Because Jesus Christ is the ONLY WAY that we can have a relationship with the ONLY LIVING GOD, Jesus Himself is the ONE delivering the messages of Revelation to John. In Revelation 3:1-6 Jesus gives the fifth challenge to a vibrant relationship with Almighty God.The Lord is Omnipresent;Omniscient,& Omnipotent,so when Jesus says in Rev 1,”I know your deeds;you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead”,HE has all the knowledge and all the authority to make such an observation of our lives.And HE does so for our own good,because in the next verse HE says,”Wake up and strengthen the things that remain,which were about to die;for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.”These people Jesus is taking about have made claims to be Christians,but yet the way they lived and the priorities they had in their lives would not have convicted them of being authentic followers of Christ.Because of this,Jesus says that the seed of Faith in Christ that initially compelled them to claim that they were Christians is about to die. James (the 1/2 brother of Christ) says it this way in James 2:26, "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also"! It is from HIS great love & concern for these people that Jesus is making them aware of a fatal problem in their lives...a challenge that is a hardening if their hearts & a slow death of their souls.Jesus’ parable of the sower in Matthew13:1-23,& Luke8:4-22 has the same theme-HE says that when we first decide to Trust Christ that the Seed of HIS Gospel will only take root in our lives if we make sure that IT is looked after in our lives by nurturing it and protecting it from the cares of the world and challenges we face.In Revelation 3:1-6 Jesus tells us that unless our minds/hearts/lives are not LIVING OUT what HIS Word encourages & instructs about ALL THINGS,then that seed of faith that HE yearns to take root in our lives will die,never coming to life in us....the same thing that HIS 1/2 brother said!This is a reason that we must have regular checks in our minds/hearts/lives with God’s Word and His Spirit...and then we must have a follow through in our minds/hearts/lives with an application of whatever it is that His Word and His Spirit are encouraging us to do & teaching us to do.If not,a part of our heart&spirit will begin to harden...& a real relationship with The Lord begins to wane...and our relationship with Him grows cold.Dear Lord,this makes me realize that I have many areas in my life that have grown cold,because of my not taking to heart the significance of paying attention to Your instructions and encouragement so that they change the way I think,talk,behave,& treat others...especially those closest to me.I pray for You to remind me of this lesson,& to be the source of all things I need to look after the seed of Your Gospel in my life.