MEMORY VERSE: So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth, Revelations 3:16
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Lev 6, Ps 5-6, Prov 21, Col 4
The Most High God does not operate in half measures but full
measures. He does not like, He loves. John 3:16 says For God so loved
the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Psalm 33:5 says He
loves judgment. According to Psalm 11:7, the righteous Lord loves
righteousness. All Solomon asked of Him was wisdom but because He loved
this young man He decided to give him what he did not even ask for which
was untold wealth and sound health, 2 Chronicles 1:1-12. The Lord does
not dislike, He hates. According to Proverbs 6:16-17 , He detest pride
and hates a proud look. Psalm 11:5 says His soul hates those that love
violence. If you are in the habit of beating up your partner – husband
or wife beware. Psalm 5:5 says He hates all workers of iniquity. Herod
incurred the wrath of God because of pride. This foolish king was so
proud that he enjoyed been compared to God. One day God made an example
of him – right on the spot worms ate him up alive, Acts12:12-23
Because God operates in extremes, He appreciates people who operate
in extremes too. When it comes to obedience, He prefers disobedience to
half obedience. In 1 Samuel 15:1-28, God gave Saul an instruction to
kill and destroy all the Amalekites. Saul went there and instead of
carrying out the instruction , he killed everyone and brought back the
king, cattle and livestock. Because of his half obedience, God dethroned
Him and gave the throne to David. Malachi 3:10 says Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house. The
Lord prefers people who do not pay their tithe at all to those who pay
half or one quarter tithe.
God prefers no service at all to half service. God does not take
lukewarm Christian serious. To Him they do not know what they want.
Revelations 3:16 says so then because thou art lukewarm, and neither
cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. If you want to be hot
for God be very hot and if you want to be cold be very cold but
lukewarmness He hates with a passion. If you want to be spiritual be
spiritual, if you want to be carnal be carnal but missing carnality and
spirituality is courting His wrath. There is nothing like Sunday Sunday
Christian. If you want to be a Christian be a full Christian, Monday to
Sunday, 24 hours of the day. If you want to be a Christian, be a full
Christian at home, at church, at college, at work e.t.c. not that they
know you as a holy sister or holy brother in church and outside church
you are something different.
ACTION POINT: Take an inventory of areas in your life where you have been neither hot or cold and begin to make amendments.
