Scripture: Revelation 3 v 14 - 22
In this passage of scripture which contains the seventh
letter Jesus wrote to individual churches, He says that if your faith is
neither hot nor cold but lukewarm, He will spit you out of His mouth. If you
are cold it means you have never known the warmth of Jesus so your chance to
know Him is still ahead of you.
If your faith is hot it means the fire of the Holy Spirit
has ignited within you and you are doing the will of the Father. Jesus delights
in you and you are blessed.
The lukewarm church is known as Laodicea. It was a city
in Asia Minor that was famous for its ointment to heal eye ailments. Jesus
plays on words in His letter when He calls them spiritually blind and in need
of eye salve.
Jesus sees that this is a materially wealthy church but
He calls them wretched, poor, miserable, blind and naked. This is because they
have become proud and self righteous. They are unteachable and have recreated
God in their own image.
Out of this last days Church will the apostasy flourish like a plague.
Paul writes about it in Thessalonians and says that
before the Antichrist is revealed there will be a falling away from the truth
by Christians who will be lured into fatal compromise by the enemy of our
souls. These are the ones Jesus will spue out of His mouth. On the Day of
Judgment there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth when Jesus declares I
NEVER KNEW YOU! Depart from Me you workers of iniquity. (Matthew 7).
Many church groups have already begun the downward spiral
as pastors are forced to turn their churches into entertainment centres to keep
the flock coming to church at all. The messages are more geared to please
people than to minister truth and right moral standing. This is where apostasy
starts.
The Interfaith Movement is the mingling of other
religions with Christianity. In Numbers 3 v 4 Nadab and Abihu died before the
Lord when they offered strange fire on His altar. Jesus is the same yesterday,
today and forever and His judgment for the strange fire of Interfaith will be
swift and final. It is the foundation for the One World Religion controlled by
the Antichrist. True Christians will suffer severe persecution from this
Interfaith movement.
In Revelations 3 the Lord give promises of great value to
those who reject the lukewarm offering and become fervent and faithful
followers of the Lamb of God. So repent if you have been lured into the error
of false doctrines and worldliness in the church and walk in the light as He
is in the light, having fellowship with one another as the Blood of Jesus
cleanses you from all sin. 1 john 1 v 7.
Prayer: Father God we cannot take that which You call an
abomination, lightly. We cannot stand confidently before You if we accept
strange fire on Your altar. Father teach us to be steadfast and effective
Christians who shun compromise and all appearance of evil. In Jesus' name.
Amen.