PPT-Lukewarm Christians

I know your works that you are neither cold nor hot I could wish you were cold or hot So then because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot I will vomit you out of My mouth Revelation 31516. “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” Rev (Message #11) Revelation 3: 14 - 22 We have spent several weeks in Revelation and have finally come to the last of the 7 churches. Two of them were in good standing, but the other five had major prob The . Wisdom of the . Macarian. . Homilies. Presbyter . Dr. Doru Costache. www.sagotc.edu.au. Kogarah. Fellowship, 18 March & 8 April, 2013. Christians in Society. The tensions experienced in Lent are ever there. Am I a Lukewarm Christian?. What Is Wrong with Being Lukewarm?. How did Laodicea look to those outside? To themselves? (Rev. 3:17). What was the problem? (vv. 16, 17). What good is lukewarm?. What Does a Lukewarm Christian Look Like?. going to church.”. #1.) . Attending the assembly doesn’t equal faithful Christianity.. Hebrews 10:26–27 (NKJV) . 26. For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, . Profile  LUKEWARM PEOPLE attend c hurch fairly regularly. It is what is expected of them, what they believe “good Christians” do, so they go. Yet, often they wish they were s . From L. R. . Holben. , . Six representative viewpoints . (BIBAL Press, 1999). See also Dennis P. Hollinger, “The Challenge of Homosexuality,” in . The Meaning of Sex . (Baker Academic, 2009), . Revelation 3:14-20. Matthew 26:26-28 (NKJV) . 26 .  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke . it,. and gave . it. to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." . 27 . Are Christians commanded to be united?. Y. es. Paul commanded the Corinthians, “that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10). . Christians & Culture. Redemption/. Conviction. Acts 17.16. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of . idols.. Christians & Culture. Revelation 3:15-16. Hot vs Cold Attitudes. Hot. One that is fervent in spirit. Acts 18:25, Rom. 12:11. Cold. Total opposite of being fervent in spirit. One that refuses to recognize/serve God. Lukewarm Is Terrible. Revelation 3:15-16. How One Becomes “Lukewarm”. An attitude of “self-sufficiency” - . v. 17. Confusing the physical with spiritual - . v. 17. Leaving the Lord outside our hearts - . v. 20. How To Overcome Being “Lukewarm”. 1 Corinthians 15:58 . Therefore, my beloved brethren, . be ye steadfast. , . unmoveable. , . always abounding. in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your . labour. is not in vain in the Lord.. Questions to be addressed in this chapter. Why were Christians persecuted in the early centuries after Christ?. How did Christians understand martyrdom?. How did the doctrine of the Church develop in response to the problem of apostasy?.