Faith and love are the true riches, the pure gold which the True Witness counsels the lukewarm to buy. However rich we may be in earthly treasure, all our wealth will not enable us to buy the precious remedies that cure the disease of the soul called lukewarmness. Intellect and earthly riches were powerless to remove the defects of the Laodicean church, or to remedy their deplorable condition. They were blind, yet felt that they were well off. The Spirit of God did not illumine their minds, and they did not perceive their sinfulness; therefore they did not feel the necessity of help. {4T 88.1}

Tro og kærlighed er den sande rigdom, det rene guld, som det sanddru vidne råder den lunkne til at købe. Hvor rige vi end måtte være på jordiske skatte, vil al vor formue ikke sætte os i stand til at købe de kostelige lægemidler, der kurerer den sjælens sygdom, som hedder lunkenhed. Intelligens og jordisk rigdom magtede ikke at fjerne manglerne hos menigheden i Laodikæa eller at afhjælpe dens beklagelige tilstand. Den var blind, men mente, at den var vel faren. Guds ånd oplyste ikke dens sind og den indså ikke sin syndighed; derfor følte den ikke sin trang til hjælp.