"Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (KJV)
Christ's rebuke and call to repentance are here characterized in terms of the risen Lord seeking admittance into the believer's heart and life
-The church at Laodicea has shut Christ out by allowing their ears to grow dull and their hearts wax so hat that they are insensible to his world. Despite their spiritual sleep and slumber, Christ stands without, entreating the believer to yield room to the Lord.
-The image here is that Christ seeking communion and table fellowship with the estranged believer and the church. TO sup together is an expression of mutual affection. The fellowship meal was an important part of the early Church's weekly assembly (Lord's supper). In the gospels, Christ use the image of table fellowship to portray the Kind and his knights and nobles about his table supping and administering the kingdom together. .
Christ's rebuke and call to repentance are here characterized in terms of the risen Lord seeking admittance into the believer's heart and life
-The church at Laodicea has shut Christ out by allowing their ears to grow dull and their hearts wax so hat that they are insensible to his world. Despite their spiritual sleep and slumber, Christ stands without, entreating the believer to yield room to the Lord.
-The image here is that Christ seeking communion and table fellowship with the estranged believer and the church. TO sup together is an expression of mutual affection. The fellowship meal was an important part of the early Church's weekly assembly (Lord's supper). In the gospels, Christ use the image of table fellowship to portray the Kind and his knights and nobles about his table supping and administering the kingdom together. .
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This is a site where we all want to impart "grace unto the hearer"(Eph.4:29). Let us not attack each other but admonish with love, if we must rebuke a fellow believer. Also keep in mind I would appreciate no improper language or phrases.
Thank you for sharing your opinions with us.
God bless you,
Miss Hannah