The term "lukewarm" is overused by people who think salvation is based on performance, anyone in Christ is either hot or cold, and anyone outside of Christ is lukewarm because they are neither of the two...It has nothing to do with temperature, or being somewhere in the middle, and it has nothing to do with performance.. In Christ you are either Dead in Christ, or Alive in Christ.
Revelation 3:15-16
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
NIV for those who still didn't see it
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
key words " I would thou wert cold or hot." or NIV "I wish you were either one or the other!"
"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
What an Alive Christian looks like:
Romans 6:8-11
8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. 10The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. 11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Now i am pretty sure you are wondering what of a Dead in Christ christian.. Scripture refers to them as fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
But watch, God is good, He does this...
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel,
and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
So in short.. the next time you see a brother or sister who is slipping let them know that they have fallen asleep, and not being alive to God. Do not discourage them by telling them that God is going to spit them from His mouth, because that is a lie if they are born again, and in Christ.
Revelation 3:15-16
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
NIV for those who still didn't see it
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
key words " I would thou wert cold or hot." or NIV "I wish you were either one or the other!"
"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
What an Alive Christian looks like:
Romans 6:8-11
8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. 10The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. 11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Now i am pretty sure you are wondering what of a Dead in Christ christian.. Scripture refers to them as fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
But watch, God is good, He does this...
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel,
and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
So in short.. the next time you see a brother or sister who is slipping let them know that they have fallen asleep, and not being alive to God. Do not discourage them by telling them that God is going to spit them from His mouth, because that is a lie if they are born again, and in Christ.