Week 7: The Lukewarm Church

DO WE HAVE ANY COFFEE DRINKERS IN THE HOUSE?

HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE IT STRAIGHT BLACK?

HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE IT FANCY....(GOING THROUGH STARBUCKS WITH MY WIFE)

WHAT ABOUT HOT COFFEE…HOW MANY LIKE IT HOT?

HOW MANY LIKE IT COLD?

WHAT ABOUT LUKEWARM????

I’M NOT MUCH OF A COFFEE DRINKER BUT...

I LOVE A GOOD COLD ICE TEA

OR A GOOD ICE COLD SODA

YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE WORST???

WARM SODA

OR LUKEWARM ICE TEA

YOU EVER HAD A WAITRESS BRING YOU AN ICE TEA AND ALL THE ICE IS MELTED

NOW IT’S JUST LUKE WARM???

TERRIBLE, RIGHT?

IF WERE NOT CAREFUL..

WE CAN BECOME LUKEWARM IN OUR CHRISTIAN WALK

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA

AND WE SEE THAT....JESUS CALLS THEM THIS WORD....

LUKEWARM

IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES TURN WITH ME TO REV 3.

WE’VE BEEN WALKING THROUGH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW...

THE SEVEN LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCH OF REVELATION

WHAT WE SEE ALL THROUGHOUT THE LETTERS IS HOW RELEVANT THEY ACTUALLY ARE TO US TODAY.

WE CAN EASILY IDENTIFY WITH SOMETHING

IN ALL OF THESE LETTERS

IN THESE LETTERS WE CAN SEE THAT JESUS GIVES...

COMMENDATION,

CRITICISM

INSTRUCTION

AND ALSO A PROMISE

HOWEVER, THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA...

WE SEE THAT NO COMMENDATION WAS GIVEN

THE CHURCH OF SMYRNA AND PHILADELPHIA

WE SEE THAT THERE IS NO CRITICISM GIVEN

BUT THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA....

WAS THE ONLY CHURCH TO NOT RECEIVE COMMENDATION

OUCH

I FEEL THAT THIS LETTER PROBABLY SPEAKS TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH....

MORE THAN ANY OTHER LETTER THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH

Revelation 3:14 NIV

14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation.

WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN EVERY LETTER....

WHERE JESUS INTRODUCES HIMSELF AS THE ONE WHO IS TRUE

THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY IS WHAT THEY “THINK” THEY HAVE

HE ADDRESSES THEM IN A WAY THAT SPEAKS TO THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR SITUATION

SO THAT THEY MIGHT UNDERSTAND WHO HE TRULY IS

WHAT HE IS BASICALLY TELLING THEM IN ALL OF THESE LETTERS IS..

LOOK…I AM EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED AND EVERYTHING THAT YOUR SEEKING FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND IDOLS

I HAVE IT ALL...

I AM EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED

AND APART FROM ME.....YOU WILL ALWAYS LACK AND FEEL VOID

“THESE ARE THE WORDS OF THE…AMEN”

THE WORD AMEN IN THE GREEK MEANS....”TRULY” OR “SO BE IT” OR “THE TRUE ONE”

SO WHEN HE SAYS.....” I AM THE AMEN”.....

THEY KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING

IN FACT, THE NEXT FEW WORDS IN THE SCRIPTURE SAYS....

Revelation 3:14 (NIV)

14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation.

Revelation 3:15–16 NIV

15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

NOTICE HOW JESUS....DOES NOT BEAT AROUND THE BUSH

HE JUMPS RIGHT INTO IT

HE TELLS THEM HOW IT IS AND WHERE THEY'RE FALLING SHORT

LIKE I SAID EARLIER...

LAODICEA RECEIVES ZERO COMMENDATION FROM JESUS

HE SAYS....

