Okay, so, I'm reading this book by this amazing Christian man called "Crazy Love."
I've actually mentioned the book once in a blog a while back.
But anyways, today, the part of the book I was reading about was talking about lukewarm Christians.
Basically, the book was describing how being a lukewarm Christian is not and option.
As I'm sure you know, you are either for God or against God. There is really no option in between.
The Author, Francis Chan, was talking about how people always come up to him and ask "Can I be a Christian if I commit suicide?" "Can I be a Christian if I do drugs?" Do you know what those questions show?
They show that people still want to live a sinful life and not devote their WHOLE lives to God.
As you know, there is a verse in the Bible that talks about daily taking up your cross to follow God.
How can you be taking up your cross daily if you're too concerned with worldly things?
In Revelations 3:15-17, the Bible says
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You 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...
Now, take note when it says that God will spit us out of his mouth.. If you didn't know, this is the ONE AND ONLY time the word spit is EVER used in the whole New Testament.
That's seriously a HUGE thing.
There is seriously no possible way to be a "lukewarm Christian."
As I'm sure you've heard many times before, "If you're not walking with God, you are walking with the devil."
Really, when you being a lukewarm Christian, you are saying "sure, there's a God, I just don't want to submit to Him."
I hate to say this, but that is exactly what the demons and EVEN the devil say..
They know there is a God... They just don't walk with Him.
So, remember this..
But also remember that nobody's perfect, (ha. Hannah Montana song...) and everybody make's mistakes.
~Sarah Hope
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