How would you feel if someone described
your relation to them as making them want to spit you out of their mouth
because you’re so awfully lukewarm?
Now, after an initial wave of hurt
feelings, wouldn’t you want to know if you were doing something to cause such a
reaction?
In this home church video, we explore why Jesus
would tell one of his churches that they were lukewarm and he was planning to
spit them out of his mouth if nothing changed.[1]
Along with that, we consider what Jesus meant
that he was knocking at the door of the church in order to come back in, and
anyone who opened the door to him would experience fellowship like two friends
sitting down to enjoy a meal together.
At the center of this focus is Jesus telling
the church that they saw themselves in a very positive light that was not
accurate simply because they did not realize the true condition of their souls.
He then described the way they looked in real life and presented them a very
gracious opportunity. He would counsel them in where and how to get what they
were lacking, which is, in him.
Join our home church as we examine our own
hearts to assess which parts of this message to a lukewarm church is exactly
what we ourselves need to hear, along with Jesus’ solution, which is opening
our hearts to him.
As always, Jesus only addresses what is
wrong with us with a message of grace and hope to help us take hold of what he
says. When the poor in spirit let themselves hunger and thirst for the
righteousness of faith, even if they only learned about their bankrupt
relationship to Christ just now, they experience the faithfulness of Jesus our
Savior to do in our lives exactly what he promises to do.
And the fellowship only gets better as we
travel with him and follow where he leads.
© 2018 Monte Vigh ~
Box 517, Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8 ~ in2freedom@gmail.com
Unless otherwise
noted, Scriptures are from the English Standard Version (The Holy Bible,
English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.)
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