Friday, November 5, 2010

Lukewarm

Matthew 13:44 " The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field."
He sold everything to obtain the only think that mattered, he knew what he stumbled upon-the kingdom of heaven- was more valuable than anything, so he went after it with EVERYTHING. That is what God wants from us, to go after the Kingdom with everything, and to be honest he hates fakers, and lukewarmness.
Revelation 3:16
So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
In today's world we are seen as "radical" if we are truly living by God's word. This subject is from the book "Crazy Love by Francis Chan" and I wish I would write the whole chapter out. But I'll try to do my best, I am going to say that our lives today are pretty lukewarm. We have let the worlds standards overtake our Church, and our lives. We think its ok to be "godly enough" attend church, give, love God (but not with all our heart.) But does this not go against everything to bible says? Are we totally in love with God that we give EVERYTHING to him, or do we let things of the world consume us? I would be so bold to say we often think about life on earth much more often than eternity in heaven.
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Col. 3:2
God urges us to give everything to him and not be lukewarm, or he will "spit you out of my mouth." I want to be radical, I don't want to be lukewarm and be accepted by this world but I want to be on fire for his kingdom.

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