YOUR NEITHER HOT NOR COLD

AND BECAUSE YOUR LUKEWARM…I’M GOING TO VOMIT YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH

HE IS SAYING WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW....MAKES ME SICK

I THINK WE INTERPRET THIS PASSAGE INCORRECTLY A LOT OF THE TIME

WE THINK THAT HOT MEANS....THAT PERSON WHO IS ON FIRE FOR JESUS

AND COLD IS THAT PERSON WHO DOESN’T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH JESUS

AND IF THIS WERE THE CASE THEN.....THIS SCRIPTURE WOULD BE SAYING....

GOD JUST WANTS US TO PICK SIDES…EVEN IF IT’S THE COLD SIDE

WHAT WE NEED TO REALIZE IS THAT....

HOT AND COLD ARE THE SAME THING IN THIS PASSAGE

THEY ARE BOTH GOOD THINGS IN THIS PASSAGE

IT’S THE VALUE OF HOT WATER AND COLD WATER

THEY WERE BOTH VALUABLE TO THE CITY OF LAODICEA

REMEMBER I SAID......THAT JESUS SPEAKS TO THEM IN WAYS THAT THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND

THIS IS WHAT HE IS DOING HERE....

BACKGROUND ON LAODICEA

THIS WAS A PLACE WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO LIVE

THIS TOWN WAS WEALTHY

THEY HAD BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS

THEY HAD A MEDICAL CENTER

A MEDICAL CENTER WAS SOMETHING THAT MOST CITIES COULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO

THEY HAD ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT YOU WOULD WANT IN A CITY...

OTHER THAN EPHESUS, LAODICEA WAS THE PLACE TO LIVE....

LAODICEA HAD ONE MAJOR PROBLEM....

THEY DIDN’T HAVE A WATER SOURCE

THEY HAD NO WATER TO DRINK

WATER IS LIFE....

THE LACK OF WATER IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM

WHAT THEY DID WAS.... (LOOK AT MAP ON SCREEN)

BUILD AQUA DUCTS TO PIPE IN THE WATER FROM OTHER CITIES

HIERAPOLIS, WAS KNOW FOR THEIR....HOT SPRINGS

I MEAN NATURAL SPRINGS EVERYWHERE

IF YOU WENT TO COLOSSAE....THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR COLD SPRINGS

THEY HAD FRESH COLD MOUNTAIN WATER

SO WHAT LAODICEA WOULD HAVE TO DO IS....

PIPE THIS MOUNTAIN IN FROM THESE TWO PLACES

HOT WATER FROM HIERAPOLIS

AND COLD WATER FROM COLOSSAE

OK THAT SOUNDS GREAT PASTOR CHRIS…PROBLEM SOLVED

NOT EXACTLY....

HERE IS THE PROBLEM....

BY THE TIME THE HOT WATER GOT TO LAODICEA FROM THESE AQUEDUCTS

THE WATER WAS....LUKE WARM

BY THE TIME THE COLD WATER GOT TO LOADICEA....IT WAS LUKEWARM

AND JESUS IS NOT TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THEIR WATER PROBLEM

HE IS USING THEIR WATER PROBLEM TO....

POINT THEM TO THEIR SPIRITUAL CONDITION

HE IS SAYING TO THEM....

JUST LIKE YOUR WATER...

YOU HAVE BECOME CASUAL AND LAZY IN YOUR FAITH WITH ME

YOU HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM

YOU ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH BEING COMFORTABLE....

THAN YOU ARE WITH FOLLOWING ME

YOUR PLAYING IT SAFE

UJTIMATELY THIS IS WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING TO THEM...

HALF-HEARTED FAITH IS GOOD FOR NOTHING

LISTEN TO ME CHURCH....

IF YOUR NOT ALL IN.....WHY WASTE YOUR TIME

HALF HEARTED FAITH THAT IS....

CASUAL

EASY

COMFORTABLE

IS REALLY OF NO VALUE TO ME

IN FACT, JESUS GIVES US THE IMAGERY OF SPITTING IT OUT OF HIS MOUTH

THIS WAS UNDERSTOOD BY THE CULTURE BECAUSE

AFTER THE WATER HAD TRAVELED...

