Here's a church that has become world-lit.

And Jesus is saying to this church here,

you are actually the very opposite of what you think you are.

You think you're rich but you're poor.

You think you've arrived but you haven't.

You're about to lose everything.

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Of all of the letters to the churches in Revelation,

perhaps it is the letter to the church in Laya de Sia

that's the most well known.

They were neither hot nor cold, they were lukewarm.

And it was to this church that Jesus said he stands at the door and knocks.

Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham,

and thank you for joining us today for renewing your mind.

Today we come to the end of our study of the seven letters to the seven churches

in the book of Revelation,

as W. Robert Godfrey considers the final two letters,

one to the church in Philadelphia,

and another to the church in Laya de Sia.

These two letters couldn't be more different,

one to a faithful church, and another to a worldly church.

He is Dr. Godfrey.

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