Spit
“Laodicea lacked its own water supply, having no direct access to the cold water of the mountains or the hot water of the nearby springs in Hierapolis to the north. In contrast to its claims of self-sufficiency (3:17), it had to pipe in its water…. This water had grown lukewarm by the time of its arrival.
“The point of lukewarm water is simply that it is disgusting….
“Jesus thus finds the church in Laodicea to be other than what he desires. In today’s English, he is telling the self-satisfied church in Laodicea: ‘I want water that will refresh me, but you remind me instead of the water you always complain about. You make me want to puke.’”
—Craig Keener, Revelation
Let us not make the mistake of being prideful or thinking we are self-sufficient today.