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Lukewarmness. by ichuka(m): 10:09am On Nov 01, 2014
How long will you go limping
between two different opinions? If the
Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal,
then follow him. (1 Kings 18:21
ESV)/
That word was never addressed to the
unsaved. It was never intended
for them. It is only rarely that the
unsaved are in the position of
two opinions. More often than not
they are of no opinion. This is what
the prophet really said to the people:
"How long limp ye from one side
to another?" He viewed them as lame,
and lamed by uncertainty, lamed
by indecision, paralyzed by an
unsettled issue. Oh, how an unsettled
issue does paralyze the life. Have a
controversy with the Lord, an
unsettled issue with the Lord, and
your whole life is lamed, is
paralyzed; you are limping first one
way and then the other; there is
no sense of stability about your way.
So the prophet called for the issue to
be settled. How long limp ye
from one side to the other? Settle this
issue one way or the other. If
Jehovah be God, let Him have His
place, His full rights; settle it
once and for all. If Baal is god, well
then let us be settled. But
until that is done you are crippled, you
are paralyzed, and the whole
secret of your being in that weak,
indefinite, unstable, uncertain
place is that God is not having His full
rights; there is a
dividedness in your life, a dividedness
in your own soul, because
other interests and considerations are
in view. The dividedness may be
in your home life, where you have
power, authority and influence, and
you are not standing one hundred
percent for the Lord's interests
there. It may be working in other
directions, but wherever it is
present the result is that deep down in
your being you are not
satisfied, you are not at rest. You may
be busy, you may be occupied,
you may be rushing hither and thither
in the Lord's name, but you know
that deep down there is a lack, an
uncertainty, an unsettled state;
your spiritual life is limited and
paralyzed. It will always be so
until the issue is settled and God has
His place in fullness in every
part and
relationship of your life. It is a
question of zeal for the
Lord, jealousy for the Lord.
Re: Lukewarmness. by Trailblazer1(m): 12:58pm On Nov 01, 2014
If you cannot draw the line between Godliness and worldliness- then you life is at risk.
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 2 corinthians 6:15-16

Lukewarmness sets in whenever a Christian can no longer distinguish and clearly define the "world"
1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

May Gods grace keep us all rapturable.
Re: Lukewarmness. by ichuka(m): 7:49pm On Nov 01, 2014
Trailblazer1:
If you cannot draw the line between Godliness and worldliness- then you life is at risk.
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 2 corinthians 6:15-16
Lukewarmness sets in whenever a Christian can no longer distinguish and clearly define the "world"
1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
May Gods grace keep us all rapturable.
Hmmm, good.
It mainly cuts across believers Idolizing there fellow brothers/sisters as MOG's.

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