Are You Hot or Cold?

“So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:16

Too often today, many “Christians” only want to do what they want, or what is convenient for them. They want to do what is easy, and skip all of the things that they have trouble doing or don’t want to do. They want to go to church on Sunday, sing a few hymns, and the rest of the week live whatever way they want. Well I have news for them: that is NOT Christianity. That is a show of godliness, but in truth it is all fake. That is a “lukewarm Christian.”

A person who claims to be a Christian, but does not do what Jesus and His holy word says is not really a Christian at all. A Christian is someone who believes and follows Jesus and His teachings. Jesus says if you love me, keep my words. If someone isn’t going to keep His words, ask yourself, do they truly love Christ? Love for our Lord will abide and keep the things that He and His apostles taught.

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” Luke 6:46

Why do you think there are so many denominations of churches in the world today? They all want to believe only what they want to believe. If they all believed the teachings of the bible, then there wouldn’t be a hundred different denominations, there would be one. In the time of the apostle Paul, there weren’t Lutherans, Catholics, Baptists, etc. They were a part of the “Church.” One group, because they believed the words that Jesus taught, and they listened to what His apostles taught them. Just imagine if Paul or Peter were here today and saw what people have turned the Christian faith into. They would have been very displeased with what is happening today to say the least. 

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” Matthew 7:21-27

Like Jesus said to the Pharisees, they appeared on the outside that they were wonderful and good, but inside they were full of sin. 

“Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.” Matthew 23:28

In order for these so-called “Christians” to get around verses that they don’t want to adhere to, they make excuses like, “That verse was just written for that specific church 2000 years ago,” or “That verse was meant just for that time, it doesn’t apply today.” They try to twist the meaning of the scripture so that it fits the way that they want to live. Sadly, when you try to convict some of these people blinded by their sins, they get angry and defensive and will not listen to what you are trying to get them to understand. 

You do not get to pick and choose which parts of the bible that you get to keep and obey, and throw away or ignore the rest. All scripture is given by the inspiration of God.

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” 2 Timothy 3:16

I just want you to remember, if someone willfully chooses to ignore or disobey a direct command from Jesus or his apostles in the bible, then they really can’t call themselves Christians. You either keep all of the word of God, or you keep none of it. 

Don’t be a lukewarm Christian. Set yourself on fire with the Holy Ghost!

In Christ,

Andrew