IT HAD COLLECTED LOTS OF MINERALS AND OTHER SEDIMENTS FROM THE PIPING

AND THE SMELL AND TASTE OF IT WAS SO BAD....

THAT IS WAS SAID TO MAKE YOU WANT TO VOMIT

HE SAID THIS IS HOW HALF HEARTED CHRISTIANITY MAKES ME FEEL

IT SMELLS HORRIBLE AND MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT

WHAT HE IS SAYING IS THIS....

HE DOESN’T WANT HALF OF YOUR HEART

HE IS UNWILLING TO SETTLE FOR A PARTIAL COMMITMENT

HE IS LOOKING FOR ALL-IN

IN VERSE 17 HE SHOWS THE CHURCH HOW THEY GOT TO WHERE THEY ARE...

Revelation 3:17 NIV

17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

WE KNOW THAT LAODICEA WAS A VERY WEALTHY CITY

THEY HAD ALL THE GOLD THEY COULD EVER WANT

THEY HAD ALL OF THEIR NEEDS MET

AND ALL THEIR DESIRES MET

THEY HAD MORE MONEY THAN THEY KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH

AND WHAT HAPPEN WAS....

BECAUSE THEY WERE A WEALTHY CITY

IT LEAD THEM TO A PLACE WHERE...

THEY STARTED TO DEPEND AND TRUST AND BANK ON THEIR WEALTH...

MORE THAN THEY WERE ON GOD

IT LEAD THEM TO A PLACE WHERE

THEY SLOWLY BECAME SPIRITUALLY NUMB BECAUSE...

THEY HAD THE MONEY THAT COULD PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANTED AND MORE

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT....

IT’S REALLY EASY TO FIND OURSELVES IN THOSE EXACT SAME SHOES....

WHERE WE DEPEND ON SOMETHING ELSE....OTHER THAN GOD

I WANT TO ASK YOU TODAY....

IN YOUR WORLD…WHAT DO YOU DEPEND ON MORE THAN GOD?

MAYBE TODAY YOUR A LOT LIKE LAODICEA.....

YOUR BUSINESS IS BOOMING

FINANCES ARE FLOWING

YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOUR IN NEED OF

MAYBE YOU RECONGIZE THAT…AS LONG AS IT STAYS THIS WAY

I CAN PROVIDE EVERYTHING I WANT AND DESIRE FOR MYSELF

I DON’T REALLY NEED YOU TO PROVIDE ANYTHING FOR ME

MAYBE IT’S YOUR EDUCATION OR SKILLS...

MAYBE YOU KNOW THAT WITH YOUR EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE AND SKILL

THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO EXCEL IN YOUR FUTURE

AND MAYBE YOUR BANKING ON THAT TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FUTURE

MAYBE IT’S YOUR 401K OR YOUR RETIREMENT INVESTMENTS...

YOUR THINKING HEY.....IF THINGS KEEP GOING THIS WAY

I WILL BE SET FOR LIFE

AND YOU BANK ON THAT OR ARE RELYING ON THAT FOR YOUR FUTURE

MAYBE IT’S A RELATIONSHIP TODAY

GOD AS LONG AS THIS RELATIONSHIP IS IN MY LIFE

I’VE GOT THIS…I CAN DO THIS

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS CHURCH IN LAODICEA WAS.....

THEY DEPENDED ON THEIR MONEY....

UNDERSTAND THIS....

WHEN WE DEPEND ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN GOD

WHAT WERE REALLY SAYING IS.....GOD, WE DON’T NEED YOU!

WE WOULD NEVER SAY THIS OUT LOUD

NO, OF COURSE WE ARE NOT GONNA LOOK AT GOD AND SAY...

