The characteristic of the overcomers in Philadelphia is their brotherly love, for they have little power but keep the Lord’s word, do not deny His name, and love prevails among them so that they shepherd people according to God; we need to humble ourselves before God and love Him to the uttermost, not looking […]
May we Humble Ourselves and Live before God to Continue in the Way of Philadelphia
May we Hear the Lord’s Voice, Open the Door, Let Him in, Dine with Him, and Overcome!
![The lukewarm church is filled with cooling knowledge but lacks the burning Spirit. She desperately needs the speaking of the living Spirit....If she forgets all her dead knowledge and listens to the speaking of the living Spirit, she will be delivered from her degraded condition. W. Lee, Life-study of Revelation, p. 210](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/The-lukewarm-church-is-filled-with-cooling-knowledge-but-lacks-the-burning-Spirit.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1)
In His concluding word to the church in Laodicea the Lord tells them that He’s outside the door, knocking, and if anyone hears the Lord’s voice and opens the door, He will come in to Him and will dine with Him, and he who overcomes will reign with Him on the throne just as He overcame […]
Paying the Price to Buy Gold Refined by Fire: the Living Faith, Christ living in us
![1 Pet. 1:7 So that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1-Pet-1-7-So-that-the-proving-of-your-faith-much-more-precious-than-of-gold.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1)
Because the Lord sees Laodicea as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, He counsels her to buy from Him gold refined by fire; there’s the need for paying the price to gain more Christ and have the living, practical faith, which is to partake of the divine element of Christ – and not just to […]
Not being Proud but being Hot for the Lord so He Won’t Spew us out of His Mouth
![1 Pet. 5:5 ...All of you gird yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1-Pet-5-5-...All-of-you-gird-yourselves-with-humility-toward-one-another.jpg?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1)
The Lord’s word to Laodicea is a warning to us today – if we are proud in following the Lord, considering ourselves as rich and in need of nothing, the Lord will spew us out of His mouth, for we are lukewarm in His eyes. The Lord knows our works: He knows whether we are […]
Being Saved from Lukewarmness and Spiritual Pride, the Characteristics of Laodicea
![Laodicea means to know everything but, in reality, to be fervent about nothing; in name it has everything, but it cannot sacrifice its life for anything; it remembers its former glory but forgets its present condition before God; formerly, it was Philadelphia, but today it is Laodicea. Watchman Nee](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Laodicea-means-to-know-everything-but-in-reality-to-be-fervent-about-nothing.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1)
In the Lord’s eyes, the characteristics of the church in Laodicea were lukewarmness and spiritual pride; she considered that she is wealthy and rich and needing nothing, but in His eyes she was wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked (Rev. 3:15-17). The Lord’s word to the church in Laodicea is very enlightening and exposing, and […]
Holding Fast what we Have and Not Letting it Go so that No one take our Crown!
![When brotherly love is gone, the opinion of the majority is the accepted opinion; as long as the majority is in favor, it is all right. When brotherly love is lost, the Body relationship and consciousness are lost. The fellowship of life is cut off as well, leaving only the opinions of men. 2016 fall ITERO, outline 8](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/When-brotherly-love-is-gone-the-opinion-of-the-majority-is-the-accepted-opinion3.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
This week in our morning revival time we come to the church in Laodicea, the degraded recovered church, the church in which the opinion of the people replaces the Lord’s authority and the brotherly love is replaced by the vote of majority. Philadelphia and Laodicea are a pair: Philadelphia is the orthodoxy of the church, […]