Letters to the 7 Churches in Revelation 2 of 2

The church, though in this deplorable state, was not aware of its condition, but thought all was going on well; it did not know that it was "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." This is surprising and affecting, and shows, in an alarming view, how far self-deception may be carried, especially in the case of those, who, like the members of the church at Laodicea, are much taken up with the enjoyment of worldly prosperity. Let a professor of religion have his mind much occupied with the cares of business, and his affections much engrossed with the objects of sense, and it is astonishing how ignorant and mistaken he may remain as to the real state of his soul.