hello everybody it's me Mr. Total 23 back with another video in this video I
want to talk about the subject of doing the bare minimum or being lukewarm you
know being a lukewarm Christian as some people would say or going to a lukewarm
church and what that means and what God thinks about being lukewarm as opposed
to being zealous and just doing the bare somebody who does the bare minimum right
it would be somebody who's lukewarm and this concept comes from Revelation
chapter 3 verses 15 to 19 this is Jesus speaking he's talking to the church
Alea to see ya he says I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot I
would thou wert cold or hot so then because thou art lukewarm and neither
cold nor hot I will spew thee out of my mouth because thou sayest I am rich and
increased with goods and if need of nothing and no it's not that thou are
wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked I counsel thee to buy of
me gold tried in the fire that thou mayst be rich and white raiment that
thou mayst be clothed and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and
anoint thy eyes with thyself that thou mayst see as many as I love I rebuke
and chasten be zealous therefore and repent right so Jesus Christ is talking
to this church and he says that this church at Laodicea that their works are
neither cold nor hot but rather they're lukewarm meaning they're not doing
nothing for God but they're also not zealous they're not on fire for God as
we might put it right instead they're kind of just in the middle they're
lukewarm right they're they're not fully hot they're not fully cold they're just
in the middle they're just doing the bare minimum basically right and there's
a lot of people out there who have this attitude that they are servants of
Christ and that they are disciples when all they're doing is just the bare
minimum there's a lot of people who are not zealous meaning they're not excited
about the things of God they're just kind of going through the motions they're
just you know going to church and you know reading the Bible five minutes a
day going soul winning every once in a while just because they're like well I
guess I gotta do this you know if God's gonna bless me but they're their heart
isn't really in it they're not actually zealous for the things of God but we
clearly see here that Jesus tells them as a command be zealous he says if you
are lukewarm if you're not hot then he's gonna spew you out of out of his mouth
right so God is displeased with a church and with with believers who are not on
fire for him okay he's disgusted by that it's basically what he's saying right by
you know spewing something out of your mouth it you know if I take this drink
of water and there's something nasty in it like there's dirt near something I
take a drink of it and I spew it out that means I'm disgusted by that means
there's something gross about it right so God doesn't like it when Christians
are not zealous that's why he tells them be there zealous therefore and repent
they have to turn from the way that they are doing their works that they're not
on fire for God they're just in the middle they're kind of just doing the
bare minimum they're their heart isn't really in it and they have to change to
now do what God says and to be zealous and to be on fire for the things of God
and that is what God desires for us because the Bible says in Titus 2 13
looking for that blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all
iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works so
the Bible plainly tells us that the purpose of Jesus dying on the cross for
us was not only just to redeem us from iniquity right some people you know
they're thankful that Jesus saved them from hell but they're not doing anything
for God once you get saved God expects you to now do the works okay he wants to
purify unto himself a peculiar people it says that are zealous of good works okay
so doing the bare minimum just doing the good works just beak because it's just a
habit or just because you want other Christians to look at you good or or
whatever but you're not actually zealous you're not actually excited you're not
don't actually have the zeal or the the desire to do those things then that's
not being zealous and God doesn't like that God's disgusted by that okay so any
Christian out there who's just doing the bare minimum you're not right with God
okay you have to actually make God the number one thing in your life as Jesus
said seek you first the kingdom of God and his righteousness okay it's not just
a matter of going through the motions of just doing things just to be doing
things God wants you to be zealous he wants you to be a peculiar people zealous
of good works not just doing good works just because but you don't actually care
about saving people from hell or or doing what God says you don't actually
love God you're kind of just doing it just out of habit or whatever God wants
you to be zealous so thank you ready for watching God bless you and goodbye