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

When God told Ninevah that “you are wicked,”
did they agree? Yes. What was Ninevah guilty of
— works of the law or works of the flesh? Works
of the flesh. Their behaviour was terrible.
When God told Israel that “your works are
wrong,” did they agree? No. In other words, they
were blind to their condition, and we will see when
we come to verse 17 why they didn’t realize it. But
we need to wrestle with WHY Jesus says that, “I
wish you were either hot or cold” and, number two,
why does He object to self-righteousness?
Let me give you an illustration. If you have a
child who is trying his best to please you, are you
angry or are you happy? You’re happy. But here
is a person who is trying to please God with his
own efforts, and God is angry. Why? Well, that’s
for next study.
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