Thursday | 22 October 2026

The need to buy the word

In our present season, the Lord is proclaiming the word on lampstand churches to us for a second time. During this season of visitation, Jesus Christ is addressing every leader and household and asking us to ‘buy’ this word on lampstand churches. A believer who is buying the word recognises that they are not the source of the word. However, once they have bought the word, it does belong to them. The word is in their mouth and in their heart. It has become their precious possession. In this regard, we must heed the admonition of the wise man to ‘buy the truth, and do not sell it’. Pro 23:23.

Jesus admonished the presbytery and church in Laodicea by saying, ‘I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.’ Rev 3:18. Notably, before we can buy gold and white garments, we need the light of the sevenfold Spirit of Yahweh that shines from the face of Christ, through the messengers in His right hand, to illuminate the eyes of our heart so that we can see. Without receiving this spiritual sight, we will not know that we need to buy gold and white garments.

The Laodiceans were, evidently, part of the body of Christ, but Jesus warned them that He would spew them out of His body unless they turned from their religious mixture and arrogance. We note that lukewarm water is the mixture of hot and cold water. The result of a mixed Christian culture is often a tepid ambivalence to the word of present truth that is proclaimed by the messengers of Christ. This kind of ambivalence is symptomatic of the view that the word of present truth is a helpful resource, but it is not necessary for salvation.