1. Revelation 3:15 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How does Jesus know their works?

Revelation 3:15 (ESV)

15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!

Precisely because he is divine (see Revelation 1:12–20) and is ruler of God’s creation, nothing in his domain escapes his attention, including what’s happening in Laodicea. His assessment is fully informed and so is accurate.