Here was a church with much worldly wealth, in a rich and prosperous city. In every congregation, there’s a mixture of good and bad, but sadly there was much bad in Laodicea. They had an outward but empty profession, and Christ comes with a last plea calling them to repent with the great gospel invitation: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”