Sunday, September 1, 2024 Big Idea: Be Effective… Don’t Be Lukewarm Spew! Revelation 3:14-22 Laodicea Facts: Wealthy community – rebuilt their city after 17AD earthquake Bad drinking water – hard, bitter Produced a glossy, black wool Famous school of medicine Made “Phrygian Powder” – ointment to cure eye defects 3 Choices I Must Make to be Effective for God I must obeying God. (Do what’s right!) “I know your deeds” (vs.15) Are my actions effective for God? (I Corinthians 10:21) I must being deceived. (Wake-up to what matters most!) Are my priorities external or eternal? (Matthew 13:44) I must my life wisely. (Receive true riches from Christ) Gold refined by fire (Am I rich toward God?) White clothes to cover nakedness (Am I clothed in righteousness?) Ointment for my eyes (Am I seeing life through God’s eyes?)