Look at just the warnings in the book of Hebrews to Spirit baptized believers they pretend don't apply to them - let alone the warnings in the other 65 books. The Fear of the Lord is life itself.
I know that many people think that the word
"lukewarm" in Revelation 3:16 means something like "
lazy Christians," "
milquetoast Christians," "
so-so [not-so-good/not-as-good-as-other-]Christians," "
spineless Christians," etc... No.
[recall my Q of you earlier... do you believe those in 1Cor3:1-4 are "believers"/"saints"/"SAVED"??]
Recall, the two chpts (Rev2-3) are addressed [overall] especially to "the church
ES," which is
NOT the same thing as saying "the Church
WHICH IS HIS BODY".
"the church
ES" are made up of both believers
AND those who come in His name but who are
not actually vitally-connected with HIM/CHRIST (that is,
they are NOT SAVED)... whereas "the Church
WHICH IS HIS BODY" consists ONLY of "believers" (those who have trusted in Christ and His finished work, alone, for salvation--thus
are vitally connected with HIM/CHRIST [these ARE SAVED]).
So grasping the overall context (of Rev2-3, to "the church
ES"),... the
"lukewarm" are those NOT vitally-connected with Christ (they
ARE NOT SAVED PERSONS). The passage shows us that
both "hot" and "cold" are favorable/"positive" things from God's perspective (reflective of water-flows which
are connected to a SOURCE); "lukewarm" is the sole "negative" (reflective of water
NOT connected with a SOURCE... think of drinking:
mud-puddle... BLEH!!!)
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As for the
epistle to the Hebrews (and its overall
context), consider the following post I made in the past, quoting a good article by a writer from the late 1800s:
"Perfection; Where Is It? and What Is It?" by Charles Stanley [
1821-1890; (
not the one today in GA!
) ]
https://bibletruthpublishers.com/pe...t/charles-stanley/pamphlets/c-stanley/la61576
[quoting from article]
" “Let us go on to perfection.” This whole epistle to the Hebrews is on this subject. The going on from that which made nothing perfect, to that which forever perfects.
[...]
"The perfect one is first set before us. Yes, God’s way is very simple. The law made nothing perfect; all perfection is found in Christ, the perfect one. Thus God begins. In Hebrews 1 the glories of the perfect one, the Son of God, shine forth. God had borne with the church at Jerusalem in tender grace. He knew how hard it was for them to give up all that was visible. The glorious temple in which they still worshipped its sacrifices and ritual; its ancient priesthood; what a power all this had; and then the reign of their Messiah postponed (Acts 3:19-21) — I say, all that glorious reign postponed; for a time every earthly promise set aside. And then we should remember, the worship of the early church was purely spiritual. No place of worship on earth; no separate priesthood; positively nothing for the natural eye to rest upon: even Jesus was gone up to heaven. And more, the Roman armies were now soon to come, and utterly destroy the temple, trample under foot the city of Jerusalem, and after fearful slaughter of the rejecting Jews, the remnant were to be scattered amongst all nations.
All this was present to the mind of God. Now was it not most tender and gracious of our God to give them this very epistle, to draw them from the shadows to Christ?
"The destruction of Jerusalem was near, they knew it not; but God knew it. [...]"
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[…(cont)...]
"But what is this in Hebrews 12 — THE RACE? The race, that which man puts at the beginning of his books on perfection, God puts at the end. This is very striking. In all the books I have read on perfection, there is the race, sometimes long, and sometimes short, but the race first, and perfection at the end of the race, the race to get it. Just so. Now note this contrast: we have ten chapters, to show out the perfections of Christ; and how we are forever perfected by His work; then another chapter to show the immense importance of believing this — then comes the practical race. God’s way is right; all other ways are wrong. Now if you have been traveling after holiness the wrong way, backwards, is there any wonder you should have been so disappointed?
"Now for the race. This must be run with patience -not an impatient leap of faith. Israel did not leap into Canaan. No, there must be, mind, not the eye on one another; but the eye on Jesus. Oh what patient endurance! Consider Him — looking off everything else, to Jesus."
--Charles Stanley [
1821-1890]; Bible Truth Publishers
[more at link, above]
[end quoting]
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