“GOD, I JUST DON’T REALLY NEED YOU”

BUT THE TRUTH IS.....WE LIVE THIS WAY

AS LONG AS I HAVE MY FINANCES IN ORDER

LORD I WILL LEAVE YOU HERE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY

BUT RIGHT NOW I’M IN A BUSY SEASON OF PROVIDING AND SAVING FOR MYSELF

I CAN DO THIS, BUT JUST IN CASE I NEED YOU......JUST STAY RIGHT THERE....

THIS IS WHAT THE SCRIPTURE WAS SAYING....

Revelation 3:17 (NIV)

17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.

THERE WAS A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT NEARLY DESTROYED THE CITY IN ABOUT 60 A.D.

ALOT LIKE OUR GOVERNMENT WOULD DO IN THE CASE OF A NATURAL DISASTER

THEY WOULD STEP IN AND OFFER FINANCIAL HELP TO THE CITY

AND SO CAESAR WENT TO LAODICEA WHEN THEIR CITY WAS DESTROYED

AND HE TOLD THEM…HEY I WANT TO HELP YOU FINANCE THE REBUILDING OF THIS CITY

GET THIS.......THEY WERE SO WEALTHY THAT...

THEY TOLD CAESAR… “WE DON’T NEED YOUR MONEY.....WE WILL HANDLE IT ALL ON OUR OWN”

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID TO GOD

“GOD WE HAVE OUR MONEY, WE HAVE ALL WE NEED, WE DON’T REALLY NEED YOU”

UNDERSTAND THIS....

JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN GOD

DOESN’T MEAN THAT THEY AREN’T DEPENDENT ON GOD

THE VERY BREATH THAT YOU BREATHE IS A GIFT FROM GOD

THE FACT THAT YOU CAN STAND UP AND LEAVE THIS BUILDING IS A GIFT FROM GOD

WE FAIL TO REALIZE THAT HE IS THE SOURCE FOR ALL THAT ARE AND ALL THAT WE CAN HAVE

IN FACT....LOOK AT THIS… ONE OF MY FAVORITE PASSAGES

John 15:5 (NIV)

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

OUR PRIDE AND EGO IF WERE NOT CAREFUL CAN SAY...

REALLY GOD???

LET ME SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I CAN DO WITH OUT YOU

LET ME SHOW YOU THAT I AM THE ONE WHO WORKS HARD AND HAS GOTTEN WHERE I AM TODAY

I THINK I CAN ACCOMPLISH SOME THINGS WITH OUT YOU…NOT ALL THINGS BUT SOME THINGS....

WHAT WE FAIL TO REALIZE IS....

THAT THE ONLY REASON I AM EVEN ABLE TO STAND HERE TODAY

THE ONLY REASON I’M BREATHING

THE ONLY REASON I HAVE A HOME TO GO TO

IS BECAUSE GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH IT

HE IS THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE

OH COME ON SOMEBODY

WHEN WE BECOME SO FOCUSED AND DEPENDENT ON OURSELVES

IT’S SETS US UP FOR SPIRITUAL FAILURE

Revelation 3:17 (NIV)

17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

I WONDER IF THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA LAUGHED WHEN THEY READ THIS

LIKE...”OBVIOUSLY JESUS SENT THE WRONG LETTER TO US....

BECAUSE WERE NOT POOR”

LISTEN TO ME....

THIS IS THE SCARIEST PART ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION

THEY COULDN’T SEE IT

THEY WERE IN SUCH A PLACE OF SELF DEPENDENCE..

THAT THEY COULDN’T SEE THERE NEED FOR GOD

I DON’T WANT TO EVER GET TO THIS PLACE

WHERE I THINK I’M BEING BLESSED BY GOD AND HE IS SHOWING ME HIS FAVOR

AND I STAND BEFORE HIM AND HE SAYS....

