In Jesus Christ's letter to the congregation at Laodicea, He expresses deep dissatisfaction with their lukewarm attitude toward Him and His way of life, indicating that they lack true zeal for godly matters. The Laodiceans are enthusiastic about being rich, becoming wealthy, and needing nothing, focusing their ambition and aggression on material gain. However, Christ considers their enthusiasm to be misdirected, as they labor for perishable things rather than enduring spiritual values. In spending their energy pursuing worldly wealth, they offer only the cooling cinders of their zeal to the things of God, showing little in common with their Savior. Oriented toward the visible, they give little regard to the invisible God, rendering them apathetic toward Him. Christ despises this middle ground they occupy between Him and the world, hating their lifeless, tepid indifference. He is ready to reject them from His body because their lack of love for Him is evident in their absence of zeal for Him and His way of life. Yet, in His love, He rebukes and chastens them, urging them to be zealous and repent.

Are we truly zealous in our pursuit of God and His way? Are we giving our all for Christ and the way of life that God has revealed to us? Are we fervent for the Kingdom of God? In Revelation 3:14-19, Jesus Christ warns the Laodicean church against their lukewarm attitude, declaring that because they are neither cold nor hot, He will vomit them out of His mouth. He rebukes their complacency, noting that they are satisfied with their spiritual state, unaware of their wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked condition. He counsels them to buy from Him gold refined in the fire, white garments, and eye salve to see their true state. Christ urges them to be zealous and repent, emphasizing that a lack of zeal is a sign of underlying sin. Being lukewarm—tepid, indifferent, unexcited, even apathetic—is opposed to everything zeal represents. The Head of the church is not satisfied with such a lack of commitment and fervor for Him and His way of life, desiring instead that they be ardent for the Kingdom of God. Zeal is not merely a matter of emotion or personality but of righteousness, making it especially vital in these times.