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Verse Revelation 3:15. _THOU ART NEITHER COLD NOR HOT_] Ye are
neither heathens nor Christians-neither good nor evil-neither led away
by false doctrine, nor thoroughly addicted to that which is true....
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I KNOW THY WORKS - notes on Revelation 2:2.
THAT THOU ART NEITHER COLD NOR HOT - The word “cold” here would
seem to denote the state where there was no pretension to religion;
where everything was utt...
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CHAPTER 3
Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea
_ 1. Sardis: The reformation period (Revelation 3:1)_
2. Philadelphia: The faithful remnant (Revelation 3:7)
3. Laodicea: The indifferent and apostate Churc...
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THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA. Laodicea was 40 miles SE. of
Philadelphia and near Colossæ. It was famous for its wealth, and when
it was overthrown by an earthquake in A.D. 60, it disdained to...
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REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22. THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES.
These letters are addressed to individual churches, but their messages
are intended for the Church as a whole. In every letter the...
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_Laodicea_ is last named. The city was situated about twenty miles
from Ephesus, and near Colosse. The church was honored with an epistle
from the apostle Paul. See Colossians 4:17. Still, it had fall...
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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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And to the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write:
These things says the Amen, the witness on whom you can rely and who
is true, the moving cause of the creation of God. I know your works; I
know that...
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_neither cold nor hot_ Neither untouched by spiritual life, dead and
cold, as an unregenerate heathen would be, nor "fervent (lit. BOILING
a cognate word to that here used) in spirit" (Romans 12:11)....
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THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA...
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ὌΦΕΛΟΝ ΨΥΧΡῸΣ ἮΣ Ἢ ΖΕΣΤΌΣ. A 1 omit by
homoeotelenton.
15. ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ΨΥΧΡῸΣ … ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ΖΕΣΤΌΣ. Neither
untouched by spiritual life, dead and cold, as an unregenerate heathen
would be, nor τῷ πνεύματι ζέων...
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_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA REVELATION 3:14-17:_ Laodicea was a
wealthy city where many Jews lived. It was a city filled with wealth
and pride. Jesus described Himself to these brethren as "the...
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DISCOURSE: 2501
EPISTLE TO LAODICEA
Revelation 3:14. Unto the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write;
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of...
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I WOULD THOU WERT COLD OR HOT.— This is not to be understood
absolutely, but comparatively; as when our Saviour says, _If any one
come to me and hateth not his father,_ &c. the meaning is, not that a...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 10
Text Revelation 3:14-22
14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of...
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I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou
wert cold or hot.
NEITHER COLD - antithesis to "hot" [ zestos (G2200) boiling
("fervent," Acts 18:25; Roma...
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THE PROPHETIC SECTION
10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and
distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3;
Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
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THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (CONCLUDED)
1-6. To the Church in Sardis Christ speaks as He who gives the spirit
and looks for spiritual life. There is no praise for this Church. Its
life is witho...
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TO THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA Christ speaks as He through whom alone comes
true life with its riches and blessings (Revelation 3:14). The Church
is blamed for luke warmness, self-satisfaction and worldlin...
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Cp. Matthew 21:31....
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
TO THE *CHURCH IN SARDIS - REVELATION 3:1-6
V1 ‘Write to the *angel of the *church in Sardis. I hold the 7
spirits of God and the...
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NEITHER COLD NOR HOT. — The “heat” here is the glowing, fervent
zeal and devotion which is commended and commanded elsewhere (Romans
12:11). It is not, however, the self-conscious, galvanised earnestn...
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The moral nausea roused by tepid religion. It is best to be warm, and
energetic; but even a frank repudiation of religion is at least more
promising from an ethical standpoint (Arist. _Nik. Eth._ vii....
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The message for Laodicea, where a church existed by 60 A.D.
(Colossians 4:16)....
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“I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK”
Revelation 3:14
It is better to be cold than lukewarm, for in the latter case all that
God's love can do for the soul has only produced a moderate result,
while if we...
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The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the
Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things
remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is
lar...
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TO THE LUKEWARM CHURCH
Verse 14 Laodicea was 40 miles southeast of Philadelphia. It was in a
fertile valley at the junction of several major trade routes. It was a
wealthy city famous for much gold, b...
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(12) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would
thou wert cold or hot.
(12) The proposition of reproof is in this verse, and in (Revelation
3:16) a threat while in (Revelation 3:17)...
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The seventh and last letter is to the Angel of the Church of Laodicia.
Christ here takes the title of the Amen, [3] as if he said, I am the
Truth. --- The beginning of the creation, or of the creature...
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(14) And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These
things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of
the creation of God; (15) I know thy works, that thou art ne...
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That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating
the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our
consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the
stronge...
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The Church in Laodicea
A man visited his optometrist to have his glasses checked. "They just
aren't strong enough," he told the doctor. "Don't you have something
stronger?" "Yes," asid the optometris...
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There is no threat of removing the candlestick: that was settled.
Judgment, setting aside the assembly, was fixed. But this body would
be treated as the world, not ecclesiastically as a corrupt assemb...
