YOU DO NOT REALIZE / REVELATION 3:17-18

(KJV) Revelation 3:17-18  

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 me 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 thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

The church’s outward prosperity had made the people blind to their deep spiritual need (Revelation 3:15-16).

1. According to Jesus, the church people were, in reality, as “wretched” and “pitiful” as those in the society around them who did not know Christ. They were “blind” to their own spiritual condition and did not have the vision of how they could use their wealth and benefits to spread Christ’s message. They were “neked” in that they were no longer clothed with the power and purity of God, unable to see that their prosperity was not evidence of God’s blessing.
2. Christ spoke directly to their source of pride and dependence on their own abilities and resources. 

(a) The city of Laodices was known for its wealth, but God told them they needed to be rich toward Him (Luke 12:21) with a true and tested spiritual wealth of faith that could not be corrupted and was worth far more than worldly riches (1 Peter 1:7). 

(b) The city had an extensive textile (material, clothing) industry, but Christ instructed them to put on His clothing of purity and right relationship with Him (Revelation 19:8). 

(c) The city also produced a famous eye salve or ointment, but only God could help them see their true condition and receive the clarity of sight that only comes from yielding to the guidance of the Holy Spirit and holding firm to God’s Word.

1. In order to keep from becoming spiritually “lukewarm,” the church and its people today must constantly ask themselves: Have we taken God’s generous blessings for granted and allowed them to erode our desperate and personal passion for Jesus?

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1. NEITHER COLD NOR HOT – LUKEWARM / REVELATION 3:15-16
2. THE AMEN / REVELATION 3:14
3. I AM COMING SOON / REVELATION 3:11
4. THE HOUR OF TRIAL / REVELATION 3:10
5. PHILADELPHIA / REVELATION 3:7
6. HER CHILDREN /REVELATION 2:23
7. YOU TOLERATE THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL, WHO CALLS HERSELF A PROPHETESS / REVELATION 2:20
8. HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS – A WHITE STONE WITH A NEW NAME / REVELATION 2:17
9. FIGHT AGAINST THEM / REVELATION 2:16
10. THE TEACHING OF BALAAM / REVELATION 2:14
11. WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE / REVELATION 2:13
12. THE SECOND DEATH / REVELATION 2:11
13. CROWN OF LIFE / REVELATION 2:10
14. POVERY / REVELATION 2:9
15. TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:7
16. YOU HATE THE PRACTICES OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ASLO HATE / REVELATION 2:6
17. REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND / REVELATION 2:5
18. FORSAKEN YOUR FIRST LOVE / REVELATION 2:4
19. WHO CLAIM TO BE APOSTLES / REVELATION 2:1-2
20. WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN – WHAT IS NOW AND WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE / REVELATION 1:19
21. SEVEN STARS / REVELATION 1:16
22. A SON OF MAN / REVELATION 1:13
23. SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 1:12
24. IN THE SPIRIT / REVELATION 1:10-11
25. ISLAND OF PATMOS / REVELATION 1:9
26. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA / REVELATION 1:8
27. HE IS COMING / REVELATION 1:7
28. HIM WHO IS, AND WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME / REVELATION 1:4-5
29. TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES / REVELATION 1:4
30. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO READS / REVELATION 1:3
31. REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST / REVELATION 1:1-2
32. DEATH AND HADES – THE LAKE OF FIRE / REVELATION 20:14
33. ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAD DONE / REVELATION 20:12
34. EARTH AND SKY FLED / REVELATION 20:11
35. GREAT WHITE THRONE / REVELATION 20:11-13
36. THE FIRST RESURRECTION / REVELATION 20:6
37. THRONES ON WHICH WERE SEATED / REVELATION 20:4
38. KEEP HIM FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS ANYMORE / REVELATION 20:3
39. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS / REVELATION 11:16
40. THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED / REVELATION 11:15
41. TERROR STRUCK THOSE WHO SAW THEM / REVELATION 11:11
42. THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH WILL GLOAT / REVELATION 11:9
43. THE BEAST … KILL THEM / REVELATION 11:7
44. OLIVE TREES … LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 11:4
45. MY TWO WITNESSES / REVELATION 11:3
46. TRAMPLE ON THE HOLY CITY / REVELATION 11:2
47. MEASURE THE TEMPLE / REVELATION 11:1
48. BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING / REVELATION 21:8
49. HE WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:17
50. A PALE HORSE / REVELATION 6:8
51. A BLACK HORSE / REVELATION 6:5
52. HORSE … FIERY RED ONE / REVELATION 6:4
53. A WHITE HORSE / REVELATION 6:2
54. A FEW PEOPLE IN SARDIS / REVELATION 3:4
55. YOU ARE DEAD / REVELATION 3:1-2
56. I WILL GIVE THE MORNING STAR / REVELATION 2:28
57. HOLD ON … UNTIL I COME / REVELATION 2:25
58. THE REST OF YOU / REVELATION 2:24
59. A MALE CHILD / REVELATION 12:5
60. WHO OBEY GOD’S COMMANDMENTS / REVELATION 14:12
61. A MARK / REVELATION 13:16
62. REFUSED TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE TO BE KILLED / REVELATION 13:15
63. WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST / REVELATION
64. DRAGON … BOUND HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS / REVELATION 20:2
65. THE GREAT TRIBULATION / REVELATION 7:14
66. THE DEVIL … THE LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR / REVELATION 20:10
67. SURROUNDED THE CAMP OF GOD’S PEOPLE / REVELATION 20:9
68. DECEIVE THE NATIONS / REVELATION 20:8
69. SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7
70. SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14
71. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
72. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
73. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
74. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
75. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
76. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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YOU DO NOT REALIZE / REVELATION 3:17-18

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The church’s outward prosperity had made the people blind to their deep spiritual need (Revelation 3:15-16).

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Margarita Crews

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Guided By Grace

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