Lukewarm

2022-02-08

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. (Revelation 3:15)

According to this verse, Jesus hates lukewarm spirituality. How does a Christian or a church become lukewarm? He tells us:

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked (Revelation 3:17)

It sounds like contentment in being rich and self-sufficient is the ticket to lukewarmness. An abundance of this world’s goods spoils us. If we are content in this world, the felt need for Christ is dulled, ethereal, unreal, and unnecessary.

If this is us, content with the riches of this life, then we are lukewarm.