED W/Goods I am INCREASED W/Goods I am in NEED of NOTHING I am in NEED of NOTHING

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  The Laodicean “SAY”

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  We THINK w have the ability to love MONEY and love GOD at the same time!  We THINK we have the ability to love MONEY and love GOD at the same time!

Matthew 6:24 - “ No man can serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon ”.

1st John 2:15 – “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him”.1st John 2:15 – “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him”.

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  We CONVINCE OURSELVES that we are WORSHIPPING God while at the same time ROBBING HIM!

Luke 12:34 – “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”.Luke 12:34 – “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”.

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  We CAN KNOW the MISSION &yet go years and NEVER bring ANYONE to Christ,& think that’s okay!

Hebrews 10:1 - “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect”.Hebrews 10:1 - “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect”. Hebrews 10:10 -“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all”.Hebrews 10:10 -“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all”.

Colossians 1:12-15 – “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son : In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature”Colossians 1:12-15 – “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son : In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature”

Luke 19:9-10 – “And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost”.Luke 19:9-10 – “And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost”.

Colossians 3:10 – “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him”Colossians 3:10 – “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him” 2 Corinthians 3:18 – “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord”.2 Corinthians 3:18 – “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord”.

Matthew 28:19-20 – “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen”.Matthew 28:19-20 – “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen”.

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  We can CONVINCE OURSELVES that we are LIVING A GODLY LIFE even though we never face persecution!

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  We have NO NEED to TRUST GOD!

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  We have NO NEED for REVIVAL!

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  We have NO NEED for PRAYER AND PREACHING!

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion  Laodicea  The Laodicean “STRAY”  We have NO NEED for FORGIVENESS!

“Saying and Straying” Where are we going… where have we been?  Laodicea