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|They have large buildings, '''stained glass windows''', '''eloquent preachers, paid singers'''. Yes, sir.<Ref>William Branham, 60-1211E - The Laodicean Church Age, para. 156</ref> | |They have large buildings, '''stained glass windows''', '''eloquent preachers, paid singers'''. Yes, sir.<Ref>William Branham, 60-1211E - The Laodicean Church Age, para. 156</ref> | ||
|Many of these churches have Cathedral-like buildings, '''stained glass windows, eloquent preachers, paid singers''', large congregations.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 28.</ref> | |Many of these churches have Cathedral-like buildings, '''stained glass windows, eloquent preachers, paid singers''', large congregations.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 28.</ref> | ||
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|Brother, '''the world won’t be converted by money'''. The world will be '''converted by the Holy Ghost'''; powerful preaching of the Holy Ghost and the Cross will be the only thing that’ll convert the world. God’s program is not money. It’s the Holy Ghost, that’s what God’s program is for the Laodicean Church Age or any other church age. Yes, sir. | |||
They want the Holy Ghost. Oh, they say, “We are…have gold.” '''It was gold, all right, but not the right kind.''' They had plenty of gold but not the right kind.<ref>William Branham, 60-1211E - The Laodicean Church Age, para. 184-185 | |||
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|The trouble with the church today is that it thinks that nothing can be done without money, and that if we only had the money the world would be converted in this generation. The world is '''not to be converted by money, but by the Spirit of God.''' | |||
The trouble with the Church of Laodicea was that its “Gold” was not of the right kind.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 28.</ref> | |||
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|'''They were nearsighted. They was looking at their big building.''' They were rich. They were looking at the great organization they belonged to, trying to build it up, getting more members to come in, and they didn’t miss Him. <ref>William Branham, 60-1211E - The Laodicean Church Age, para. 252</ref> | |||
|But the Church of Laodicea was not only poor, though rich, it was blind. Or to put it more accurately—'''“Near-Sighted.”''' '''They could See their worldly prosperity''', but were “Short-Sighted” as to heavenly things, so the Lord counseled them to anoint their eyes with “Eye-Salve.” Their merchants dealt in ointments and herbs of a high degree of healing virtue, but they possessed no salve that would restore impaired Spiritual Vision, only the Unction of the Holy One could do that.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 28.</ref> | |||
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|'''Excluded!''' What was He excluded from? Now, listen, friends. If this isn’t striking! Get a picture of it, let it sink down in your heart. Our Saviour, when He was on earth, He was '''excluded from His Own nation.''' He was rejected, He was excluded. The world excluded Him and crucified Him. And now, from His Own church, He’s excluded. He isn’t wanted anywhere, have no need of Him.<ref>William Branham, 60-1211E - The Laodicean Church Age, para. 225</ref> | |||
|This is a description of a Christless Church. Oh, the EXCLUDED CHRIST '''Excluded from His own nation''', for they Rejected Him; excluded from the world, for it Crucified Him; excluded from His Church, for He stands outside its door Knocking for Entrance.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 29.</ref> | |||
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