Pick Your Cross

15I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. 19Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. 20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.

Latley I've been talking to many christians who claim to be followers of Christ who are deffinatley lukewarm. Last week I was trying to have fellowship with one of my friends from work who claims he is a practicing disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the midst of our conversation he used a curse word. I quickly responded and pierced him with the word of truth, and he became extremley defensive, claiming God would forgive him every day for cursing, simply because he asks for forgiveness every night. It seems that in this day it is common to be lukewarm and anyone who is a christain according the Bible's standards is a hard core christain. I know that many chruches today preach that this type of living is accepted by God. Clearly in Revelations 19:16 God decalres with wrath, "so, because you are lukewarm- niether hot nor cold- I am about to spit you out of my mouth. John writes that anyone living like this is poor and naked, and pittiful. John claims that he could offer them gold, pure and refined gold. In Revelations Jesus has shown John that this church has no God, For Jesus states clearly," Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. Saying that, you the church, who call this place a house of God, have kicked me out. I am not there, none of you have hearts that are all for serving me, I am not in your church, I clearly stand outside at the door and knock. Today we have mega-churches preaching forgivness without repentance and a calling for blind faith that does not produce love or hope. Enter through the Narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many pass through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and few find it. Jesus stands outside these churches and knocks, they have kicked Him out, he is not there. The mega-churches of today are leading people astray. I am afraid that many of those people are on the broad path. Jesus states, "Not everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many on that day will say to me, Lord Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and perform many miaracles. Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you, away from me you evil doers. How sad that so many are decieved and decieve themselves. We must be doing, not merely listening. Not wishing and wanting and waiting around for our lives to change but now is the time to take affirmative action, and do the will of our Father who is in heaven. Saddly I don't think that even a slight amount of people who claim to be a followers of Christ have shown love for him by obeying his commands. And most of us our led astray.