So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,[g] I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— vv.16-17
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How do you take your coffee? Hot or cold? Lukewarm? No one likes their coffee lukewarm (though some mothers with young kids may only ever have lukewarm coffee by the time they get their first sip). There's a funny scene in the movie War Room that shows this idea as a metaphor, watch Lukewarm Coffee
Here in Revelation as the Lord is speaking to the angle of the church of Laodicea that their works are neither hot nor cold so He going to spit them out, just as the woman in the clip is about to spit out her coffee because it's lukewarm. It appears that either being hot or cold is a good state to be in. It seems like it could be taken two ways. One that if one is hot, or on fire for the Lord, there's no denying Him and living every second for Him, and that if one is cold, they're at least honest that they are cold towards God and don't try to pretend or be hypocritical about following Jesus. A second way to take this though is that both hot and good are expressions of a life in Christ. If one is hot, they're zealous and on fire for the Lord, and if one is cold they are refreshing an encouraging to others in the Lord. Lukewarm in either of these scenarios is just of no use. These Laodiceans don't even realize they're lukewarm, they think they're comfortable not realizing they are actually miserable.
So what temperature for the Lord do you find yourself in today? How and when do you notice lukewarmness creep in?
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