The Laodicean Message - E.H. “Jack” Sequeira

ecause your works are works of the law] —
neither hot nor cold — I am about to spit you out
of my mouth.
Although oranges and grapes grow quite well
in the Middle East, in the days of Christ, they had
not yet learned to produce these fruits without
seeds. They did not have seedless grapes or
oranges. What do you do when you eat grapes and
you have seeds in your mouth? You spit them out.
That was a phrase that was used in the Middle East
as a symbol of rejection. To “spit out” means “to
reject,” and we shall see this both from the Bible
and the Spirit of Prophecy.
But here’s the problem: Jesus Christ is telling
us that our works are not hot, neither cold, but
lukewarm. Now He makes this statement in verse
15, which we need to take note of:
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold
nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
In other words, if we were hot, he would be
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