...of zeal and faithfulness on the part of this minister. He was lukewarm, and had said to himself, " I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing." He is informed, however, that instead of being rich, he is " wretched and miserable, and poor, and...

...is that of the Laodiceans. In them we have a remarkable example of presumptuous confidence. "Because thou sayest I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked : I counsel thee to buy of...

...by the revelator. The church at Laodicea is charged with being proud and presumptuous. She said, " I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ;" but, says the revelator, " Thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked ;" iii....

...Eph. ii. 1. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Rev. iii. 17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. Isa. xxxv. 6. Then shall...

...ourselves, to correct our pleasant errors. Such was the case of the church mentioned in the revelations, " Thou sayest I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable." Into the like extravagancies of mistake we are all likely...

...quotes it. "Hear," says he, " in the Revelation, the voice of thy Lord, reproving such men as these, 6 Thou sayest I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.' " Kev. iii. IT. Again,...

...?" They are under a fearful delusion as to their state, like Laodicea, Rev. iii. 17, " Because thon sayest, I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." As one is refused admission...

...self-righteous, the self-sufficient, the high-minded, the proud, the full ; not they who say in their hearts, " I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing." No ; it is not for stich that this " feast of fat things " is provided. But for the weary and heavy-laden,...

...absolutely none? In two respects it would. There would have been less of the means of self-deception. ( " Thou sayest I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing.") And all semblance and pretension to Christianity being abjured, there would have been less injury done...

...character is exactly described by our Saviour, when addressing the worldly-minded church of Laodicea ; " Thou sayest, I am rich and increased in goods and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked V But he whom our Lord intends...