Laodicean

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(05-30-2009 07:46 PM)Strefanash Wrote:  Laodikea (there is no letter "C" in greek) the place name is one thing, and the meaning of the name is clear, but laodicean as the perjorative adjective comes from the reference to the church of this town in Revelation, the letters to the 7 churches. As this church was rebuked for being lukewarm so the term laodicean is now aplied, rightly or wrongly, to the lukewarm, the indifferent.

strange thing, many people, fewaring lukewarmness drive themselves to fanaticism. this is totally the wrong response, given that the fruit of the spirit is gentleness. therefore a zeal that is violent is still carnal, and is still sin, thus these people are still lukewarm even though forcing themselves to zeal in fear of it.

moral effort is not a substitute for repentance

Actually, in a way, it's kind of sad that they are remembered as "luke warm". Apparently, according to the other references to the Laodicean Church in the NT, they were were not categorized as such. Obviously something happened to change that, which I think is fair warning that we must always walk humbly before God and never take His Word for granted and become static as well.