...self-righteous, the self-sufficient, the high-minded, the proud, the full ; not they who say in their hearts, " I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing." No ; it is not for stich that this " feast of fat things " is provided. But for the weary and heavy-laden,...

...In two respects it would. There would have been less of the means of self-deception. ( " Thou sayest I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing.") And all semblance and pretension to Christianity being abjured, there would have been less injury done...

...exactly described by our Saviour, when addressing the worldly-minded church of Laodicea ; " Thou sayest, I am rich and increased in goods and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked V But he whom our Lord intends by him that is " poor...

...receive Christ as his all in all. This Church of Laodicea was emphatically self righteous. " Thou sayest I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing." By being besought to buy, then, it was asked to part with these riches that it might receive Christ...

...thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth : because thou sayest I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." What miserable delusions attend some professors of...

...are very rich in grace who think themselves miserably poor; while, on the other hand, many who say "I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing," are naked, and poor, and miserable. Poor Moabitess, long an alien, having gone far into sin, and now...

...godliness, but they deny its power. Such was the condition of the church at Laodicea. " Thou sayest I am rich and increased in goods and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." It was therefore addressed, " I counsel thee to buy...

...Laodiceans, the lukewarm. He generally knocks and calls the loudest at their door : — " Thou sayest, I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked, But I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor...

...with pity than with awe. To them were applicable the words of the Master: "Thou sayest that thou art rich and increased in goods and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." The pomp of their sepulchers was a symbol of their...

...one was faultless, and the one that thought itself most faultless was the most corrupt of all. She said, " I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; " but Jesus said, "and thou knowest not that thou art poor, and blind, and naked, and ignorant."...