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"Lukewarm" christians
Revelation 3:15-16 (New King James Version)
15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,[a] I will vomit you out of My mouth.
I read something pretty interesting about this verse. Many people think Christ meant that he would rather have "cold" people (without faith at all, or without any spiritual growth) than "lukewarm" believers (somewhere in between). They take the word cold to mean negative and hot to mean positive. Instead, cold and hot should both be taken positive.
Jesus wished the church had cold, refreshing purity or hot, therapeutic value. Who likes to bathe with, or drink lukewarm water? Lukewarm has no value. What do you think are some characteristics of a "lukewarm" christian?
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Love is patient, love is kind, Love does not insist on its own way. Love bears all things, believes all things,
Hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
- I Corinthians 13:4-8
Last edited by kristian's_mom; 09-25-2009 at 01:00 AM.
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