The Lukewarm Church
Rex Yancey
Revelation 3:14-21
We have been studying the seven churches in Asia. Some of the churches have been glad churches and some of the churches have been bad churches, but this church is a sad church. Jesus had at least one good thing to say about all the other churches. He had nothing good to say about this church.
What is even sadder is that this church describes over 95% of all the churches in the entire world; churches in a lukewarm state.
Consider these statistics:
10% of all church members cannot be found
20% never pray
30% never attend church
40% never give to any cause
50% never attend Sunday school
60% never go to church on Sunday night
70% never give to missions
80% never go to prayer meeting
90% never have family worship
95% never have won a soul to Jesus Christ
These are the kind of statistics that break God's heart and make God sick. But they are simply the outward reflections of a lukewarm church.
Here is a church that was blind but thought it could see. Here is a church that was poor but thought it was rich. Here is a church that was naked but thought it was clothed. It was guilty of the one sin that makes God sick to his stomach, the sin of lukewarmness; the sin of spiritual apathy; the sin of sitting on the fence.
Look at the description of the one who is making the diagnosis of this church. He is the confirming Christ. ''These things say the Amen.'' ''Amen'' means that which is literally true. Jesus is the Amen of God. Jesus is the confirmation and the affirmation of all the promises of God. 1 Cor. 1:20 ''For all the promises of God in Him are yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.'' He is living proof that God does what He says, and says what He does.
He is the consistent Christ. ''He is the faithful and true witness.'' He is a faithful witness. He will not dilute the truth. He will not water it down. He will tell it like it is. He is also the true wi ...
Rex Yancey
Revelation 3:14-21
We have been studying the seven churches in Asia. Some of the churches have been glad churches and some of the churches have been bad churches, but this church is a sad church. Jesus had at least one good thing to say about all the other churches. He had nothing good to say about this church.
What is even sadder is that this church describes over 95% of all the churches in the entire world; churches in a lukewarm state.
Consider these statistics:
10% of all church members cannot be found
20% never pray
30% never attend church
40% never give to any cause
50% never attend Sunday school
60% never go to church on Sunday night
70% never give to missions
80% never go to prayer meeting
90% never have family worship
95% never have won a soul to Jesus Christ
These are the kind of statistics that break God's heart and make God sick. But they are simply the outward reflections of a lukewarm church.
Here is a church that was blind but thought it could see. Here is a church that was poor but thought it was rich. Here is a church that was naked but thought it was clothed. It was guilty of the one sin that makes God sick to his stomach, the sin of lukewarmness; the sin of spiritual apathy; the sin of sitting on the fence.
Look at the description of the one who is making the diagnosis of this church. He is the confirming Christ. ''These things say the Amen.'' ''Amen'' means that which is literally true. Jesus is the Amen of God. Jesus is the confirmation and the affirmation of all the promises of God. 1 Cor. 1:20 ''For all the promises of God in Him are yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.'' He is living proof that God does what He says, and says what He does.
He is the consistent Christ. ''He is the faithful and true witness.'' He is a faithful witness. He will not dilute the truth. He will not water it down. He will tell it like it is. He is also the true wi ...
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