November 20, 2022 · Revelation 3:19–20

The Lukewarm Church

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

“We are spiritually blinded much of our lives and we still have a lot to learn. No matter how much time we spent in the Word, we still need Jesus to open our eyes. We're gonna stop pretending that we are clothed in our own self-righteousness. … No matter how many people we help, no matter how warm and welcoming we are, we are still in need of the warmth of the Spirit of God. It's not about doing enough, it's about dining with Him, living with Him, allowing Him to live within our hearts. Remember we're physically hardwired, I'd say spiritually highwired, to the the path of least resistance, and the important thing to do is this, you know, this spiritual resistance that we have in our lives, the way we overcome it isn't like, okay, I make myself do more. It's actually by opening the door to Jesus and having him come in with us and live with us, and then with that power that we get from that time with him, then we can live out of that. This is the power that comes from Jesus. Because otherwise, you know, if we take it easy, if we rest on our laurels, we forget that becoming complacent basically means Jesus displacing. We're putting him out of our lives. If Jesus actually connects to our hearts, we're gonna be spiritually motivated. We're gonna be spiritually moved. When we're self-satisfied, we forget why Jesus was crucified. I gotta say this, it's easy to become lukewarm, isn't it?”