Subject: Rev 3:15-16 |
Bible Note: John, Thanks. The teaching was wonderful, I just felt this verse to be a bit of a stretch to use to make the point. (It is a pet peeve of mine and all preachers do it from time to time. They have a great teaching and then back it up with a verse that leaves me scratching my head, especially when there are plenty of verses that say it so much better). I wanted to know if this was a general understanding of these verses. A little more specifically he was saying that to be hot was to be under Grace and to be cold was to be under the Law. Luke warm was a mixture of the two. The reason God would rather you be cold is at least then you would see your need for Christ, you not being able to fulfill the Law. The person goes on to say that Paul gives the Judaizers at Galatia a stronger rebuke because of this mixing the Law with Grace than he does of Corinth for their sinful behavior. This is why God will spew them out of His mouth because to be lukewarm they have nullified Grace, but the at least in Corinth they are still under Grace. In Love, Mike PS This is as close as I can come to not cut and paste of copyright materiel |