Prescription: "Buy From Me"

Because of the indictment of "lukewarmness" which the Lord Jesus passes upon the Church at Laodicea, we imagine them in dystopia terms. Yet the reality is, the ancient city of Laodicea was one of the wealthiest in all of the Roman Empire.

The Church at Laodicea had acquiesced to this superiority complex, itself proclaiming that it was "rich, increased with goods, in need of nothing," an attitude which became the leading symptom of its spiritual torpor.

The prescription that Jesus offers to this church that has everything is to buy from him what it isn't even aware it is lacking.