NEITHER COLD NOR HOT – LUKEWARM / REVELATION 3:15-16

(KJV) Revelation 3:15-16

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. ¹⁶ So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

This describes the spiritual condition of the church in Laodicea. The city of Laodicea was a wealthy center of business and trade. The atmosphere of prosperity had led to spiritual laziness and unconcern in the church. They were no longer “hot” enough spiritually to recognize or respond to the Holy Spirit’s guidance; and they were not quite “cold” enough to realize their need to repent and return to dependence on God. 

1. A lukewarm church is one that is apathetic and negligent about personal devotion to Christ. It is a church that is half-hearted and lazy in its service to God. Such a church compromises with worldly standards and behaviors and soon resembles its surrounding society more than it does God’s kingdom. The people of the Laodicean church claimed to be committed Christians, yet in reality they were in a spiritually “wretched” and “pitiful” condition (Revelation 3:17-18). 
2. Christ severely warns the church about His judgment against spiritual lukewarmness (Revelation 3:15-17).
3. Christ calls to the church to repent – to turn from their own way, surrender to God’s way and accept His forgiveness. Then they could be restored to a right relationship with Him (Revelation 3:18-19). 
4. Christ knocks on the door of a lukewarm church (Revelation 3:20), desiring to come in and restore His companionship and blessing with the people. To those who remain devoted and strong in their faith and are overcomers in the midst of a lukewarm church, Christ promises that they will share in His authority and ultimately reign with Him (Revelation 3:21).

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1. THE AMEN / REVELATION 3:14
2. I AM COMING SOON / REVELATION 3:11
3. THE HOUR OF TRIAL / REVELATION 3:10
4. PHILADELPHIA / REVELATION 3:7
5. HER CHILDREN /REVELATION 2:23
6. YOU TOLERATE THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL, WHO CALLS HERSELF A PROPHETESS / REVELATION 2:20
7. HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS – A WHITE STONE WITH A NEW NAME / REVELATION 2:17
8. FIGHT AGAINST THEM / REVELATION 2:16
9. THE TEACHING OF BALAAM / REVELATION 2:14
10. WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE / REVELATION 2:13
11. THE SECOND DEATH / REVELATION 2:11
12. CROWN OF LIFE / REVELATION 2:10
13. POVERY / REVELATION 2:9
14. TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:7
15. YOU HATE THE PRACTICES OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ASLO HATE / REVELATION 2:6
16. REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND / REVELATION 2:5
17. FORSAKEN YOUR FIRST LOVE / REVELATION 2:4
18. WHO CLAIM TO BE APOSTLES / REVELATION 2:1-2
19. WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN – WHAT IS NOW AND WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE / REVELATION 1:19
20. SEVEN STARS / REVELATION 1:16
21. A SON OF MAN / REVELATION 1:13
22. SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 1:12
23. IN THE SPIRIT / REVELATION 1:10-11
24. ISLAND OF PATMOS / REVELATION 1:9
25. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA / REVELATION 1:8
26. HE IS COMING / REVELATION 1:7
27. HIM WHO IS, AND WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME / REVELATION 1:4-5
28. TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES / REVELATION 1:4
29. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO READS / REVELATION 1:3
30. REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST / REVELATION 1:1-2
31. DEATH AND HADES – THE LAKE OF FIRE / REVELATION 20:14
32. ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAD DONE / REVELATION 20:12
33. EARTH AND SKY FLED / REVELATION 20:11
34. GREAT WHITE THRONE / REVELATION 20:11-13
35. THE FIRST RESURRECTION / REVELATION 20:6
36. THRONES ON WHICH WERE SEATED / REVELATION 20:4
37. KEEP HIM FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS ANYMORE / REVELATION 20:3
38. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS / REVELATION 11:16
39. THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED / REVELATION 11:15
40. TERROR STRUCK THOSE WHO SAW THEM / REVELATION 11:11
41. THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH WILL GLOAT / REVELATION 11:9
42. THE BEAST … KILL THEM / REVELATION 11:7
43. OLIVE TREES … LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 11:4
44. MY TWO WITNESSES / REVELATION 11:3
45. TRAMPLE ON THE HOLY CITY / REVELATION 11:2
46. MEASURE THE TEMPLE / REVELATION 11:1
47. BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING / REVELATION 21:8
48. HE WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:17
49. A PALE HORSE / REVELATION 6:8
50. A BLACK HORSE / REVELATION 6:5
51. HORSE … FIERY RED ONE / REVELATION 6:4
52. A WHITE HORSE / REVELATION 6:2
53. A FEW PEOPLE IN SARDIS / REVELATION 3:4
54. YOU ARE DEAD / REVELATION 3:1-2
55. I WILL GIVE THE MORNING STAR / REVELATION 2:28
56. HOLD ON … UNTIL I COME / REVELATION 2:25
57. THE REST OF YOU / REVELATION 2:24
58. A MALE CHILD / REVELATION 12:5
59. WHO OBEY GOD’S COMMANDMENTS / REVELATION 14:12
60. A MARK / REVELATION 13:16
61. REFUSED TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE TO BE KILLED / REVELATION 13:15
62. WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST / REVELATION
63. DRAGON … BOUND HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS / REVELATION 20:2
64. THE GREAT TRIBULATION / REVELATION 7:14
65. THE DEVIL … THE LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR / REVELATION 20:10
66. SURROUNDED THE CAMP OF GOD’S PEOPLE / REVELATION 20:9
67. DECEIVE THE NATIONS / REVELATION 20:8
68. SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7
69. SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14
70. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
71. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
72. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
73. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
74. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
75. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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NEITHER COLD NOR HOT - LUKEWARM / REVELATION 3:15-16

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This describes the spiritual condition of the church in Laodicea.

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Margarita Crews

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Guided By Grace

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