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LUKEWARMNESS Friday 21 September


Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

Memorise: He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Luke 11:23

Read: Matthew 12:29-31

One major problem of the church in Laodicea was their lukewarmness.

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. Revelation 3:15

On the thermometer of God, He expects you to read cold or hot but not in-between. Usually, people do not like lukewarm water. If you are given lukewarm water to quench your thirst, your stomach might get filled up but your thirst will not be quenched, this is annoying. Whereas, if you took a few glasses of cold water, the thirst will be quenched even if your stomach is not filled. Lukewarmness brings about a lot of waste. If you are lukewarm in your attitude to God and the things of His kingdom, you will be a great waste to God’s kingdom. You may not be able to quench the thirst of the King of kings! Lukewarm water is not capable of brewing some herbal teas that require hot water. After soaking such tea in lukewarm water, very little will be received of what the tea has the potential of releasing. The tea will at best be termed coloured water. Any lover of tea will not be pleased with such tea. In the same way, when you are lukewarm, God may never be able to get you to tap into your hidden resources and develop them to His glory. At the end, the lukewarm worker will earn God’s rebuke and anger.

Every lukewarm person has elements of laziness. In the Kingdom of God, there is no middle place: it is either you are for Him or you are against Him. You cannot afford to be neutral. If you are not walking the narrow path to Heaven, you are on the broad way to hell. You will recognise the fellow who is lukewarm by his or her lack of zeal. Anybody that will achieve for God must be zealous. Jesus was consumed by zeal for kingdom assignments. Do you show zeal when it comes to paying tithes, giving offering, winning souls or obeying God in general? A zealous person is in a hurry to please God. Zeal brings speed. Zeal comes with positive expectations. Zeal has genuine interest in what is being done. Lukewarm Christians do not care about the time they come to church hence many of them are incurable latecomers. Lukewarm Christians cannot spend eternity with Christ.

KEY POINT:
If you can sit, eat, or chat with an unbeliever and not be bothered that he or she is going to hell, you are lukewarm.
 
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 19-21

Comments

  1. I refuse to be a lukewarm Christian in Jesus name.... Amen!!!

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  2. Oh lord help me to be on Ur side fully and give me the zeal to do what is right for God.amen

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  3. oluwadayisi tosin michaelSeptember 21, 2012 at 7:20 AM

    Lord, I don't want to lukewarm that I may not be a cast away before your throne. I'm now hot for Jesus, and his ministry. In Jesus name. Amen.

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  4. I bind every form of lukewormness in my life and family in Jessus name.

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  6. Lord Jesus give me your grace not to be a lukewarn christian in the name of Jesus. Amen

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  7. Lord,help me to be zealous for you and never to be lukeworm again.God bless RCCG.

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