Kicking Jesus out of the church?

Moore's Corner Church

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Revelation chapter 3 Jesus is speaking to the church at Laodicea.

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It has some pretty Strong things to say to this to this church

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If you want to look at the Israelites like they through their actions they're pushing God outside the camp

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Almost well, that's kind of what the church at Laodicea did. They kind of kicked Jesus out of the church

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You Know they think they're so wonderful What do we need Jesus for?

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Little did they know? Jesus said no, you're actually pretty pretty wretched look at Revelation 3 verse 20

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Jesus said behold, I stand at the door and not Anyone hears my voice and opens the door

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I will come come in to him and dine with him and he with me to him who overcomes

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I will grant to sit with Me on my throne as I also overcame and sat down with my father on his throne

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He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches now, I know how this verse is usually

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Used we've all seen that little card in the painting and the track right where Jesus is standing outside of the the door

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Knocking and there's no doorknob and people always point that out. So this is how this verse is usually

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Taught that he's he's knocking on the door of the lost sinner's heart

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Saying let me in so I can save you right? We've all heard that That's the most common interpretation of this verse and metaphorically

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Jesus He's doing that I believe he's knocking on the door of lost sinner's heart

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That's all fine and good, but that's not what Revelation chapter 3 verse 20 is saying.

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What's the actual context? What's Jesus knocking on the door of the lost sinner's heart?

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No, he's knocking on what door? He's knocking on the door of the church like hey

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Let me in let me you You've kicked Jesus out you push

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Jesus out of his own church Or I think this is very common today

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It you could say Jesus has been kicked out of churches or Jesus is replaced

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By going back to this theme of idolatry that churches will replace the real

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Jesus with another Jesus with fake fake Jesus the

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Jesus they have concocted in their own Imagination and this fake Jesus it just so happens that he's just like them and he agrees and affirms with everything

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They think it's funny how that works This is of course a form of Idolatry where you shape and mold a

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Jesus or shape and mold a god of your own Imagination and then that's the

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God that you're worshiping. But in reality that God doesn't exist and the

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God that exists once people kind of go down that road the God that Exists is actually held in contempt

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Because these people hold parts of the Bible in contempt There are a lot of churches that would be absolutely enraged

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If certain parts of the Bible were preached on Sunday morning

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What has happened Assuming that some of these places are still You know, they still have their lampstand which obviously many of them don't

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Jesus is outside Knocking on the door wanting to come back in and they're saying no. Thanks.

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We got this. We don't need you now They would never say that the church at Laodicea.

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They obviously wouldn't say that Hey, we kicked Jesus out But that's what they did because Jesus says so All right, any comments on that?