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

Please notice, there is no sign here of, “You are
Babylon!” There is a plea for us to repent, there is
a plea for us to turn round. And I want to remind
you of the disciples. The disciples at the Passover
feast, where Christ instituted the Lord’s Supper,
they were full of confidence in themselves. Every
one, not only Peter, but every one disagreed with
Christ when He said, “All of you will forsake Me.”
They were full of confidence; therefore, they were
full of self; therefore, they were always fighting.
And even at the Lord’s supper, they were fighting
which of them would be the greatest. This is also
found in Luke 22.
But after the cross, that was the means of
shaking the disciples. You see, the ambition of the
disciples was egocentric, they were looking for
Christ to establish His kingdom on this earth and
each of them was thinking, “I will be the Prime
Minister,” and “I will be the Finance Minister,”
and so on. And I suppose you have the same thing
every time we have an election. We join parties
and those who are close friends of the candidate
say, “Boy, when you get into power, I hope you
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