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I KNOW THY WORKS,.... Which were far from being perfect, and not so
good as those of the former church:
THAT THOU ART NEITHER COLD NOR HOT; she was not "cold", or without
spiritual life, at least in...
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I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou
wert cold or hot.
Ver. 15. _That thou art neither cold_] Such are our civil
justiciaries, political professors, neuterpassive Christ...
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_And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write_ Laodicea lay
south of Philadelphia in the way to return to Ephesus: for the seven
churches lay in a kind of circular form, so that the natural...
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NEITHER COLD NOR HOT; lukewarm, indifferent in religion.
THOU WERT COLD OR HOT; madest no pretension to my service, or else
wert zealous in it....
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The letter to the congregation at Laodicea:...
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I KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU ART NEITHER COLD NOR HOT; I WOULD THOU
WERT COLD OR HOT....
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THE ASSEMBLY AT SARDIS
(vv. 1-6)
The message to the assembly at Sardis has a very different character,
for instead of being a development from Thyatira, it is rather a
revulsion from it. Sardis mean...
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LAODICEA (VERSES 14-22)
The City
Laodicea was a city of great wealth, richest in the region of Phrygia.
It is located in the Meander Valley on the Lycus River. It had existed
since the third century...
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14-22 Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia.
Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, "The Amen;" one steady and
unchangeable in all his purposes and promises. If religion is worth...
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I KNOW THY WORKS; I know and observe thy behaviour, thy ministerial
function. THAT THOU ART NEITHER COLD NOR HOT; thou art neither openly
profane and grossly scandalous, like heathens, or such as make...
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Revelation 3:15 know G1492 (G5758) your G4675 works G2041 that G3754
are G1488 (G5748) neither G3777 cold...
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‘I know your works, that you are neither cold not hot. I would you
were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor
cold, I will spew you out of my mouth.'
Laodicea's water supply c...
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Revelation 3:15. The contents of the Epistle now begin. THAT THOU ART
NEITHER COLD NOR HOT: I would thou wert cold or hot. The latter words
throw light upon the interpretation of the former, for they...
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NEITHER COLD
(ουτε ψυχρος). Old word from ψυχω, to grow cold (Matthew
24:12), in N.T. only Matthew 10:42 and this passage.NOR HOT
(ουτε ζεστος). Late verbal from ζεω, to boil, (Romans
12:11), boil...
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Revelation 3:15
Lukewarmness.
I. The first alarming symptom of lukewarmness is a growing inattention
to the private duties of religion. And among these are private prayer,
the study of the Bible, and...
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CONTENTS: Message to Sardis concerning their hypocrisy. Message to
Philadelphia on hollow profession. Message to Laodicea on apostasy.
Christ's attitude to the Church in its final stage in the world....
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_Epistle the fifth._
Revelation 3:1. _Sardis,_ once a flourishing city, the residence of
ancient kings, now a miserable village, having but few christians.
This is not the Sardis, capital of Lydia, wh...
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I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. Sardis was sinking into death, but Laodicea
was already dead spiritually. Christ has no word of praise for them.
They are barely warm (tepid). They are not hostile to Christ...
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_The Laodiceans._
LAODICEA--THE SELF-COMPLACENT CHURCH
Laodicea is the type of a self-complacent Church. Underneath the
condemnation of luke-warmness there is a yet more heart-searching
lesson. Lukew...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:15 The church’s LUKEWARM
indifference was disgusting to Jesus. COLD and HOT water both
represent something positive, for cold water refreshes
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:14 _Laodicea_ is criticized for its
spiritual immaturity. The city was a commercial center. It had
thriving medical and textile industries. It was so wealthy that it
de...
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7. LAODICEA.
Vs. 14-22. Laodicea receives no commendation. She is not hopeless, but
indifferent. However indifference is next to hopelessness.
The city of Laodicea, named for Laodice wife of the Sele...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 3:14. LAODICEANS.—The city of Laodicea was situated on
the banks of the Lycus, near Hierapolis and Colossæ. Archippus was
possibly the angel of this Church,...
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EXPOSITION
REVELATION 3:1
_The epistle to the Church at Sardis. _This Church is one of the two
which receives unmixed reproof. Smyrna and Philadelphia receive no
blame; Sardis and Laodicea receive no...
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7. LAODICEA: THE MATERIALLY RICH APOSTATE CHURCH
Background: The city was founded before 1000 BC but the city was named
Laodicea in 250 BC. The physical location of the city was about 40
miles east of...
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And unto the angel of the church in Sardis (Protestant Reformation)
write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God
(Revelation 3:1),
And so the fullness of the Spirit as it dwelt in...
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1 Corinthians 16:22; 1 Kings 18:21; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Corinthians 12:20;...
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Cold [ψ υ χ ρ ο ς]. Attached to the world and actively opposed
to the Church. "This," as Alford remarks, "as well as the opposite
state of spiritual fervor, would be an intelligible and plainly -
mark...
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THE CHURCHES AT SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, AND LAODICEA
Revelation 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at
Sardis. This is the fifth Church in the seven...
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I know thy works — Thy disposition and behaviour, though thou
knowest it not thyself. That thou art neither cold — An utter
stranger to the things of God, having no care or thought about them.
Nor hot...