“YOU WERE ACTUALLY WRETCHED, PITIFUL, POOR, BLIND, AND NAKED”

FROM A FAR THIS CHURCH LOOKED REALLY GOOD

THEY HAD THE BUILDING

THEY HAD THE LOOKS

IT SEEMED LIKE A BLESSED CHURCH

BUT THEY WERE SPIRITUAL LUKEWARM

I WONDER HOW MANY OF US LIVE IN THIS PLACE WHERE...

WE’RE LIKE...”MAN GOD IS REALLY BLESSING ME”

AND GOD IS LIKE....”ACTUALLY, I’M NOT”

BLESSINGS CAN BLIND US FROM TRUTH

SOMETIMES IT’S BLESSINGS OF FINANCES

SAFETY

HEALTH AND COMFORT

IF WERE NOT CAREFUL AND HUMBLE....

IT’S BLESSINGS THAT CAN BLIND US FROM THE TRUTH OF REALITY...

THAT WE ARE SPIRITUALLY BANKRUPT

THAT WAS THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA

I LOVE WHAT JESUS DOES IN THESE LETTERS...

HE DOESN’T LEAVE US HANGING, BUT HE ALWAYS TELLS US SOLUTIONS

HE SAYS.....HERE IS THE PROBLEM

YOU HAVE HALF HEARTED FAITH

YOUR LUKEWARM

AND YOU HAVE GOTTEN THERE BECAUSE YOU DEPEND ON...

SOMETHING OTHER THAN ME

BUT HE SAYS.....HERE IS HOW YOU CAN CHANGE THAT....

Revelation 3:18 NIV

18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

SO JESUS SHIFTS AND SAYS....

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN CHANGE

BUY GOLD FROM ME

HE IS SAYING....YOU HAVE ALL THE GOLD IN THE WORLD

BUT YOUR GOLD WON’T BUY WHAT MY GOLD CAN

MY GOLD WILL ACTUALLY MAKE YOU RICH WHEN YOU THINK YOUR POOR

2. BUY FROM ME WHITE CLOTHES

WHATS INTERESTING IN LAODICEA

THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR CLOTH

REALLY RICH PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY TRAVEL FOR MILES AWAY TO GET SOME OF THE PURPLE AND BLACK CLOTH OF LAODICEA

AS THEY DRANK THE WATER…BECAUSE OF THE MINERAL RICH WATER

THE SHEEP’S WOOL WOULD BE DYED BLACK OR

ALMOST LIKE A DARK PURPLE COLOR

AND PEOPLE WANTED IT

THEY WOULD FLOCK FROM ALL OVER TO GET THIS CLOTH

JESUS IS SAYING....I KNOW YOUR KNOW FOR YOUR CLOTHES BUT...

THEY DON’T COMPARE TO MINE

I’M TALKING ABOUT WHITE CLOTHES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

WITH ME…YOU WILL BE CLOTHED WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS

3. SALVE TO PUT ON YOUR EYES

AGAIN, THIS WAS A REALITY THAT THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND

IN LAODICEA THERE WAS A MAJOR MEDICAL CENTER

A MEDICAL SCHOOL IF YOU WILL.....

PEOPLE WOULD BE TRAINED FOR THE MEDICAL FIELD

IN FACT,

A PHYSICIAN IN LAODICEA INVENTED THIS EYE SALVE

AND PEOPLE WHO WERE STRUGGLING WITH EYE CONDITIONS

THEY WOULD PUT THIS SALVE ON THEIR EYES AND IT WOULD BRING HEALING TO THEIR EYES

AND JESUS KNEW THIS......

WHAT HE IS SAYING IS...

I KNOW YOU HAVE SALVE

BUT MY SALVE WITH MAKE YOU TRULY SEE

YOU HAVE MISSED ME THROUGH YOUR OWN DEPENDENCE

YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO SEE SPIRITUALLY

BUT I HAVE A SALVE THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEE ME

IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR DEPENDENCE ON ME

…WORSHIP TEAM COME JOIN ME....

IN OUR MARRIAGE CLASS....THERE IS A TERM THEY USE...

