In the Bible, Revelation 3:14-16 (NIV) says:
To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. 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.
I read something that explains what a "lukewarm" Christian is in more detail. Here's what it says:
A “lukewarm Christian” is not somebody who claims to follow Jesus but also does worldly things. It’s somebody who says “I don’t do worldly things, so I’m living in God’s will.”
A “lukewarm Christian” is not somebody who claims to follow Jesus but only shows up on Sundays. It’s somebody who says, “God must be pleased with my devoted church attendance.”
A “lukewarm Christian” is not somebody who doesn’t have a quiver full of children. It’s somebody who says, “I have biblical family values, so I’m more sold out to the Lord than those feminists are.”
You can read the whole thing
here. I think he makes some pretty good points. I believe in being totally committed to God (not that I always live up to that) and that it's important not to just believe everything we're told about what God wants, so I appreciate articles like this speaking out against some of the more controlling or legalistic Christians.
2 comments:
All I got from this was that Jesus wants you to be either hot OR cold - so if we arbitrarily define massive religious belief on the 'hot' end and atheism on the 'cold' end of his thermometer, I rate exactly as high as Saint Francis of Assisi!
AWESOME.
The article seems to be saying lukewarm people think they have it all together but they really don't. So it's not so much a matter of strength of faith. "Lukewarm" is self-righteous.
So maybe you are doing as well as Saint Francis.
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