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Brief History of Laodicea:

The city of Laodicea was very very wealthy. In 17ad they had an earthquake that leveled the city. They refused financial assistance from other cities to help rebuild it because of their great wealth. They made their wealth from two different avenues. The first is from expensive eye ointment. Apparently, they made homeopathic ointment to treat different problems with eyes. The second form of wealth building came from glossy black wool. This was a very fine and expensive fabric.

Laodicea was rich with material wealth but God asks them to buy gold from Him. Because where their treasure was, there was their heart.

Laodicea was made wealthy due to glossy black wool. They had clothing but God called them necked because they were not pure on the inside.

Laodicea was wealthy because of their eye ointments yet God called them blind.

[Enter your church name here] is wealthy because of our knowledge and education. But are we ignorant because we have little wisdom or knowledge of God (Prov. 1:7)?

[Enter your church name here] is wealthy because of our hard work in the work place. But are we lazy because we contribute little to God’s agenda?

[Enter your church name here] is entertained with all the social networking we do (facebook, myspace, twitter, texting, emailing, blogging)? But are we accomplishing nothing because we have done little social networking with God (ie. prayer)?

It is easier to lost faith during times of success than during times of persecution. It is easier to reach a prostitute or murderer, than to reach a moral, religious person.