CALLED “RESISTING THE DRIFT”

WHAT IT IS…IS

THIS TENDENCY TO DRIFT APART DUE TO.....

CAREER

LACK OF SPENDING TIME TOGETHER

LACK OF INTIMACY

BEING DISTRACTED WITH LIFE

AS WE DRIFT IN MARRIAGE

WE STRUGGLE TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS FEELING

MAYBE THE OTHER PERSONS POINT OF VIEW

WE STOP CARING

AND EVENTUALLY FIND OURSELVES AND OUR MARRIAGE ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL

IN A LOT OF WAYS THIS IS HOW WE BECOME WITH GOD...

IT’S A SPIRITUAL DRIFT

IT’S BECOMING SO DEPENDENT UPON OURSELVES AND OTHERS

WE BECOME DISTRACTED WITH LIFE

AND EVENTUALLY WE FIND OURSELVES AT A PLACE....

WHERE WE ARE UNABLE TO SEE SPIRITUALLY

OR HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD ANY LONGER

WE BECOME LUKEWARM

UNDERSTAND THIS....

WHAT GOD OFFERS US IS SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE

THAN WHAT WE CAN EARN ON OUR OWN

SOMETIMES IT MAY SEEM THAT...

WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER US IS MORE VALUABLE

AND THIS IS WHERE LAODICEA FOUND THEMSELVES

THEY THOUGHT THAT WHAT THEY COULD PROVIDE ON THEIR OWN

WAS MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN WHAT GOD HAD TO OFFER THEM

THEY NEEDED TO BE REMINDED OF WHAT WAS TRUE

AND WATCH WHAT HE SAYS IN VERSE 19 & 20

Revelation 3:19–20 NIV

19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

WHAT HE IS SAYING IS THIS.....

YES, YOU ARE LUKE WARM

BUT I STILL LOVE YOU AND THOSE I LOVE I REBUKE AND CORRECT

I STILL HAVE SO MANY PLANS FOR YOUR LIFE

THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE

REPENT....CHANGE YOUR MIND

......ENDING.........

HERE IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU TODAY..

HAS YOUR FAITH BECOME.....LUKEWARM?

DO YOU FIND YOURSELF JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS

HAS YOUR FAITH GOTTEN TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU NO LONGER TAKE RISKS FOR THE GOSPEL

HAVE YOU GOTTEN TO A PLACE WHERE YOU A COMFORTABLE AND NO LONGER STRETCH YOURSELF

BOW YOUR HEADS AND CLOSE YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW......

WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?????

ARE YOU ZEALOUS FOR GOD?

ARE YOU AT A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE WHERE.....

YOUR DEPENDENT ON GOD EVERYDAY

WHERE IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?

MAYBE YOUR AT A PLACE WHERE....

THINGS ARE FINANCIALLY GOING GREAT

MAYBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP, YOUR MARRIAGE SEEMS AWESOME

MAYBE YOUR COMFORTABLE IN YOUR LIFE

MAYBE YOU LONGER FEEL THE URGENCY FOR GOD IN YOUR LIFE

IF THIS IS YOU WILL YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND???

STAND TO YOUR FEET ALL OVER THIS HOUSE.....

THE WORSHIP IS GOING TO PLAY AND I WANT THOSE WHO RAISES THEIR HANDS

TO COME

HE SAID…I’M STANDING AT THE DOOR AND I’M KNOCKING

IF YOUR HEAR MY VOICE…THAT STILL SMALL VOICE

THAT PULL TO COME AND REPENT

HE SAID IF YOU’LL OPEN THE DOOR

I’LL COME IN AND DINE WITH YOU AGAIN

(MARIAS EXAMPLE - EMBER GOING CRAZY WHEN SHE LEAVES AND COMES HOME....EVEN FOR A SECOND)

JESUS IS WAITING TO DINE WITH YOU

HE IS WAITING FOR YOU