Extreme heat kills. It saps life from the eldest and youngest alike. Extreme cold kills. It freezes. There is a range of temperature that is too much cold and too much hot. Lukewarm temperatures are safest and least lethal. It’s the solution, a balanced middle ground, and our salvation.
Hey Jamie! Revelation 3:14-19 (NASB) was the inspiration for this quote. Jesus tells us.
Message to Laodicea
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the [a]Beginning of the creation of God, says this: 15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will [b]spit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
If Jesus warns believers against being lukewarm, we should listen and obey.
Extreme heat kills. It saps life from the eldest and youngest alike. Extreme cold kills. It freezes. There is a range of temperature that is too much cold and too much hot. Lukewarm temperatures are safest and least lethal. It’s the solution, a balanced middle ground, and our salvation.
Hey Jamie! Revelation 3:14-19 (NASB) was the inspiration for this quote. Jesus tells us.
Message to Laodicea
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the [a]Beginning of the creation of God, says this: 15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will [b]spit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
If Jesus warns believers against being lukewarm, we should listen and obey.
Have a wonderful weekend!