As a church, we recently watched a sermon that Adrian Rogers preached over the seven churches of Asia, but he only pin-pointed one; the church of Laodicea.
This is the church that we all know was neither hot nor cold, they were Lukewarm. The Lord exclaimed that He was going to spew them out of His mouth implying disgust. This word can also be translated to vomit or throw up. It made Him sick.
Many children of God today think that they are okay and safe in the state that they are in. They are saved and their eternity is secure, but they are comfortable with a life that produces no fruit. They tell God that they love him, but that He is far too boring for them. They "yawn in the face of God."
God would rather a lukewarm Christian be cold than to be unusable (Revelation 3:15). He would rather one be on either side of the fence than to be straddling the fence. Scripture is very clear that it is impossible to love the world and God. We cannot serve God and mammon (Matt. 6:24) and a house divided against itself will surely fall (Matthew 12:25).
We should all examine our lives and ask ourselves, am I lukewarm? There are a few ways one can test whether he is lukewarm or not.
1) You are indifferent to holiness: Do you want to be holy? "But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy" (1 Peter 1:15-16).
2) Your singing is not spirit-filled: Paul writes to the Ephesians, "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:18-19).
3) Your prayer life is lacking: When was the last time you spent more than five minutes talking to the Lord? Ten minutes? Twenty minutes? And hour? We are told to pray without ceasing (1 Thes. 5:17).
4) You are not living a sacrificial life: Paul wrote to the Romans, "I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service" (Romans 12:1). Am I presenting my body as a living sacrifice to God on a daily basis? Am I asking Him every morning to use me for His perfect will, or am I doing the opposite of what verse 2 says? Am I blending in with the world? Can an unbeliever pick me out of a crowd of lost people?
Let's get off the fence and get on fire for the Lord.
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