Playlist: Laodicean Attitude (topic)
Guarding Against a Laodicean Attitude
Sermonette byWe cannot not allow ourselves to backslide, allowing pressure from the world's culture to draw us away from the faith once delivered to the saints.
Asa's Laodicean Attitude
Sermonette byKing Asa started his reign trusting in God's intervention and providence, but like the Laodiceans, he finished his course weak and compromised. Here's why.
Revelation 10 and the Laodicean Church
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Laodicean attitude is one of self-satisfied fence-sitting and compromise. Utter worldliness has flooded into the church. The Laodicean group is materialistic and self-satisfied. Those with this attitude are no longer interested in doing the work of God in their personal lives or as a public proclamation. Christ gives a very …
When the Trumpet Blows
Sermon by John O. ReidJesus Christ states His office as the true and faithful witness and the one who began creation. He sees daily the mindset and works that are neither cold nor hot. He wishes they were one or the other so that He could work with them. Lukewarm can be described as complacent, compromising, slothful in study, selfish, making an idol …
The Healing of a Man Born Blind (Part Three)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsA well known condition of spiritual blindness is the appalling Laodicean attitude. This attitude is described as one in which people say they are rich and have become wealthy and have need of nothing. Those holding this attitude do not know that they are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. This matches the condition of …
What Does God Really Want? (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLaodiceanism is the major problem. Problems are moral, ethical, and attitudinal. Laodicea represents the dominant attitude. People act as though already complete, rich and increased with goods, and having need of nothing. God judges that they are blind and naked. Blindness indicates helplessness and spiritual ignorance, …
A Place of Safety? (Part 5)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Laodicean attitude has entered the true church from an environment that is itself thoroughly Laodicean in its approach to life. As a result the church has become increasingly like the world and is drifting toward orthodox Protestantism. This same attitude began to affect the Catholic Church in the early 1960s through the …
Living By Faith: God's Justice
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Laodicean attitude exemplifies the spiritual drifting that occurs through neglect rather than deliberate rebellion. Those holding this attitude gradually accept their condition without conscious awareness, becoming comfortable with a lukewarm state in which they neither oppose God openly nor pursue Him with zeal. They …
Sin and Overcoming (Part 3): The Battle For Eternal Life
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsA man in the church expressed contentment with a Laodicean attitude, claiming that such people belonged to God's church and required no further change beyond occasional attendance at Sabbath services. Scripture in Revelation 3:15-16 reveals that this lukewarm condition prompts Christ to vomit the person out of His mouth. …
Don't Be Indifferent (1995)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe material develops the Laodicean attitude as an indifference toward spiritual priorities even while remaining occupied with daily responsibilities. This attitude is shown to arise when people allow the cares of this life, along with surfeiting and worldly distractions, to occupy their time and energy. The result is a gradual …
A Reminder and a Warning to Be Prepared
Sermon by Clyde FinkleaThe Feast of Trumpets signifies a spiritual alarm, admonishing us to repent, reflect, and prepare for the Day of the Lord, a horrendous time of judgment.
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Eleven): Laodicea
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Laodiceans fail to reciprocate Christ's love for them. The comfort of prosperity blinded them to their spiritual condition, especially their need for Christ.
Controlling the Weeds
Sermonette by Mike FordThe entangling cares of the world draw off nutrients from our spiritual garden. Without daily tending, the spiritual weeds get out of control.
Amos (Part Fourteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughAmos indicts rampant, dishonest practices, placing gain above honesty, morality, or ethics, and arrogantly and covetously exploiting the needy for profit.
The Providence of God (Part Five)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGod uses calamities as part of His creative process. Like Jacob, who initially succumbed to weak faith and fear, we must repent of our loss of devotion to God.
Preparing Your Heart
Sermon by John O. ReidBecause the heart represents what and who we are and how we conduct our lives, the condition of our spiritual heart is of the utmost importance to us.
Prayer and Fervency
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLiving faith has its roots in fervently, diligently seeking God and His righteousness with intense desire (like a passionate lover) through habitual prayer.
Do You Recognize This Man? (Part Two)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe truer our conception of Christ, the truer our discernment will be in dealing with spiritual problems or conflicts. Modern Israel has cuddled up to sin.
Would Our God Do That?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe distorted perception of Jesus as an effeminate and ineffective Savior fails to understand that He is the so-called stern God of the Old Testament.
Prophecy and Love in the Song of Songs
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughFrom this often misunderstood and misinterpreted poetical work comes some hopeful prophecies along with some vivid descriptions of intimate spiritual love.
Hosea's Prophecy (Part Five)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIsrael demonstrates divided loyalties, vacillating between God and the world, veering more toward the world, resembling a panting dog or a pleasure-bent prostitute.
From Pride to Humility
Sermon by John O. ReidTwo tests to reveal the presence of pride are the way we treat others (especially our own family) and the way we receive instruction or correction.
Avoiding the Ruts of Our Carnal Mind
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Bill OnisickIf we could see the traffic of our perpetually wandering minds, we would be embarrassed as to how often it strays from God's thoughts and His laws.
Peace with God Through Christ
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe only possibility of attaining peace is a relationship with God—peace with God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, which must continually be refined.
Work Out Your Own Salvation
Sermon by Kim MyersThe seven churches listed in Revelation 2 and 3 all have deficits and strengths. God is testing us as never before; we must prepare and endure to the end.
Giving All Diligence!
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe recipients of Peter's epistle were having difficulty holding on to their faith, having succumbed to fear as a result of lack of discipline and laziness.