Daily Readings (Page 200)

What is the significance of writing compared to speaking? Are there any advantages in having something written down?

What are the 3 titles given to Jesus? In 1:5b-6 John gives a 3–step progression in the lives of believers: do you see these stages of growth in your life?

What are the 3 actions which John calls the readers to do? What will happen if his instructions are followed?

Jesus firmly declares that He knows the life and work of all 7 churches, the good and bad. What does that tell us about His knowledge of our condition in the 21st century?

What does Jesus promise to those who overcome? What is that privilege likened to?

What does Jesus counsel the church to do? (The city was known for its finances, its woollen cloth and for producing eye salve).

What is the church’s opinion of themselves, and what does that tell you about them?

What is Jesus’ opinion of the deeds of the Laodicean believers?  What does “lukewarm” mean?

Notice the titles which are assigned to Jesus.  What do they convey?

What is Jesus’ overall assessment of the Church at Laodicea?  Notice Jesus has nothing good to say.