Introduction
“I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news…”
I. The Bad News
A. The Negative Implications of Who Jesus Is (Jn. 14:9; 2 Cor. 1:20)
B. The Negative Implications of Jesus’ Message
“The Laodicean church is unfortunately a perfect parallel for some of the greatest problems in the church at the start of the twenty-first century, especially in the West and parts of the Far East. Affluence has made us “lukewarm,” for we have become self-satisfied and interpret our trappings of “success” (big churches, beautiful buildings, huge budgets) as God’s blessings.” (Osborne, p. 215)
II. The Good News
A. Jesus Loves Them (Rom. 2:4)
B. Jesus Offers Himself to Them
• For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you by His poverty might become rich. 2 Cor. 8:9
• “I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness…”. Is. 61:10
• “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” Jn 14:26
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