This church’s sad situation is dire. They are dead and we will see from the text the nature of the apparent self-inflicted wounds that have brought them to this point. Jesus declares that their works are not done. There must never come a point when we retire in the Christian life. If our devotion to Jesus is only ever talked about in the past tense, that’s a problem. This church is called to “think back” on what they had received and heard. To whatever degree, they had forgotten the Good News. We also see they are living a way of life influenced and sullied by the culture rather than being cleansed by Christ. Let’s not commit ourselves to the ways of the world and instead commit to the ways of the word.
