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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Devotional: December 8th

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Revelation 3:14-22

There is one final state which characterises Christendom. We can recognise these traits today: self-satisfaction, lukewarm indifference, religious claims to have everything and know everything (Deuteronomy 8:17; Hosea 12:8). "I . . . have need of nothing". That is what Christians seem to be saying when they neglect to pray. Three essential things were missing with Laodicea – gold: true righteousness according to God; white raiment: the practical testimony which results from that righteousness; eye salve: the ability to see things, as given by the Holy Spirit. But it is not too late for him that has an ear to hear! The Lord gives – counsel: for each one to hurry and get what he lacks from Him (cf. Matthew 25:3); encouragement: it is those whom He loves whom Christ rebukes and disciplines; exhortation to be zealous and to repent; a priceless promise in v. 20. Those who have now received the Lord Jesus into their hearts, He will in His turn receive into heaven, on His throne (v. 21). Dear friends, that is the end of the history of the Church down here. But however great may be the declension, the Lord’s presence can still be realised. It makes the heart burn with unspeakable joy, such as the two disciples felt that evening when the Lord Jesus came to stay with them (Luke 24:29).

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