Be Zealous and repent

Rev 3:19  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 

He still loves His church despite the fact that they have become ineffective, they have left Him and have put Him in the corner.

Yet because He still loves them He must rebuke them and chasten them if they do not repent.

But notice He does not just say repent, no He says be Zealous AND Repent.

Zealous, ‘showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective.’

Be Zealous therefore – show great energy and enthusiasm for repenting, getting on fire for me and spreading my Gospel.

More than anything He hates the ineffective complacent church.

How many in today’s America would identify as the Church at Laodicea? Neither hot nor cold but lukewarm. Good for nothing.

Time for the church in America to repent of their pride  in their riches, of their complacency and get Zealous for Him and the things of Heaven.