A LUKEWARM CHURCH IN THE 21st CENTURY!!!

A LUKEWARM CHURCH IN THE 21st CENTURY!!!

Revelation 3:14-21 The Lukewarm Church “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!  You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked…….Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends. Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne.”

We as Christians  must recognize The Laodicean church  in Rev. 3 also represents the 21st century high tech, got to have the latest right now society church. But the question we must ask ourselves is. How do we give it all to the Master and also focus on the unity of the body of God’s Church. Paul tells me in 1 Cor. 12:12-14

“Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free and we were all given the one Spirit….

So if we have the same Spirit it is impossible for the Church not to grow spiritually, because there is only one Spirit and one God. My friends, we as A body of Christ must decide today to become totally committed to spreading the good news of God’s Saving Grace, and  Christ soon return in our Churches and to A world that is sinking in sin,

as wickedness increase and the love of most draws Cold with no hope of survival. But as members of the body of Gods Church if we continue to allow our focus to be on materialism, consumerism, and I’ve got to have the latest simply because it is the latest, instead of our focus being on Jesus Christ and Him Crucified then God  speaks directly to

“you who are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold,” then He tells us “I will spit you out of my mouth!  You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!”  My friends the purpose of the letter to Laodicea, is so that you and I as part of this church, may overcome, the influences of our world in the 21st century.

Remember my friends The letter finished on a triumphant ending, with a glorious, and victorious note. It says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and set down with my Father in His throne.”

So our prayer today must be Lord, we the member’s of the 21st century Laodicean church pray that we will not become lukewarm, but we will have a burning passion and desire, to share Your Truth as it is written in your word To the World.  in Colossians 3:2 it tells me to “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Paul also tells me  in Colossians 2:6 -8 “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”

as followers of Christ we must continue His ministry as a body of believers. And with a fire that burns within our mind and body as we become witnesses to A world lost in sin, as we petition God’s Spirit to have the same burning effect on everyone we come in contact with. Luke tells us in Luke 24:32

When the two disciples of Christ on the road to Emmaus, realizing it was  Christ they had spoken too. Said to one another “DID NOT OUR HEART BURN WITHIN US WHILE HE TALKED WITH US ON THE ROAD, AND WHILE HE OPENED THE SCRIPTURES  TO US?” That word  Burn, meaning to be set, or consumed on FIRE.

This is what God wants from each of his Children. If we are consumed with a burning passion to have an intimate relationship with God then everyone we talk to, or witness to, will also feel a exhilarating burn within their hearts.

Which will lead them also to seek Jesus Christ and spend quality time in the all consuming presence of our Savior. As the entire body of Christ remains focused through Faith in our Savior that will Save us from sin, and one day soon give us His ultimate reward, which is ETERNAL LIFE

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY