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1 | wish you were hot or cold | Rev 3:16 | fran1947 | 83230 | ||
Rev. 3:15 would thou wert hot or cold. why was this statement made by God? | ||||||
2 | wish you were hot or cold | Rev 3:16 | Asis | 83231 | ||
Look at the scriptures together. Rev. 3:15 through Rev. 3:16 (KJV) 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. The savor of something hot or cold has taste to the mouth. But a lukewarm liquid really has no taste. God is not happy with fence sitters. When you you are hot or cold for something you have taken a stand. When you are lukewarm your in a whatever mode, neither for or against. He is telling us Stand for something. |
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3 | wish you were hot or cold | Rev 3:16 | Mommapbs | 83245 | ||
Greetings! As I have been thinking on this sad state of affairs within the Church of the "last days", could we consider also this possibility of "lukewarmedness?" I suspect that as the Lord examines the heart, He sees the motivation behind the "deeds" of this "church." The Lord challenges us to be introspective here. "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. Mt 24:12 I suspect that the root cause of "lukewarmedness" is the result of apostacy (lawlessness) within the church. "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their OWN desires," 2 Tim 4:3. (EMP mine) (Psalm 37:4) When we delight in the Lord our desires will reflect the will OF the LORD! In what should we delight? "but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I DELIGHT IN THESE THINGS," declares the LORD. Jeremiah 9:24 - EMP mine! Seeking to know the Lord is to delight in Him. As a result,His desires will become OUR desires!(Psalm 37:4) THESE(God's desires, His will for us to know Him) are the treasures that we are to store up, these are the precious materials that will withstand the refiners fire.(1 Cor 3:13) As an illlustration: If you came to my house and looked around, you could have anything EXCEPT those things which my child made for me.They are the only things that have true value to me. It is the same way with God's children. Only the things that God's Son does through the life of the believer will be preserved. Those who "perform" to receive God's approval, have missed the message of Grace.(They have exchanged sound doctrine for lawlessness.) Their actions deny the workmanship of God (Eph 2:10)and the activity of Jesus Christ to live His life through us. Gal 2:20 These are the "lukewarm", those who love has "grown cold." For further study contrast Luke 12:21 and James 5:3 with Mt 6:19-21 and 1 Cor 3:11-13 mommapbs |
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4 | wish you were hot or cold | Rev 3:16 | Asis | 83261 | ||
Hello mommapbs Let this be our attitude. Galatians 2:19-20 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. [20] I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. [KJV] We have a tendancy to substitute "church" for Christ. We love the "church". We work for the "church". We "do" church, when we are called to BE church. We are called to BE Christ's body here on earth. We run around doing church things, We even study the word and fill ourselves up with endless interpretations and never learn the spirit of what we have studied. We fail apply it to our lives, to do what the Lord has commanded. Just as you said His desire is that we live to please Him. How do we do that? Jesus tells us to Love one another, to abide in Him and He will abide in us; John 17:19-22 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. [20] Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; [21] That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. [22] And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: [KJV] We are to be one with Christ as He was one with the Father. To know Jesus and NOT desire to be one with Him and do the work (BELEIVE GOD), to be one with Him, is to be lukewarm and He will spit those from his mouth. We look at something hot as "on fire for the Lord" and something cold as "Not desiring the Lord", but I submit that those two are same. Hot coffee tastes good and cold soda tastes good but if either is lukewarm we spit it from our mouth's. Remember hot or cold is ok it is the lukewarm that God doesn't want. I encourage all to seek what Paul sought (I draw you attention to verse 9 and excuse me for all the verses included once I started reading I couldn't decide where the verses made the point). Philip. 3:7-21 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. [8] Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, [9] And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: [10] That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; [11] If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. [12] Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. [13] Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, [14] I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. [15] Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. [16] Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. [17] Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. [18] (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: [19] Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) [20] For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: [21] Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. [KJV] LET US ALL BE FOUND IN HIM. GLORY TO GOD |
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5 | wish you were hot or cold | Rev 3:16 | Mommapbs | 83262 | ||
Great Scriptures - thanks. RE Hot or cold, yes I agree, it is the "lukewarm" that we are to reject. Just as a soda left out of the fridge will lose its coldness, so will coffee lose its warmth when removed from the pot! IN HIM! mommapbs |
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