What Jesus Says to a Complacent Church

About What Jesus Says to a Complacent Church

This letter gives us another secret to growth and change to those of us who are feeling a little bit complacent. Maybe we feel a little more bored than blessed when we connect with church … Perhaps we feel a lot more attached to this world than we’d like - (who doesn’t struggle with that?) and looking us straight in the eye Jesus says - “I want you to see your need as you never have before. Then I’d be able to meet your need as I never have before.” John writes this way to the church in Laodicea - “To the angel of the church of Laodicea write, ‘These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. I know your deeds that you’re neither cold nor hot … I wish that you were one or the other … But you don’t realise you’re wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you get from me gold refined in the fire so you can become rich and white clothes to wear so you can cover your shameful nakedness salve to put on your eyes so you can see.” (Revelation 3:14 ff) Not easy words from Jesus but they end with his remarkable promise - “Look! I am standing at the door and I'm constantly knocking. If anyone opens the door I will come in and I’ll fellowship with him; I’ll relate to him, I’ll dine with him and he’ll fellowship with me.” (Revelation 3:20 – Message)

Publisher

Church in the Marketplace

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jun 2022

Latest episode

24 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

228 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Oct 2026

   Unmasking Hypocrisy in the Church 10am Sunday 25th October 2026

   Matthew 23: 1-12

2. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Competing Kingdoms - Sunday 18th October 2026

   Join us this Sunday as we consider one of Jesus’ most famous sayings - “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, to God what is God’s.” All welcome.

3. 

   10 Oct 2026

   YES, LORD BUT... Sunday 11th October 2026

   This Sunday we continue the journey through Jesus’ vineyard parables that Peter has been leading us through over recent weeks from God’s extravagant grace, to faith that becomes visible in the way we live, and now to an even more personal question:What does it actually mean to call Jesus “Lord”?It is easy to say “Yes, Lord” when Jesus and I agree. But what happens when his direction and mine are different? Who gets the final say?Drawing on Isaiah 5:1–7 and Matthew 21:33–46, we’ll return to the vineyard and discover what happens when the Owner sends his Son.And, given what happened last Sunday night, there may even be a little Bondi Junction Grand Final theology involved…

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