Practica Prophetica

The Church in Laodicea is the seventh, and last, of the Seven Churches of Revelation. The Church in Laodicea represents the condition of the final phase of the church in the history of the world. It presents to our view a sad decay away from the heights of faith and experience achieved by the Philadelphian church.

The Laodiceans measure their acceptance with God by outward things: buildings, money, people, talents–everything but living victory over sin, because they do not have that. So Christ comes as a merchant of spiritual riches–offering to sell them the one thing they are completely lacking, and the only thing that will make them ready to meet Christ at His soon appearing.

The message to Laodicea applies to all professed Christians living since the mid-1800’s. In the mad rush for riches and power that fills the last days of this world’s history, and the mad strife to gain control of the world’s resources, which are the source of that power, Christ calls us away. He calls us to fellowship with Him, to learn of Him, and to turn our eyes away from the earthly to the heavenly.

It is a radical message, which will produce a people radically different than those produced by the world and the worldly churches. 300p

Contents

1. Introductory Observations
   1. Ephesus
   2. Smyrna
   3. Pergamos
   4. Thyatira
   5. Sardis
   6. Philadelphia
   7. Laodicea
2. The Chief Shepherd’s Last and Fullest Style
   • The Amen
   • The Faithful and True Witness
   • The Beginning of the Creation of God
3. Christ the All in All of Creation, Man’s Prototype and God’s True Witness
   • God’s Original Purpose
   • The Sacrificial System
   • Greater Possibilities After the Fall
   • The Lamb Slain
   • The Mystery of God
   • The Way of Sacrifice
   • Slaying the Natural Life
   • Christ, the Only Way
4. The Good Shepherd’s Charges
   • The Ground of Complaint
   • The Punishment Proper to the Offense
   • The Cause of the Evil
   • Counsel
   • The Discipline
   • The Appeal and Attitude of Love
5. The Spirit’s Promise
   • Sitting in the Throne
   • Giving the Kingdom Back to the Father
   • The Thrones of Revelation 20
   • The Divine Order Afterwards
6. The Exhortation
7. Recapitulation and Re-Union of the Seven Promises of the Holy Ghost
   • The First Promise
   • The Second Promise
   • The Third Promise
   • The Fourth Promise
   • The Fifth Promise
   • The Sixth Promise
   • The Seventh Promise
8. Present State of the Seat of the Seven Churches
9. General Conclusions From the Vision of the Churches
   1. The Superiority of Church Membership
   2. The Church Consists in Christ
   3. Christ is the Redeemer of the Church
   4. The Baptism of the Holy Ghost
   5. The Church: Visible and Invisible
   6. The Organization of the Church
   7. The Leadership of the Church
   8. The Judgment of the Church
   9. The Duty of the Minister
   10. The Duty of the Church
   11. The Unity of the Church
   12. The Authority of the Minister

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